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Japan deploys AI avatar AIko to combat $2B scam epidemic

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Japan has introduced a new AI avatar named AIko to combat a growing epidemic of online scams, which cost victims over $2 billion last year. AIko, created by Toshinori Hirano, a professor at Kagawa University Cyber Security Centre, delivers crime prevention messages on YouTube in a direct style to reach a younger demographic. This initiative is particularly relevant as individuals under 65 now constitute a significant portion of scam victims in Japan, prompting authorities to adopt new technological approaches. AI

IMPACT This initiative may offer a new model for law enforcement to engage younger demographics in crime prevention efforts.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the deployment of an AI avatar as a tool for crime prevention, not a core AI model release or research.

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Japan deploys AI avatar AIko to combat $2B scam epidemic

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · SCMP’s Asia desk ·

    Japan’s new AI police chief takes on US$2 billion scam epidemic

    She has a young woman’s voice, a friendly face and a police chief’s badge. Her name is “AIko” and she may be Japan’s most unconventional weapon in a war against fraud that cost the country a record US$2 billion last year. AIko – a blend of the abbreviation for artificial intellig…

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