Council of International Investigators

2023 AGM in Melbourne deemed one of the most successful ever!

 Thank you to our 2023 CII AGM Sponsors.

AGM Sponsors

 

CII knows.... it is all about AI!

Lois Colley
July 13, 2023

AI is certainly the rage. It's impossible to access the news or attend a conference without a reference to artificial intelligence. Even galoots can’t live without it. Try returning a retail purchase without interacting with a robot.

So what is happening in AI?.... Well just about everything.

AI is impacting design in a big way be it clothing, advertising or turning your idea into a graphic.

  • Check out Adobe’s two designer AI packages (Adobe Firefly & Sensei GenAI)  here
  • AI & Music? Experiment with Jukebox by giving it an artist or genre and paying it to create a tune for you. And it even helps the music producers by analyzing patterns in music and predicting trends.
  • Similar to Dall-E2 a program that generates art from word descriptions and/or allows the user to create detailed 3D images.

Artificial Intelligence has come a long way since the first successful program was written in 1951 for checkers (draughts). Remember when Google translate was cool? And who hasn’t used Grammarly , Wordtune or NotionAI in an attempt to improve their writing?

Is it trustworthy?

We know artificial intelligence is  replete with issues such as generating the wrong answer or being non transparent about its sources. That's because AI platforms are about as good as the data used to teach them. Similar to a classroom which a teacher's knowledge about the subject matter is inaccurate or incomplete, AI is dependent upon the information that is fed to it. There is plenty of room for outdated information and plenty of opportunity for biased data. As demonstrated, AI is most unhelpful or even comical when it overlooks a key data point. The brains at CalTech offer their opinion here

Securitizing information remains a prevailing issue. This past May 2023, Samsung banned ChatGDP after determining an employee fed sensitive information to a chatbot. As the Mashable byline reads Incognito is not an option.. As investigators and security professionals know, once it's out there,  be it the cloud or elsewhere, it's out there. 

We must nonetheless weigh the good with the bad. AI is proving it’s worth in crime detection by identifying patterns of fraud, money laundering and terrorist behavior. Facial recognition software is  commonplace. Faces are preserved as a biometric template. AI can gauge the way people move and identify unattended items in public spaces. Having little or no morality, AI is perfectly willing to help the criminals deploy new social engineering skills and more sophisticated pfishing attacks.

So should we trust it? Someday you many not have a choice. The big guys are all investing; Intel, IBM, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet,Amazon, Apple and of course OpenAI. At the moment, there is a  human behind the generation of a fake email or voicemail. It’s a human who fabricates a digital image using a text prompt. I am not sure what’s going to happen when AI becomes self-aware and starts manipulating things on its own. One thing is for sure, it’s having a cataclysmic impact upon how we do life.

Perhaps we don't have to worry. As cofounder Elon Musk, turned defector, of Open AI stated, "The problem with artificial intelligence isn't that it's going to get too smart and take over the world, the problem, rather, is that A.I. is too dumb and already has."

 

Charter Sponsors: CII Kirby Family Legacy Scholarship

Make a Donation: All contributions will be acknowledged and put to good use for the benefit of CII Members and their family.

Platinum Benefactor

Norm & Karen Willox, USA
Willox Family Charitable Trust

 

Gold Patrons

John & Leanne Withers, No. Ireland
Nancy Barber, Glass Key Investigations, USA
Jack Burke, USA
Brett & Sayira Mikkelson, Panama
Tom & Helen Davies, United Kingdom
Ryan Colley, Colley Intelligence, USA
Mike & Carole Russell, USA
Steve & Jeanne Kirby, USA

 

Silver Sponsors

Galen Clements & Arlene Bell, Esq, USA
Derek & Joan Nally, Ireland
Alice Campbell, CFS, CCFS, USA
Niclas Franklin, Investigative Services Europe, Sweden
David & Mary MacLeod, Australia
Jay Groob & Brenda Beyersdoerfer, USA
James Holohan, Brown Rudnick LLP, USA
Galen Clements, Clements Global Services, LLC, USA

 

Bronze Donors

Jim Kirby, Edward R. Kirby & Assoc., USA
Rick & Ellie Quinn, Canada
Wayne Halick, Millennium Investigations, USA
CDiC Consultants, Singapore
Steve Levine, The Vine Group, USA
Chris Nielsen, Nielsen & Associates, Canada
John & Karen Redmond, USA
Kevin & Amy Read, USA
Toine & Dini Goorts, Netherlands
Jason Beberniss, Discreet Services, Inc., USA
 


Vivek Kumar

4 April 1962 – 26 November 2021

The tragic passing of Vivek Kumar , MD Globe Detective Agency , India , without illness or warning was a shock to one and all and an irreplaceable loss to our close- knit association. Vivek was filled with good humor, enthusiasm, and generous of spirit. He was full of sage advice about business, family, fellowship, and life. Vivek was extremely proud of Globe Detective Agency, his wife, children, parents, brothers and friends. He was an indefatigable optimist and an irrepressible supporter of the CII initiatives. Vivek was not only generous with his contributions to our association but a believer that the CII as an international organization was second to none. Vivek touched a lot of lives personally and professionally and every person who interacted with him is the better for it. His death has been a huge loss. The Council of International Investigators is not only saddened beyond words but shall long feel his absence. The CII Board would like to convey, on behalf of the Association, our heartfelt condolences to his family. May God give them the strength to bear their loss with courage and fortitude.


We offer our deepest sympathies.
The Council of International Investigators

 

Our Amazing 2022 Scholarship Sponsors

* Indicates multiple donations

Platinum Benefactor:
Norm & Karen Willox, USA*
Willox Family Charitable Trust*

 
Gold Patrons:
John & Leanne Withers, NIR
Nancy Barber, Glass Key, USA*
Galen Clements, Alene Bell Esq, Clements Global Services, USA*
Brett & Sayira Mikkelson, Panama*
Steve & Jeanne Kirby, USA*
David & Mary MacLeod, Australia*
Chris Ballou, USA Tom & Helen Davies, United Kingdom*
Ryan Colley, Colley Intelligence, USA*
Jack Burke, USA* Brian King & Jeremy King, King International, Canada*
Mike & Carole Russell, USA
Mike Johrendt & Lois Colley, USA*
Melissa Kelly-Hilton, USA

 
Silver Sponsors:
Jay Groob & Brenda Beyesdoefer, USA*
Derek & Joan Nally, Ireland
Alice Campbell, CFS, CCFS, USA*
Niclas Franklin, Investigative Services, Sweden*
Polycarpos Kyriacou, Cyprus
Sachit Kumar, Kumar Family, Globe Detective Agency, India*
James Holohan, Brown Rudnick LLP, USA
Keith Elliott & Marc Reed, Reed Research Tom Reilly, USA
CDiC Consultants, Singapore*
Ed Helfand, Indonesia
Toine & Dini Goorts, Netherlands*

 
Bronze Donors:

Maurice & Chandra Amres, Guyana
Mike Gillam, New Zealand
Roman Bazikalov, Mad PI Consulting, Canada*
Laurence Brown, United Kingdom*
Peter Coleman, Singapore
Seth Derish, Costa Rica
Jim Kirby, Edward R. Kirby & Assoc., USA
Rick & Ellie Quinn, Canada*
Steve Rambam, USA
Eddy Sigrist, Netherlands*
Goolom Monsoor, France*
Laurena Nally & Nigel Rothwell Yosh Wong, Hong Kong
Carolina Bettencourt, Portugal*
Chris Nielsen & Kathy Kerr, Canada*
Leena Stark, Finland*
Stella Stark, Finland
Wayne Halick, Millennium Investigations, USA
Pat Murphy, USA*
Howard Griffiths, RSA *
Joan Reistetter, USA*
Jason Beberniss, Discreet Services, Inc., USA
Paddy Beiner, Germany
Steve Levine, The Vine Group, USA
Sean Peirce, RSA
Kevin & Amy Read, USA
John & Karen Redmond, USA
Danny Sullivan, USA
Boon Swa Tang, Singapore
Bill Belmont, USA
Fernando Molina, Mexico
Neal Gossett, USA

 
More Articles...
<< first < Prev 1 2 Next > last >>

Page 1 of 2