Deepfakes, Voice Clones & Helpful Bots: Social Engineering in the Age of AI

Oindrilla Choudhury

AI didn’t invent social engineering — it just made it faster, cheaper, and more believable. In this practical, Wired-style session, Oindrilla “Dri” Choudhury breaks down five modern AI-era social engineering plays — from deepfake calls and voice cloning to hyper-personalised phishing and “helpful” tool traps — and the simple habits that stop them even when the usual red flags disappear.

Expect real-world scenarios, a clear defensive framework (Pause → Verify → Escalate), and tips senior leaders and busy professionals can actually operationalise without slowing the business. Who it’s for: students, professionals, and leaders who want to understand modern persuasion attacks and build safer verification and reporting habits.

Oindrilla Choudhury is Head of Human Risk at Syngenta Group, a global agriculture company focused on sustainable food systems. Formerly Syngenta’s first Cybersecurity Evangelist, she leads executive-sponsored initiatives across human risk management, security culture, and major incident response.

With a background in engineering and a master’s in brand psychology, her work bridges cyberpsychology, digital ethics, and AI governance to drive human-centric security at scale. She is a regular speaker at the Financial Times, UKSEC, PrivSec, and RISK, and is known for her insights on dark patterns, humane tech, and AI-driven risk.

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