BLACKSBURG, Va., March 6 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Tools to protect older adults from phone-based fraud in real time are moving from concept to reality after new seed funding from the Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech.
Led by Katalin Parti, the project will develop a large language model-powered phone scam detection tool alongside an immersive virtual-reality training environment. Together, these tools are designed to improve older adults' safety, autonomy, and well-being by providing support before and during scam attempts.
"Despite having accurate knowledge about scams, many older adults struggle to apply this knowledge under stress," said Parti, associate professor...