Google DeepMind and Singapore Government announce new AI tool to protect citizens against scams
THE SO WHAT
On-device Gemma models screening private chats for scams is a concrete pattern: safety workloads are moving to the edge to avoid data egress while still intervening in real time. If you build consumer or citizen-facing apps, expect regulators and platforms to start treating on-device AI defenses as a baseline, not a bonus feature.
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