Robocalls No Match for AI-powered Virtual Assistant

With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), malicious robot calls may soon become a thing of the past thanks to a smartphone application developed by Georgia Tech researchers.

Created by Georgia Tech computing alum Sharbani Pandit (CS Ph.D. 21), RoboHalt uses machine learning and natural language processing to intercept and screen incoming calls for spam. The smartphone compatible virtual assistant successfully blocked 95% of mass robocalls, 82% of evasive robocalls, and 75% of targeted robocalls in Pandit’s research.