Intro to GenAi with Numa Dhamani and Maggie Engler
From Flying High with Flutter by Allen Wyma
December 3, 2025 · 47 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the rapid advancements in Generative AI and the associated risks, featuring insights from experts in cybersecurity and trust & safety.
Is Generative AI moving too fast? From viral deepfake videos to powerful coding assistants, AI is reshaping our world at a breathtaking pace. But with this power comes immense risk: to our privacy, to intellectual property, and even to our ability to tell what's real. How do we navigate this complex new landscape responsibly? In this episode, Allen sits down with Maggie Engler and Numa Dhamani, authors of "Intro to Gen AI, Second Edition" and veterans in the fields of cybersecurity and trust & safety. They pull back the curtain on how these powerful models are built, the societal impact they're having, and the urgent conversations we need to have about data governance, AI agents, and the looming digital trust crisis. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 - Prompt Engineering, AI Agents & More 03:27 - The Guests' Backgrounds in Cybersecurity and Trust & Safety 09:31 - The Hidden Risks of Sharing Your Data with AI 13:02 - Copyright vs. AI 18:52 - The Digital Trust Crisis 24:36 - Watermarking and Digital Verification 30:25 - Using Proprietary Code with AI Assistants 36:56 - AI Agents 42:37 - Who This Book Is For (and Who It's Not For) 📘 GET THE BOOK! Dive deeper with Maggie and Nhuma's…
People in this episode
Host: Allen Wyma
Guests: Maggie Engler, Numa Dhamani
Topics covered
- Generative AI
- Cybersecurity
- Data Governance
- Digital Trust Crisis
- AI Agents
- Copyright Issues
Keywords
- Generative AI
- deepfake videos
- AI assistants
- data privacy
- digital verification
- copyright
- trust crisis
Sponsors
Manning
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Manning
Books & works: Intro to Gen AI, Second Edition
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