Beyond cybersecurity, older AI personas have become a trend in digital content creation: O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time

Daisy acts as a "scambaiter," designed to keep phone scammers on the line as long as possible to waste their time and prevent them from targeting real victims.

Daisy has successfully held scammers on calls for over 40 minutes at a time. By playing on scammers' biases about elderly people's perceived tech-illiteracy, she effectively exposes their tactics while protecting the public. Viral AI Granny Personas

The most notable "mature" AI persona is , a lifelike AI grandmother created by British telecom provider Virgin Media O2 .

Utilizing multiple generative AI models, Daisy engages in human-like, meandering conversations. She uses a realistic voice and has a detailed backstory, often discussing her cats, her hobby of knitting, or providing fake banking information to frustrate callers.