Updated
Updated · Variety · Jun 9
Adaptive Security Enlists Conan O’Brien for 15-Part AI Threat Training Series
Updated
Updated · Variety · Jun 9

Adaptive Security Enlists Conan O’Brien for 15-Part AI Threat Training Series

2 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 9

Summary

  • Conan O’Brien will star in a 15-episode training series for Adaptive Security’s enterprise customers, covering deepfakes, voice cloning, impersonation, phishing and physical-safety risks tied to generative AI.
  • Adaptive filmed the series in Los Angeles this spring, with scripts co-written by Team Coco staff and the company; each episode opens with an O’Brien comedy bit tied to the threat being explained.
  • Deloitte projects AI-driven fraud losses will climb to $40 billion in 2027 from $12.3 billion in 2023, a backdrop Adaptive says is making attacks more sophisticated, more frequent and harder to detect.
  • New York-based Adaptive, founded in 2024 by Brian Long and Andrew Jones, sells security training and phishing simulations powered by proprietary and public AI models and has raised more than $140 million.

Insights

If corporations need celebrity training for deepfakes, what hope does the average person have against AI-powered scams?
Is comedy the best defense against AI deepfakes, or a distraction from the need for foolproof technology?