Aug 24, 2026 · 1h 37m
Deepfakes drain corporate cash while Guzman y Gomez posts blowout profits
GYG’s Blowout Result, Adir’s Luggage Startup, Sydney's Pullman Five and Culture Amp’s AI Fight
As artificial intelligence tools accelerate corporate fraud and data scraping, businesses must radically rethink security and customer privacy.
- 1Executive deepfakes pose an immediate financial threat to companies, illustrated by a fourteen million dollar Zoom scam.
- 2Culture Amp is sparking privacy debates by updating terms to use customer data for training artificial intelligence models.
- 3Guzman y Gomez delivered an impressive forty percent profit growth, though complex lease accounting obscures the true numbers.
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Adir Shiffman warns of a company losing fourteen million dollars to a sophisticated Zoom call deepfake of their CEO.
The brief
Hosts Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman break down the week in business, starting with how a repetitive strain injury led to a productivity breakthrough using OpenAI's Whisper dictation tool.
The hosts raise alarms over corporate security, highlighting a shocking case where a company lost fourteen million dollars after being targeted by a highly sophisticated executive Zoom deepfake.
The debate turns to data privacy ethics as Culture Amp faces scrutiny for updating its terms of use, effectively opting customers into having their data used to train artificial intelligence models.
Fast-food giant Guzman y Gomez posts blowout financial results with a forty percent profit jump, though the hosts critique how complex lease accounting standards obscure the true balance sheet.
Adir Shiffman shares his two-year journey launching Tanzu, a premium luggage startup, detailing the engineering hurdles of designing custom skateboard-style wheels for suitcases.
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Whisper
Artificial Intelligence
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