AI can already create near-perfect replicas of passports, utility bills and other identity documents — good enough to bypass many existing checks.

In this episode of Transform Gov, Maeve Kneafsey speaks with Dr Hitesh Tewari, Professor at Trinity College Dublin and researcher at the ADAPT Centre, about what this means for public services that rely on digital identity, from welfare and healthcare to licensing and payments.

They explore:

• Why traditional KYC approaches are no longer sufficient
• How fraud becomes dangerous when it becomes scalable
• How zero-knowledge proof can allow verification without over-sharing data
• How blockchain can support trust, not speculation
• Lessons from real-world projects in energy, voting and healthcare data

A practical, risk-focused conversation for those responsible for digital public services.

Key topics

• 01:25 – AI-generated identity documents and KYC risk
• 06:30 – Why scalable fraud changes everything
• 10:45 – What blockchain is (and is not) for government
• 13:50 – Zero-knowledge proof explained simply
• 19:40 – Tackling greenwashing with better energy attribution
• 22:15 – Healthcare data, silos and trust
• 25:50 – What’s coming next: opportunities and risks

Digital identity, AI fraud, KYC, public sector technology, digital government, blockchain, zero-knowledge proof, cybersecurity, trust in government, ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin

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