Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore unveil on-device AI tool to fight chat scams

Lightweight Gemma models will be used to flag conversational scams inside private messages without sending user data to the cloud Singapore has a new idea for stopping scammers: put the AI detective inside your phone and never let it phone home. On October 14, 2026, Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo announced a strategic collaboration between the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) and Google DeepMind. The goal is to build lightweight, on-device AI models, based on Google’s Gemma models, that can catch conversational scams in private messaging apps as they happen.

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