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Today’s show:

Sardine CEO and Co-Founder Soups Ranjan joins Jason to discuss the potential harms of generative AI re: fraud (9:53), the value of intrinsic AI (29:48), Sardine's fraud-prevention solution (26:02), and much more!

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Time stamps:

(0:00) Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan joins Jason

(6:11) What Soups learned from his time as Coinbase’s director of risk management and data science

(8:36) LinkSquares - The go-to for all your legal needs. Learn more at https://⁠linksquares.com/twist

(9:53) Fraud in finance and spotting bad actors

(15:03) “Pig Butchering” scams and Kitboga’s crackdown

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(26:02) Using machine learning to prevent future fraud

(29:48) Extrinsic AI vs. intrinsic AI and doomsday scenarios

(33:53) What sets Sardine apart from other companies

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(36:53) Overlap in techniques, actors, etc. in fraud protection

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