Phixo – explains why an email in Gmail/Outlook is phishing

- Phixo is a browser extension for Chrome and Edge that analyses emails in Gmail and Outlook and explains why it thinks a given message is a phishing attempt — not just flagging it, but showing the specific clues (e.g. spoofed sender address, suspicious links, urgency pressure). - Phishing is a type of cyberattack where attackers send deceptive emails designed to trick recipients into revealing passwords, financial data, or installing malware. It remains one of the most common and effective attack vectors. - Existing protections (like Microsoft Defender or Google's built-in phishing filters) often block or label suspicious emails, but typically don't explain the reasoning to the user. Phixo's approach is educational: it aims to train users to spot phishing themselves over time. - The extension is marketed as "AI-powered" — likely using large language models or ML classifiers to generate natural-language explanations of why an email is suspicious, rather than just relying on static rule-based detection.