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Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

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Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.

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Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.

·San Francisco, United States
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Anti-fraud AI agents who let themselves be scammed: Apate converts 2.5 million conversations with scammers into real-time B2B intelligence. La entrada How AI anti-fraud agents cheat to map online fraud tactics aparece primero en Merca2.

An Australian startup deploys AI agents posing as victims to keep scammers busy and collect data on their operations, including bank accounts, phone numbers and cryptocurrency wallets.

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TechCrunch broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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