AI has transformed technology, presenting new opportunities and raising concerns about potential harm. There is no shortage of questions about how to hold #generativeai accountable – or if we can at all. Glen Wise and his team are answering these questions through Cinder’s trust and safety platform.

Because of the recent advancements in artificial intelligence, companies face new challenges in identifying how users, networks, or content may violate their terms of service. Glen and his team at Cinder are uniquely qualified to help. Before Cinder, Glen worked for the US Government and, after that, in threat discovery at Meta. There he met his co-founder, Brian Fishman, a renowned expert in counterterrorism and hate speech. Together, they collaborated to build community threat intelligence capabilities to combat some of the biggest Internet abuse campaigns of our time involving hate groups, terrorist organizations, and election disinformation.

Cinder was born out of Glen’s efforts to improve #threatintelligence at Meta. To understand the tools and best practices other companies were using, Glen spoke to teams in delivery, ride-sharing, gaming, and AI, only to come to a startling realization: there weren’t any. To meet the need, Cinder’s #trustandsafety platform launched in 2021. Today, it is used by both rising AI companies and the top tech companies adopting new technology to help combat internet abuse at scale.

“AI is being used across almost every single threat vector today, and we’ve seen real examples of how AI can be used for harm. We need to take this seriously. Can we actually hold this thing accountable?” – Glen Wise, CEO and Co-Founder of Cinder

Glen balances the optimism of #siliconvalley with a unique perspective—AI alone can't replace humans in ensuring safety. Platforms will always involve humans in critical decisions and people will always remain essential. On this episode of Spotlight On: AI, Glen and Sara Ittelson discuss the #security challenges that have been accelerated by #ai and the enduring responsibility humans have in countering them.

#vc #venturecapital #founder #entrepreneurs #tech #CEO #AI #generativeai #threatintelligence #trustandsafety #threatvector #siliconvalley #security #accountability #internetabuse #technology #Meta #counterterrorism #hatespeech #electiondisinformation #artificialintelligence

Access the episode on Spotlight On: https://www.accel.com/spotlighton/cin...

Season 1:
Season 1 focuses on AI. In this season, we’re bringing together a range of company leaders across different industries and stages to discuss how they’re navigating the current AI revolution. Learn from 12 leaders applying AI in all parts of the ecosystem. They have enabled new industries and profoundly influenced productivity, creativity, and the global economy.

Spotlight On:
Spotlight On examines the technology shaping our world. Highlighting a new topic each season, company builders at all stages of company growth will share their learnings, challenges, and breakthroughs.

Accel:
Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Bumble, CrowdStrike, Fiverr, Flipkart, Freshworks, Qualtrics, Scale, Segment, Slack, Spotify, Squarespace, Tenable, and UiPath are among the companies Accel has backed over the past 40+ years. We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses.

Host: Sara Ittelson Partner at Accel
Featuring: Glen Wise, CEO and Co-Founder of Cinder

Conversation Highlights:
00:00 - Intro and Glen’s background
03:00 - The journey to @ycombinator and the founding of Cinder
04:00 - Introduction to Trust & Safety and the impact generative AI has had on the space
08:00 - How AI can combat abuse and where it could be used as an engine for harm
14:00 - How investors like Sara discern #productmarketfit with new AI technologies
17:00 - Glen’s predictions for the future of AI in T&S and the role humans will play
25:00 - Advice for founders to build resilience earlier on so their platform isn’t used for harm

Connect With Us:
Website: https://www.accel.com/
Linkedin:   / accel-vc  
Twitter:   / accel  

Cinder’s Glen Wise | Trust & Safety Threats - AI Accountability | Spotlight On: AI | S1E10 | AccelVC
   / @accelvc