Unmasking the Digital Trail: Essential Techniques for Vetting AI-Generated Content

As AI-generated deception becomes a staple of modern influence operations, relying on automated detection tools is not enough. Join Matt Edmondson and Flashpoint as we pull back the curtain on how malicious actors use synthetic content to advance their objectives and why our senses and critical thinking remain the ultimate verification tool.

What we cover:

• The Limits of Automation: Why current AI detection software consistently fails and how to spot the subtle human indicators they miss.
• Deception in Practice: A look into foreign influence campaigns and the specific AI tactics used to create personas and fake news environments.
• The Digital Trail: Techniques for pivoting from AI-generated webpages to uncover the hidden networks and real accounts behind the screen.

Sharpen your investigative instincts and stay one step ahead of fake content.

Meet The Speaker

Matt Edmondson

Principal SANS Instructor

Matt is a principal SANS instructor with 21 years of federal law enforcement experience helping several Fortune 100 companies improve their security and awareness. His work has been featured in Wired and the Official Raspberry Pi Magazine.