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Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Publisher description: Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
TechCrunch | Oct 14, 2026 | Ram Iyer
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Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or to speed up workflows. The company says its fleet of agents has so far wasted 17 years of scammers’ time across 2. 5 million conversations. Telcos block numbers, but scammers just get new ones.
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