{"id":273819,"date":"2024-02-27T05:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=326832"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:01:21","slug":"microsoft-will-use-ai-to-combat-phone-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-will-use-ai-to-combat-phone-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft will use AI to combat phone scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Microsoft<\/strong> is working on a new service called <strong>Azure Operator Call Protection<\/strong> that analyzes real-time conversations and can alert the user if the caller seems suspicious. This technology, which <strong>uses AI<\/strong>, could be very useful in preventing phone scams.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Microsoft Azure\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2c07ee82-394d-11e7-804a-bc71dd8bf260\/3154456208\/microsoft-azure-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Microsoft Azure<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-azure.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-azure.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/microsoft-is-using-ai-to-stop-phone-scammers-from-tricking-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">CNET<\/a><\/strong>, Microsoft has been testing the program with <strong>BT Group<\/strong> and is showcasing how the technology works at the <strong>Mobile World Congress<\/strong> conference in Barcelona. The announcement comes at a time when <strong>spam calls continue to be a persistent problem<\/strong>. In a study analyzing 98 billion phone calls worldwide, the <strong>Hiya<\/strong> platform <a href=\"https:\/\/es.hiya.com\/press-releases\/report-the-average-mobile-phone-user-gets-14-spam-calls-per-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">found<\/a> that the average user receives about 14 spam calls per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure Operator Call Protection, which <strong>uses AI to detect signals that a call may be fraudulent<\/strong> throughout a conversation, is a service that Microsoft will offer as an option to mobile operators for their subscribers. According to <strong>Shawn Hakl<\/strong>, Vice President of 5G Strategy for Microsoft&#8217;s Azure for Operators program, these indicators could include <strong>language that encourages the recipient to provide confidential information<\/strong> over the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/azure-operator-call-protection-1024x584-1-1024x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/azure-operator-call-protection-1024x584-1-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/azure-operator-call-protection-1024x584-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/azure-operator-call-protection-1024x584-1-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/azure-operator-call-protection-1024x584-1-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/azure-operator-call-protection-1024x584-1.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The good news is that this also reinforces the good practices that people usually overlook,&#8221; said Hakl. Among the most common scams are <strong>fake calls pretending to be from Amazon<\/strong>, insurance providers, and credit card companies, as well as scammers trying to deceive the user into providing Medicare information, according to Hiya. Hakl also states that <strong>the AI model will evolve over time<\/strong> as new types of threats emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Microsoft Azure\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2c07ee82-394d-11e7-804a-bc71dd8bf260\/3154456208\/microsoft-azure-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Microsoft Azure<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-azure.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-azure.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The introduction of Azure Operator Call Protection could be a major inconvenience for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/imitating-our-voice-to-hack-us-ai-manages-to-cross-the-ultimate-frontier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrongdoers who want to use AI to carry out their phone scams<\/a>. Recently, the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-united-states-prohibits-automated-calls-made-with-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>Federal Communications Commission<\/strong> of the United States took strong action against automated calls (robocalls)<\/a> by considering fraudulent calls made with artificially generated voices to be illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is working on a new service called Azure Operator Call Protection that analyzes real-time conversations and can alert the user if the caller seems suspicious. This technology, which uses AI, could be very useful in preventing phone scams. According to CNET, Microsoft has been testing the program with BT Group and is showcasing how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-will-use-ai-to-combat-phone-scams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Microsoft will use AI to combat phone scams&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":273820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6260],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-273819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-azure"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314664,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273819\/revisions\/314664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273819"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=273819"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=273819"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=273819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}