Commerce’s André Mendes on the impact of AI on security planning

André Mendes, CIO for Dept. of Commerce, shares his thoughts on how the enormous sudden attention around artificial intelligence and generative AI impacted the department’s cybersecurity planning heading into the coming year. He talks about how the ease of obtaining voice and video prints makes it possible for malicious actors to use generative AI to change everything said into something that would never be said, posing a serious threat to security.