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Alexandru Voica discusses Synthesia's approach to responsible AI and the importance of trust in enterprise sales.

Alexandru Voica, Head of Corporate Affairs and Policy at Synthesia, discusses how the world's largest enterprise AI video platform has approached trust and safety from day one. He explains Synthesia's "three C's" framework—consent, control, and collaboration: never creating digital replicas without explicit permission, moderating every video before rendering, and engaging with policymakers to shape practical regulation. Voica acknowledges these safeguards have cost some business, but argues that for enterprise sales, trust is competitively essential. The company's content moderation has evolved from simple keyword detection to sophisticated LLM-based analysis, recently withstanding a rigorous public red team test organized by NIST and Humane Intelligence. Voica criticizes the EU AI Act's approach of regulating how AI systems are built rather than focusing on harmful outcomes, noting that smaller models can now match frontier capabilities while evading compute-threshold regulations. He points to the UK's outcome-focused approach—like criminalizing non-consensual deepfake pornography—as more effective. On adoption, Voica argues that AI companies should submit to rigorous…

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Host: Kevin Werbach

Guest: Alexandru Voica

Topics covered

• Responsible AI
• Trust and Safety
• Content Moderation
• AI Regulation
• Enterprise Sales
• Personalized Education

Keywords

• AI video platform
• trust and safety
• content moderation
• EU AI Act
• third-party audits
• personalized education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Synthesia, NIST, Humane Intelligence, EU AI Act, UK

Books & works: Audits, Not Essays

Places: Romania

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