on-device AI

Google DeepMind Blog 14 Oct 2026

DeepMind and Singapore build on-device AI to detect chat scams

Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore collaborated to fine-tune lightweight Gemma models for on-device interception of conversational scams in private chats. The system is designed to operate with zero cloud data egress, according to DeepMind’s blog post.

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TechCrunch AI 28 Sep 2026

Startup builds phone-based detector after deepfake scam

Tarini Padmanabhuni launched DetectifAI after her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother’s voice. The San Francisco startup builds compact AI models to run on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield.

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