How AI Fueled the ANOM Takedown (with Joseph Cox)

The FBI created a fake encrypted phone company called ANOM, targeting criminal organizations worldwide in an unprecedented honeypot operation. Joseph Cox, renowned cybersecurity journalist from 404media and author of "Dark Wire," reveals how artificial intelligence drove this groundbreaking investigation, enabling the FBI to monitor criminal communications and make arrests on a historic global scale like never before. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW: Joseph Cox's new book "Dark Wire" details the FBI's unprecedented sting operation running an encrypted phone company used by criminals. The role of AI in translating intercepted messages from different languages and detecting criminal content within the massive trove of 22 million messages. The ethical implications and potential overreach of such a large-scale operation that swept up some non-criminal users. The FBI developing its own AI system in-house, without help from tech companies, to analyze the intercepted data. The broader trend of law enforcement increasingly adopting AI for tasks like automated report writing from body cam footage. How the book and reporting on this story has shaped Joseph Cox's worldview and approach at his publication 404 Media. Netflix optioning the rights to adapt "Dark Wire" into a movie. NEWS: Nvidia Unveils Next-Generation Rubin AI Platform for 2026 This is Lunar Lake — Intel’s utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks Even the Raspberry Pi is getting in on AI Google Refines AI Search Overviews After Odd Results Introducing Perplexity Pages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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AI Inside explores the complexities of artificial intelligence and its impact on the world at large. Hosted by tech podcaster Jason Howell and media expert Jeff Jarvis, AI Inside takes a thoughtful look at the promise and challenges of AI while inviting some of the industry's most notable players and thinkers to engage in thoughtful dialogue about AI, neither overhyping its potential nor dismissing public concerns about its development. With a deep interest in AI's impacts on art and culture, Jason uses his rich experience in technology and creativity to understand its capabilities better. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, thanks to his popular blog BuzzMachine and books like "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis." Together, Jason and Jeff aim to advance public understanding of this world-changing technology at an important inflection point.