AI Agents Get All Dressed Up
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In this week's episode:
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- We discuss new reporting on OpenAI's push into advertising.
- A deep dive into deepfakes with Brian Brushwood, covering FBI warnings and voice scams.
- How medical AI is detecting patient demographics to make biased decisions.
- The rise of AI agents, from cybersecurity testing to vending machines.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
More Info About Adverts in ChatGPT:
- New Reporting from The Information: https://archive.ph/20251224233124/https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-ads-push-starts-taking-shape
Exploring Deepfakes with Brian Brushwood:
- Deepfakes will continue to be a thing: https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-says-ongoing-deepfake-impersonation-of-us-officials-dates-back-to-2023/
- https://chatgpt.com/share/694fa12a-f734-8011-9e2d-cc0293213f8a
- Deloitte study: https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/financial-services/deepfake-banking-fraud-risk-on-the-rise.html
- How LLM Voice Scams Work (feat. Perry): https://youtu.be/GfaioyLxprs?si=cbqzTNjVynB4m2MU
- We Are Not Ready for Deepfakes in 2026 (feat. Perry): https://youtu.be/TltS5ZbGtTA?si=7SXKicjeaRMf5E9G
Racism in Medical AI Strikes Again:
- Superhuman racism as AI detects patient demographics from cellular imaging, and makes biased decisions from there: https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-cancer-diagnostic-bias
AI agents are cool and scary:
- First – something different: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/endritrestelica_one-person-at-home-with-a-laptop-can-now-activity-7409971801482731520-xPN-/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACFP34BmygIrgqg3f4FoDKNkg9fqXiChHc
- https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-all-access-ai-agents/
- COMPARING AI AGENTS TO CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS IN REAL-WORLD PENETRATION TESTING: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09882
- AI Vending Machine - update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPhm7S9vsQ
*** THE BOILERPLATE ***
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