AI can do what now?! What an ethical hacker says about deepfakes and AI

Feb 26, 2026

Real-time camera deepfakes are no longer science fiction.

High-fidelity, AI-generated impersonation may be advancing quickly — but that's not the only AI risk financial services companies should be thinking about.

In this episode of AI Can Do What Now?!, Lisa Jones-Huff, director of security solutions architecture at Elastic, sits down with ethical hacker Freakyclown (FC) to explore what is technically possible today with AI, where reality still falls short of the hype, and what security teams should be worried about.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Why real-time AI impersonation is widely misunderstood
  • Whether attackers actually need sophistication to succeed
  • Where capability, accessibility, and attacker confidence are accelerating fastest
  • Where today’s AI still breaks down
  • Why strong security fundamentals matter more than the hype

Additional resources:

Strengthen fraud detection using AI (https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-ai-fraud-detection-financial-services)
Accelerate fraud detection and prevention (https://www.elastic.co/accelerate-fraud-detection-and-prevention-with-elastic)
AI in financial services (https://www.elastic.co/industries/financial-services)

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