One of the Big Four banks is fighting scammers with bots that talk back – complete with Aussie accents and a knack for pointless small talk.

One of the Big Four banks is fighting scammers with bots that talk back – complete with Aussie accents and a knack for pointless small talk.

Thousands of bots will receive calls from fraudsters, with computer-generated voices mimicking Australian accents and speech patterns wasting...

Thousands of bots will receive calls from fraudsters, with computer-generated voices mimicking Australian accents and speech patterns wasting...

Thousands of bots will receive calls from fraudsters, with computer-generated voices mimicking Australian accents and speech patterns wasting...

Thousands of bots will receive calls from fraudsters, with computer-generated voices mimicking Australian accents and speech patterns wasting...

The bank hopes the technology can disrupt scam operations by adding thousands of dud targets.

Legendary Australian rockers AC/DC will return to Perth for the first time in more than a decade, bringing their Power Up tour down under.

Legendary Australian rockers AC/DC will return to Perth for the first time in more than a decade, bringing their Power Up tour down under.

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