Every click, image, and video online now demands a second look. How can innovation safeguard authenticity in this new era?
In celebration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re revisiting a June 2024 episode of the VentureFuel Visionaries podcast featuring Ben Colman, founder of Reality Defender. It is the leading deep fake detection platform that helps enterprises flag fraudulent users and uncover manipulated content.
In this episode, we dive deep into the world of AI, cybersecurity, and the innovative solutions being developed to protect our reality in an increasingly digital age. Whether you missed this episode the first time or are hearing it again with fresh ears, this conversation is more relevant than ever in today's digital landscape!
Episode Highlights
- Rise of Deepfake Threats Across All Media Formats – Ben explains how generative AI has rapidly expanded beyond voice cloning to include audio, video, image, and text manipulation. This creates new cybersecurity risks across every digital channel.
- How Deepfake Detection Is Protecting Real-World Industries – The discussion explores how organizations — from banks to media companies — use advanced AI tools to verify authenticity, flag manipulated content, and prevent fraud in real time.
- Building Trust and Privacy in a Synthetic Media Era – He shares how deepfake detection models work without storing personal identifiers like face or voice prints, ensuring strong data privacy while accurately assessing what’s real and what’s not.
- Urgent Need for Regulation and Platform Accountability – Ben urges stronger leadership and faster regulatory action to ensure platforms take real responsibility for moderating AI-generated content.
- Growing Threat of Real-Time Voice and Video Fraud – Looking ahead, he warns of a surge in voice-based scams and deepfake-enabled impersonations, highlighting the importance of proactive, real-time detection tools to protect individuals and organizations.
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