Conan O'Brien Partners With Cybersecurity Firm Adaptive Security for AI Threat Training Series
Comedian Conan O'Brien has partnered with New York-based cybersecurity firm Adaptive Security to star in a 15-part video training series covering AI-era threats such as deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing. Adaptive Security, co-founded in 2024 and backed by over $140 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and funds tied to Nvidia and OpenAI, serves enterprise clients seeking to defend against increasingly sophisticated AI-driven attacks. The partnership highlights growing corporate concern over AI-enabled fraud, which a Deloitte projection estimates could grow from $12.3 billion in losses in 2023 to $40 billion by 2027.
Adaptive Security, a New York-based AI cybersecurity company founded in 2024 by Brian Long and Andrew Jones, has enlisted Emmy-winning comedian Conan O'Brien to host a 15-part employee training series aimed at helping businesses recognize and respond to AI-generated threats. The series, filmed in Los Angeles this spring, covers topics ranging from deepfakes and voice cloning to phishing and physical safety, with scripts co-written by O'Brien's production company Team Coco and Adaptive Security staff. O'Brien's connection to the project was partly inspired by his long-running 'Clutch Cargo' comedy bits, which involved digitally manipulating celebrity mouths — an early form of face manipulation that resonates with the deepfake theme. Each episode opens with a comedic segment relevant to the topic before moving into the educational content. Adaptive Security has raised more than $140 million across several funding rounds, with backers including Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and investment funds associated with Nvidia and OpenAI. The company uses a mix of proprietary and public AI models to power products including security training courses and phishing simulations. The collaboration underscores broader industry alarm about AI-facilitated fraud, with the FTC reporting that social media scams alone cost Americans at least $2.1 billion last year.
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Neither source specifies the cost of the partnership or O'Brien's compensation, nor do they detail how Adaptive Security measures the effectiveness of its training programs in reducing actual security incidents among clients.
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