Daisy Harris likes birds — there’s one outside her window. Her cat is named Fluffy, and she’d love to tell you about her knitting hobby. That’s the general vibe of a chat with Daisy Harris, an A.I.-generated granny unveiled this month by the big British phone company O2, as part of its efforts to curb phone scammers. She doesn’t have a badge, or a warrant, or any way to really stop them. But when an unlucky fraudster dials her number, Daisy does have the power to waste unlimited amounts of their time.

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Persons: Daisy Harris, Daisy Organizations: O2