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Tools for Humanity CPO @tiagosada warns that real-time 60 FPS deepfakes could impersonate CEOs on earnings calls and move stock prices before anyone realizes they're fake: "I’ve heard this everywhere from executives at really big firms that wired millions and millions of dollars, to my uncle, who got a deepfake and thought it was my cousin." "We crossed a threshold where models can now create video of more than 60 frames per second in real time. You used to have to pre-generate deepfakes. Now…
In 2024, an employee at engineering firm Arup transferred $25.6 million after joining a video call where every other participant was a deepfake. Since then, AI has advanced significantly and is making impersonation increasingly convincing, causing challenges for financial institutions in particular. As autonomous agents begin handling more financial activity on behalf of people, establishing an added layer of trust and security behind a transaction or sensitive conversation is becoming an urgent need. Introducing @world_id for banking and finance, a suite of technologies that helps institutions establish trust through privacy-preserving cryptographic Proofs. World ID for Zoom lets meeting participants confirm they are the same Orb-verified human connected to their account, while World ID for agents allows AI agents to carry Proofs delegated by people. Bain Capital, OpenExchange, Outtake, Pantera Capital, and VanEck Funds are initial design partners, bringing World ID into some of finance's most consequential interactions. https://t.co/NakSyrdBtq