Michal is Chief Technical Officer at Gen. He was appointed to the role following the merger of Avast with NortonLifeLock in September 2022. He joined Avast as CTO in September 2019. Michal leads the core technology, innovation and R&D teams driving security engines as well as the company technology vision for human centered digital safety and beyond. He is also responsible for the company’s scientific research in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
Despite the rapid advancement of generative AI, chess legend Garry Kasparov, now ambassador for the security firm Avast, explains why he doesn't fear ChatGPT creating a virus to take down the Internet, but shares Gen's CTO concerns that text-to-video deepfakes could warp our reality.
These cognitive threats are a game changer and not something a firewall can be built against.