Airtel’s AI tool sniffs out 115 million spam calls, 3.6 million spam messages on day 1

Bharti Airtel identified more than 115 million spam calls and 3.6 million spam messages on its network on Thursday, when it launched an AI-backed spam detection tool, people aware of the development told Mint.

The company launched the feature early on Thursday morning for all the smartphone users among its more than 387 million mobile phone subscribers, executives said. They added that the number of spam calls and texts identified by the new tool is expected to rise in the coming days and weeks as the company plans to extend it to feature-phone users as well.