THE CYBER INTERVIEW And that’ s a way sanctioned companies try to generate money for the nation.” One way to thwart this is through Ping Identity’ s offering PingOne Verify.
Russ says:“ It allows you to basically check if people are really them – if they are humans on the video call or if they’ re using deep fake generators or things like that.”
The tool validates each person’ s identity against a government ID stored on a temporary basis.
“ It is validated against real pictures of yourself, which again is stored long enough to actually make that verification,” adds Russ.“ And we do it exclusively to prevent crime, protect the company and protect our customers.”
Bracing for‘ AI stupidity’ For all the good AI brings, the risks are numerous. One that is particularly pertinent, in Ross’ s eyes, is what he calls“ AI stupidity”. He says:“ AI is still very nascent. And when we look at AI retrospectively 10 years from now, we’ re going to think just how stupid it is. Now, AI is a fantastic tool, but that being said, its output is fallible.
30 September 2026