Fake by Default - How to prove what’s real
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Starts 11:30 AM
Finishes 12:30 PM
Organized by Portugal Tech Week
Venue: Portugal Tech Week Palace
Address: 98 Rua Gomes Freire
1150-179 Lisboa
About this event
Fake by Default: How to Prove What’s Real in the Age of AI?
Session language: English.
If any image, voice or document can be generated in seconds, how do we still prove what’s real?
For decades, a photograph, an audio recording or an email was treated as evidence. Today, any content can be generated or manipulated in seconds, and the burden of proof has shifted: digital content is now considered fake until proven otherwise.
This creates a dual challenge. On one side, fraud using deepfakes and synthetic documents that look authentic. On the other, the “liar’s dividend”, where genuine evidence is dismissed as “AI-generated”.
Gilberto Torres — Chief Data Officer https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilberto-torres/
Halan Borges — Co-Founder DolutechAI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/halanborges/
Paulo Pinto — CEO XKONSULTING
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauloppinto/
Brian Long — CEO Summit Cognitive
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcl23/
Art Linkov — CEO stealth startup
https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-linkov/
Together, we’ll discuss:
How to ensure authenticity, integrity and chain of custody of digital content
What courts, companies and investigators can still trust as evidence
How deepfake fraud and the “liar’s dividend” are changing risk and compliance
The opportunities this opens for startups focused on trust, forensics and verification
This is not a conversation about fear of AI. It’s about building the tools, processes and standards that let us trust again in a world where seeing is no longer believing.
📅 11 November 2026
🕚 11:30–12:30
📍 Portugal Tech Week Palace — Palacete Gomes Freire, Lisbon
Organised by Cybertech Acceleration with 351 Portuguese Startup Association.
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