The UNTOLD STORY of How AI Fueled the ANOM Takedown // AI Inside 20

The FBI created a fake encrypted phone company called ANOM, targeting criminal organizations worldwide in an unprecedented honeypot operation. Joseph Cox, renowned cybersecurity journalist from 404media and author of the investigative book "Dark Wire," reveals how artificial intelligence drove this groundbreaking investigation, enabling the FBI to monitor criminal communications and make arrests on a historic global scale like never before.
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INTERVIEW:
- Joseph Cox's new book "Dark Wire" details the FBI's unprecedented sting operation running an encrypted phone company used by criminals.
- The role of AI in translating intercepted messages from different languages and detecting criminal content within the massive trove of 22 million messages.
- The ethical implications and potential overreach of such a large-scale operation that swept up some non-criminal users.
- The FBI developing their own AI system in-house, without help from tech companies, to analyze the intercepted data.
- The broader trend of law enforcement increasingly adopting AI for tasks like automated report writing from body cam footage.
- How the book and reporting on this story has shaped Joseph Cox's worldview and approach at his publication 404 Media.
- Netflix optioning the rights to adapt "Dark Wire" into a movie.
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[@Techsploder]

The show begins at 5:36

[@Buddhafan]

Very interesting stuff!

[@Techsploder]

Right on! Happy you enjoyed it!

[@danielkroft]

Really interesting chat with Joseph! Disappointed to of missed it live!

[@Techsploder]

Yeah, Joseph is always a great compelling interview and this story is really unlike anything else. Definitely going to read the book and can't wait for the movie!

[@lisaboban]

Just bought the book!

[@Techsploder]

Excellent!!