Ep. #50, Defense Against Deepfakes with Joshua McKenty

About this episode

In this episode, Rachel Chalmers interviews Joshua McKenty about the impact of deepfakes and AI-driven scams on digital trust.

In episode 50 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers sits down with Joshua McKenty to unpack how AI-driven scams, deepfakes, and identity fraud are already reshaping our digital lives. From scam factories and nation-state actors to broken trust infrastructure, Josh explains why authenticity is the core problem, and what it will take to fix it. The conversation spans cybersecurity, public policy, and the future of human trust in an AI-saturated world.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Chalmers

Guest: Joshua McKenty

Topics covered

• deepfakes
• AI-driven scams
• identity fraud
• cybersecurity
• public policy
• trust infrastructure

Keywords

• deepfakes
• AI
• identity fraud
• cybersecurity
• trust
• scam factories
• public policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Generationship, Heavybit

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