The Future of Digital Identity: Fighting AI Deepfakes & Identity Fraud

Can you prove you’re actually human? In a world of AI deepfakes, synthetic identities, and evolving cybersecurity threats, digital identity is more critical than ever.With AI-generated voices, fake videos, and evolving fraud tactics, the way we authenticate ourselves online is rapidly changing. So, what’s the future of digital identity? And how can you protect yourself in this new era?In this episode, hosts Caleb Sima and Ashish Rajan is joined by Adrian Ludwig, CISO at Tools For Humanity (World ID project), former Chief Trust Officer at Atlassian, and ex-Google security lead for Android. Together, they explore:Why digital identity is fundamentally broken and needs a major rebootThe rise of AI-powered identity fraud and how it threatens securityHow World ID is using blockchain and biometrics to verify real humansThe debate: Should we trust governments, companies, or decentralized systems with our identity?The impact of GenAI & deepfakes on authentication and online trustQuestions asked:(00:00) Introduction(03:55) Digital Identity in 2025(14:13) How has AI impacted Identity?(29:33) Trust and Transparency with AI(32:18) Authentication and Identity(49:53) What can people do today?(52:05) Where can people learn about World Foundation?(53:49) Adoption of new identity protocolsResources spoken about during the episode:Tools for HumanityWorld.org

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