The G2 Weekly Podcast delivers insights into the world of identity and biometrics. Each week, the podcast will cover important developments in the field, making it a valuable resource for professionals in various sectors.
(November 18, 2025 - November 25, 2025)
Dive into the latest episode of Identity Insights, hosted by MIT Fellow Ralph Rodriguez, as we unpack the crucial convergence of AI, biometrics, and digital identity shaping our world!
This week, the identity stack aggressively collided with policy and AI risk, driving a necessary shift toward continuous identity solutions.
• The AI Fraud Crisis Escalates: Discover why deepfake escalation (voice and video) and injection attacks are forcing enterprises and contact centers to pivot from point-in-time verification to "continuous, risk-adaptive identity". Experts urge a 2026 playbook centered on layered Presentation Attack Detection (PAD), behavioral analytics, and zero-trust orchestration.
• Regulators Push Hard on Age Assurance and Likeness Rights: We examine major new policy moves, including Roblox mandating chat age-assurance by January 2026, and the push by lawmakers for “right-to-likeness” rules. Plus, updates on how Scotland, Malaysia, and Australia are advancing online safety checks.
• Massive Capital Flow into Verification and DPI: Capital is surging into the identity sector. Get the details on Incode targeting a multi-billion dollar valuation, Equifax completing the acquisition of Vault Verify, and the UAE pledging a $1 billion boost toward Africa’s digital public infrastructure drive.
• Digital Wallets Achieve Key Milestones: The shift to digital credentials gains major traction as the Illinois mobile driver’s license (mDL) goes live in Apple Wallet. We also cover the EU's expansion of EUDI pilots and Germany’s effort to rally over 75 firms to its wallet initiative.
• Biometrics Scale Globally: Banks and governments leaned into advanced biometrics. Learn about India's debut of a biometric-chip passport with integrated AI processing, Zurich Airport rolling out EES biometric border control, and BioCatch unveiling Connect 2.0 to combat rising banking fraud.
• Accountability and Privacy Debates Intensify: While deployment momentum is high, concerns are rising. We dissect the high-profile false accusation stemming from retail face recognition, underscoring the need for KYA/agentic-AI guardrails. We also discuss privacy concerns around CBP driver monitoring and ongoing debates over the effectiveness of site-level age checks.
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