
Why detecting dangerous AI is key to keeping trust alive in the deepfake era
As January's $25.5m deepfake fraud incident highlighted, detecting dangerous AI is not simply a technical challenge, it's vital to preserving public trust.
Ben Colman is CEO and Co-Founder of Reality Defender (www.realitydefender.com), an award-winning cybersecurity company helping enterprises and governments detect deepfakes and AI-generated media. Ben has over 15 years of experience building and scaling companies at the intersection of cybersecurity and data science. Before founding Reality Defender, he led cybersecurity commercialization at Goldman Sachs, worked at Google, and advised U.S. government agencies on AI-driven threats. A Y Combinator alum and winner of RSA’s Innovation Sandbox, Ben holds an MBA from NYU Stern and a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College.