The Complications of KYC in an ERA of AI
To discuss the impact of AI on KYC, Wil Janssen, Founder and CEO, Inverid joined the FinextraTV virtual studio. Setting out the negative impacts of deepfake technology on identity verification and disagreeing with the concept of 'fighting AI with AI', Janssen provided some hope in the form of NFC technologies.
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