Eric Davis 🇺🇦

Senior VP for Special Projects @IST_org | Security, Trust & Safety, Privacy | ex-Google, Symantec, eBay | @ericdavis.bsky.social | @[email protected]

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

At the salon, Senior VP for Special Projects @ericdavis & Policy Analyst for Tech and Society Gabrielle Tran joined conversations focused on AI’s effects on our relationships, the need to foster social cohesion and build trust, and potential interventions.

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

Please join @acrews_ofa, @swapneel_mehta, @theodoraskeadas, Diane Chang, and I tomorrow at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT, as we do a deeper dive into #Trustcon panel topics

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

Tomorrow, IST’s @ericdavis joins @AllTechisHuman for a virtual #TrustCon hot wash with Diane Chang, @acrews_ofa, @swapneel_mehta, and @theodoraskeadas.

There’s still time to register: https://t.co/sQSuwSPKQU

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

IST is excited to have two team members nominated for the 2024 #CyberScoop50 awards!
🌟 @t_grossman, Most Inspiring Up and Comer
🌟 @meganstifel, Cybersecurity Visionary
Check out the full list of talented nominees and cast your vote for Taylor and Megan!
https://t.co/9SzJ0sIZah

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

What are the key insights and takeaways from TrustCon? Next week, IST’s @ericdavis joins Diane Chang, @acrews_ofa, @swapneel_mehta, and @theodoraskeadas for an @AllTechisHuman webinar recapping the week. Register now: https://t.co/sQSuwSQiGs

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

🚀 We’re excited to be at #TrustCon this week!
On Thursday, be sure to stop by “2024 Elections and AI Case Studies: Beware the Six-Fingered Man,” moderated by @ericdavis with panelists Diane Chang, @acrews_ofa & @swapneel_mehta.
Preview the discussion:
https://t.co/hpE7B7fuXa

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

To help cue up a fun, nerdy discussion for our #Trustcon panel next week, my panelists and I prepared this preview. Hope to see you there

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

At #TrustCon next week, IST’s Eric Davis will moderate a discussion with Diane Chang, @acrews_ofa, and @swapneel_mehta on AI’s impact on 2024 elections. In our latest blog, Eric & fellow panelists preview their talk:
https://t.co/hpE7B7fuXa

[Carnegie Endowment @CarnegieEndow]

OUT NOW🚨

Gavin Wilde, Olga Belogolova, Lee Foster, & @RidT's new @ForeignAffairs article outlines the dangers of overexaggerating the disinformation threat, which only aids foreign propagandists.

READ NOW: https://t.co/mob0fDDQLd

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

In Feb 2023, while election deepfakes were a hypothetical for nearly the entire world, Nigeria faced them in its presidential election. Thanks to @HannahOjo for this great discussion about manipulated media in the election & prospects for interventions in other countries in 2024.

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

In Feb 2023, the Nigerian presidential election was marred by disinformation, including AI deep fakes. In this #NatSpecs blog, IST Senior VP for Special Projects Eric Davis sat down with journalist @HannahOjo to discuss her experience with misinformation.
https://t.co/XgsQGtZ3kc

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

Excited to be on board!

[Institute for Security and Technology @IST_org]

We are excited to announce the addition of @ericdavis as Senior Vice President for Special Projects! In this role, Eric will advance IST’s overall vision and strategy, and lead and support initiatives across IST’s pillars.
https://t.co/axxky5Rk1P

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

@alexkozak ...after the fact that they were just joking when they posted an incendiary deepfake.

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

Also, see how references to The Princess Bride, Harry Potter, The Office, and South Park are critical to any substantive discussion about the risks that the misuse of AI poses to democratic integrity.
(albeit invoked in the blog post, not the FEC submission)

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

@alexkozak ...on its effectiveness for certain scenarios.)

The bar for labeling p/s is high -- part of the point of the Onion brief is that reasonable people can distinguish it.

I'm wary of frameworks that can give political actors or others a pass if they insist...

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

@alexkozak ...where deepfakes and other such things are unleashed on a broad audience.

(I really miss the option for threaded replies!)

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

@alexkozak ...last year: "a reasonable reader does not need a disclaimer to know that parody is parody." :-) (6) I added the "regardless of their awareness of current events, candidates, communication styles or political beliefs of particular candidates" qualifier for situations

[Eric Davis 🇺🇦 @ericdavis]

@AEItech @JohnSamplesCato @katieharbath @AEI @ShaneTews @ProfClayCalvert @Meta Thanks for doing this. Will a recording of the event be made available? Because, 7am in California.