AI:AM — Trust and Recovery in AI (June 1, 2026)

Trust and Recovery in AI. Andy Fernandez (HYCU) on backups as the enterprise black box, David Villalón & Manuel Romero (Maisa) on auditable digital workers, and Snehal Antani (Horizon3.ai) on the 77-second breach and why deception is the EMP of AI cyber weapons. Plus the disk trade and 1,766 miles of full self-driving.

(0:00) Opening — Why a daily AI show

(0:31) Why we need more AI shows

(11:12) What are we trying to do here

(17:23) Andy Fernandez (HYCU) — AI, cyber resilience & recoverability

(23:23) Backup data answers what was deleted

(27:14) Telemetry won't replace recovery

(43:14) Trust requires guardrails, not blind access

(48:21) David Villalón & Manuel Romero (Maisa) — Digital workers that survive production

(55:00) We don't use workflows, we handle exceptions

(57:50) Workflow thinking constrains knowledge work

(1:03:55) Compiling and executing programs on the fly

(1:09:58) ROI isn't just cost — it's faster value

(1:23:16) Snehal Antani (Horizon3.ai) — Trust through autonomous security validation

(1:25:50) Attackers chain small weaknesses

(1:47:49) Assume breach, manage blast radius

(1:58:08) Seventy-seven seconds to lose

(2:02:09) Deception is the EMP of AI

(2:03:02) Closing — The disk trade, Panopticon, and FSD

(2:05:46) Products get pulled by the market

(2:23:04) Crypto is banking's overlay

(2:26:18) Rules need to get better

Guests:

Andy Fernandez — HYCU (@hycuinc)

David Villalón — Maisa (@davipar)

Manuel Romero — Maisa (@mrm8488)

Snehal Antani — Horizon3.ai (@snehalantani)

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