Alibaba's chatbot will answer spam calls for you… but does it work?
Husky is a chatbot that aims to waste a telemarketer’s time

“Do you need a loan?” When you pick up the phone and hear someone say that, you usually hang up.
But Alibaba thinks it has a better idea: A bot that will chat with cold callers so you don't have to deal with them, and waste their time by prolonging conversations.
(Abacus is a unit of the South China Morning Post, which is owned by Alibaba.)
In a voice recording circulating online, a female telemarketer tried to sell the Alibaba bot a bank loan program. (In fairness, the telemarketer might have been a bot too!) The Alibaba bot, named Husky, asked what bank she’s representing and what the interest rate is, and kept the conversation going for over 1 minute by saying that he’s interested.
