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Morning Edition · Tuesday, October 20, 2026Published at 2:12 AM EDT · New York
GovTech Singapore and Google DeepMind ship a fine-tuned Gemma scam detector that runs entirely on the phone
A low-power classifier screens incoming messages first, and the Gemma model reviews the wider conversation only when that classifier flags a threat, so the message content stays on the device.
Google DeepMind and Singapore's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) have built a scam-detection model that runs entirely on a user's phone. They announced it on October 14 at Singapore International Cyber Week, Unite.AI reported. The Rus…
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