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“To be honest, I don’t think I’ve seen a threat this ubiquitous,” our CEO Matthew Moynahan shared with TechCrunch. ? Sophisticated deepfake and impersonation attacks are a rising threat to enterprises, governments, news organizations, and social media platforms alike. Our $17.5M Series A funding round led by Forgepoint Capital will support our fight against malicious generative AI to restore trust and protect the integrity of digital communications and business processes. Hear more from Moynahan, Chief Science Officer Hany Farid, and Forgepoint’s Alberto Yépez about why we are uniquely positioned to tackle this cybersecurity challenge ?? https://lnkd.in/dTwH_PMU

Modern enterprises rely upon trusted, digital business processes to power their organization, and they are increasingly targeted by AI-fueled impersonation and deepfake attacks. See how GetReal can help. Our highly scalable, unified solution platform assists organizations to Prepare, Protect and Respond to AI generated attacks through advanced solutions that verify and authenticate image, audio and video files and real-time communication streams. Learn more about how our multidimensional, layered defense, born from authoritative digital media forensics, goes beyond AI-only based solutions to provide the most accurate and actionable insights for your organization.? https://lnkd.in/eX9xxabN

We are thrilled to announce our $17.5M Series A funding round, led by Forgepoint Capital and investors Ballistic Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, and K2 Access Fund, as well as strategic investors IQT (In-Q-Tel), Cisco Investments and Capital One Ventures.? This investment confirms the importance of GetReal’s mission to protect enterprises and governments in this new world of AI-fueled deception, deepfakes, and malicious digital media. GetReal CEO Matthew Moynahan shares why this rapidly growing threat is different this time: https://lnkd.in/eAcUzNDG

Tina Nikoukhah and I recently spoke about the accelerating threat of AI-generated voice cloning — and how it's no longer a distant risk. ?As these tools become more accessible and convincing, we’re seeing a surge in scams, impersonation, and reputational attacks. Just this month, we’ve witnessed three high-profile cases of public figures and politicians being maliciously impersonated. At GetReal Labs, we are developing cutting-edge AI detection to help organizations authenticate media. Big thanks to Nathan G. from FRANCE 24 for the thoughtful conversation. More here for French speakers: https://lnkd.in/edHvf_jC #AI #Deepfakes #Cybersecurity #ExecutiveProtection #VoiceCloning #Misinformation. #GetReal

Cybercriminals are exploiting widely available AI tools for malicious purposes. Is your business prepared to face the threats posed by deepfakes? Hany Farid and Ari Redbord discuss how this growing threat is disrupting the financial and reputational standing of enterprises. Hear their insights on #TRMTalks ??

Did you know that a deepfake attack happened every five minutes last year? As AI tools become easier to access and more sophisticated, adversaries will exploit deepfake and impersonation attacks more frequently. Now is the time to invest in tools to prepare, protect and respond to these growing threats. “Given the difficulty of visually detecting a sophisticated deepfake, the emphasis shifts to verification,” says cybersecurity researcher Alex Vakulov in Forbes: https://lnkd.in/erJaa2iG?

A Consumer Reports investigation found that most AI-generated voice cloning software programs have no significant barriers to stop people from impersonating others. A low barrier to entry means that cybercriminals can easily use AI tools for malicious purposes, increasing the risk to your business and the integrity of your digital communications with employees, partners, and customers. Kevin Collier at NBC News has the full story: https://lnkd.in/dgauwBnG

ZDNET’s recent article reports alarming financial damages from deepfake vishing scams, including ransoms as high as $8 million. Attackers are increasingly using AI to create realistic deepfakes that impersonate trusted figures for malicious reasons. GetReal is on a mission to maintain digital communication integrity for employees, customers, and enterprise businesses, including real-time verification tools. Read more about this growing threat landscape: https://lnkd.in/etVxci75

I love it when we can see the full life-cycle of problem statement, technical solutions, scientific understanding, and policy recommendations. A ripped from the headline story of AI-powered voice scams led to the development of new techniques to detect AI-generated voices (Sarah Barrington, Romit Barua and Gautham Koorma) which then led to a scientific study to determine how well people can distinguish real from AI-generated voices (Emily Cooper). And most recently, a dinner conversation with law professor Rebecca Wexler led to a policy recommendation published today in Lawfare. Under the current Federal Rules of Evidence, someone trying to introduce an audio recording of a voice can satisfy the authentication standard for admissibility merely by putting a witness on the stand who says they are familiar with the person’s voice and the recording sounds like them. The rule presumes that this evidence will be “sufficient to support a finding that the item is what the proponent claims it is.” In the age of artificial intelligence, this presumption is no longer tenable. The Evidence Rulemaking Committee should amend the evidentiary rules to make the introduction of auditory evidence permissive, not mandatory.

YouTube is warning about a new phishing scam that uses a deepfake video to impersonate its CEO, Neal Mohan, to steal creators’ credentials, The Verge reports. This is just one example of rising deepfake cybercrime. It's a growing threat to everyone, and new tools are needed to protect organizations that rely on digital communications. https://lnkd.in/eAbTa4NM