August 16, 2024 In this special edition of Hashtag Trending Weekend Edition, host Jim Love introduces guests Marcel Gagné, David Shipley, and Andréanne Bergeron. The panel discusses the rise of deepfakes, critical cybersecurity issues, and the evolution of AI technology.
Highlighting recent stories from DEF CON including CrowdStrike’s humility in accepting an award for failure and Elon Musk’s controversial DDoS claims, this episode also aims to shed light on the growing challenges and solutions in cybersecurity posed by AI.
00:00 Introduction to Cybersecurity Today
00:22 Meet the Panel: New and Familiar Faces
02:08 Deep Dive: CrowdStrike’s Humility and Market Impact
03:54 Elon Musk and Infrastructure Failures
08:05 The Importance of Open Source and Market Regulation
10:33 The National Public Data Breach
12:05 Digital Identification and Future Challenges
20:58 The Rise of Deepfakes in Cybersecurity
23:59 The Rise of Digital Avatars
24:28 Open Source and Security Concerns
24:55 Commercial Availability and Control Issues
26:08 Media and Public Perception
26:56 Deepfakes in Politics and Business
27:57 Real-Time Deepfake Threats
29:10 Human Vulnerability and Security Culture
35:23 The Role of Critical Thinking
39:46 AI vs Human Intelligence
49:40 Concluding Thoughts and Future Discussions
Links mentioned in the episode:
Some of the tools that we mentioned:
And some of the companies we mentioned that are leading the way on Deep Fakes
- 11 Labs
- HeyGen
If you watched the episode, you will have heard David Shipley mentioning some research that he felt made his point:
On the limitations of generative AI (with a nod to energy / environmental concerns)
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922
Importance of knowing your personality type in order to gauge your ability to spot deepfakes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10719557/
Turns out a little paranoia (or a lot) may help detect deepfakes:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585323001570?via%3Dihub
On why I’m still on team human:
https://www.numenta.com/resources/books/a-thousand-brains-by-jeff-hawkins/
