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AI agents making mass calls could overwhelm small businesses

Original: If personal ai agents start spam calling businesses en mass to ask questions or try to make orders, I guarantee you many

Commenters are warning that if personal AI agents begin calling businesses en masse to ask questions or place orders, many firms — especially restaurants and small shops — will simply remove their public phone numbers. The concern is that automated calls would overload staff with pointless queries and erode a channel customers still rely on, prompting businesses to cut off phone contact altogether.

Why now: The rapid rollout of AI voice agents is raising fears they could flood businesses with automated calls.

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• If personal ai agents start spam calling businesses en mass to ask questions or try to make orders, I guarantee you many of those businesses will de-list their phone numbers; especially restaurants. It will completely overload small businesses with needless dumb questions.… · psh@infosec.exchange · 3

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