Multimodal Madness: The Darth Vader Debacle
In our inaugural episode of Pop Goes the Stack, Lori MacVittie and occasional co-host, Joel Moses, dive into the wild world of multimodal AI with guest Aubrey King. They discuss Fortnite's fascinating yet problematic AI-powered Darth Vader, a multimodal NPC driven by Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash and ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5, highlighting the technical mishaps and security pitfalls. The conversation explores the unique risks of multimodal AI in application delivery, where voice and text inputs create complex attack surfaces compared to traditional prompt injection vulnerabilities. Tune in for a blend of tech insights and entertaining anecdotes that reveal the lessons developers and companies can learn to avoid similar issues in the future when deploying cutting-edge AI technology.
Creators and Guests
Host
Joel Moses
Distinguished Engineer and VP, Strategic Engineer at F5, Joel has over 30 years of industry experience in cybersecurity and networking fields. He holds several US patents related to encryption technique.
Host
Lori MacVittie
Distinguished Engineer and Chief Evangelist at F5, Lori has more than 25 years of industry experience spanning application development, IT architecture, and network and systems' operation. She co-authored the CADD profile for ANSI NCITS 320-1998 and is a prolific author with books spanning security, cloud, and enterprise architecture.
Guest
Aubrey King
Community Evangelist with F5's DevCentral, Aubrey is experienced in internal/external network, application and systems engineering.
