Arup Group

If you or an employee send money after being fooled by a deepfake, the insurer can argue that you parted with it voluntarily.

One company, Arup, lost $25 million when an employee joined a deepfake video call with an AI-generated CFO.

and standard social engineering endorsements cap at roughly $250,000.

So hold that number up against a six-figure draw request or a closing wire.

It is, and things are moving fast.

We were talking about that Arup deep fake AI scandal where literally the person being asked to transfer the money was put on a video conference call with the head of the company and a bunch of key owners and supervisors that needed an emergency transfer of $25 million.

The whole thing was faked by AI.

The people, how they talked, their mannerisms, the little things that they knew about it.

At Fessia last week, during Singapore International Energy Week, we did a side event where we brought in Microsoft as a data center operator.

We brought Influence as a solutions provider and DNV as an engineering consulting firm, as well as Arup, the engineering consulting firm, and talked about...

What should ASEAN countries expect from data centers in regards to flexibility? This debate is raging across much of the world.

You should check out, there's a new association that was formed, I believe, in late September in the U.S. called the AI Energy Management Alliance.

and we sealed off Brunswick Street and returned that to people with the long-term plan to make Blackstaff Square a more people-focused civic space and there's a £2.5 million upgrade for that now planned.

We also put in place with Arup a vision for Linen Quarter as a low-traffic neighbourhood.

We were inspired by the city blocks of Barcelona and really delighted that the Eastern Transport Plan reflects much of that thinking including, for example, 20 mile an hour zone, including removing on street car parking and returning that to people, including more cycle lanes and including some additional spaces that can be turned into urban ecology or green space.

And James, we're talking about sort of reimagining this, this basis that prioritise people in public transport.

But, you know, down the line, if I want to pivot, that's OK. It's just a foundation.

So then I started at Arup when I was 16 in September 2021 doing my level three civil engineering apprenticeship.

And I was actually the only one out of 150 students at my school at the time to do that next step.

And then now I'm just entering my fourth year at Warwick University for the level six.

Back to you,

mate.

How do you summarise the support you've had from Arup?

It's been great.