A Fast Company Press book.

Defending against deception, deepfakes, and digital fraud

No technology wave in history has moved as quickly or proposes to reshape our lives as profoundly as the recent advances in artificial intelligence. While there is lots of debate surrounding the future implications of AI, the side effects of the AI-revolution’s early innings are already hitting home in the digital daily lives of everyday people and families. Scammers and cybercriminals are actively leveraging AI advances to turbocharge their deceit, catapulting digital fraud to the fastest growing crime in countries worldwide. Through deepfake voices and images, customer service cons, and socially engineered exploitation, AI is driving the equivalent of an industrial revolution for digital fraud.

Dark Side of the Boom is a wake-up call to this immediate and sinister side of the AI revolution that is lost amidst the headline-grabbing futurist debates about whether AI will save us or destroy us. Author Patrick Coughlin draws on decades of experience in cybersecurity alongside real-world examples to shed a new light on today’s AI-powered scammers, who they target, and why they succeed. The result is an engaging and compelling guide to deception in the AI era and how we protect and secure what matters most to us all.