Podcast Episodes

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1164: Shaping the Future of AI Media with David Luebke

David Luebke traces his path from chemist-turned-computer scientist to Vice President of Research at NVIDIA. He recounts the breakthroughs in GPU computing, RTX ray tracing, and the moment StyleGAN f…

Published on 9 hours ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1163: Benjamin Corll: Human Risk in Cybersecurity

Season 1 Episode 1163

With decades in cybersecurity, Benjamin Corll has seen threat landscapes evolve from simple antivirus battles to AI-driven social engineering. For Corll, every breach traces back to people—both as th…

Published on 1 day, 14 hours ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1162: Tal Hassner: Rethinking Deepfake Defense

From disappearing people in videos in the late 1990s to shaping AI and vision systems at Intel, Tal Hassner, Chief Scientist for Computer Vision, has watched synthetic media evolve from lab curiositi…

Published on 1 week ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1161: Dr. Joshua Scarpino: Personalizing Security Culture

From phishing tests to AI-driven impersonation scams, Joshua Scarpino has seen firsthand how the human element remains the most critical factor in cybersecurity. Drawing on his experience across orga…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1160: Ira Winkler: Awareness Is Not a Strategy

How do you protect an organization when every link in the chain can—and will—fail? Ira Winkler, NSA veteran and author of You Can Stop Stupid, unpacks why human error isn’t the root of security breac…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1159: Daniel Flowe: Building Trust in Digital Identity

What happens when your “meatspace” identity can no longer keep up with your digital life? Daniel Flowe, Head of Digital Identity at the London Stock Exchange Group, takes us inside the tectonic shift…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1158: Beni Beeri Issembert: Who Am I in AI?

Season 1 Episode 1158

Beni Beeri Issembert’s journey from aspiring philosopher to Head of AI Research and Ethics at Metaphysic is anything but linear. With a deep reverence for Nietzsche and an early curiosity about ethic…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1157: Akis Papadopoulos: Verifying What’s Real

Years before deepfakes hit the mainstream, Akis Papadopoulos was already sounding the alarm. From early GAN breakthroughs to today’s ultra-realistic, low-res media threats, he’s led research at the i…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1156: Ilke Demir: Detecting Deepfakes by Heart

Season 1 Episode 1156

Ilke Demir’s journey from computational geometry to combating deepfakes began with a question: what makes something truly human? At Intel’s Trusted Media team, she developed FakeCatcher, a tool that …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

The Human Zero Day Series | Ep1155: John Sohrawardi: Bridging AI and Humans in Deepfake Detection

Season 1 Episode 1155

John shares his journey into deepfake detection, exploring the challenge of making AI explainable and trustworthy for users like journalists and law enforcement. He dives into the complexities of int…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago