What Can AI Find Out About You? The Power of OSINT

The web is increasingly filled with synthetic activity, but what happens when AI turns its attention to the data people leave behind? Neha Setia Nagpal speaks with Domagoj Marić, AI customer delivery manager at Pontis Technology, about the connection between open-source intelligence (OSINT), web scraping, and our digital footprints. They discuss how scattered information, such as an email address, conference photograph, or leaked detail, can be assembled into a convincing profile. Dom explains why generative AI lowers the barrier to phishing, social engineering, deepfakes, and voice-cloning attacks, while also showing how the same tools can help people and security teams examine their online exposure. Dom will continue this conversation at Extract Summit Dublin with his talk, “OSINT in the Age of AI: Personal Privacy and Cyber Threat Intelligence.” Meet Dom and the other Extract Summit speakers, explore the lineup, and buy your ticket:https://www.extractsummit.io/speakers Explore Zyte’s open-source projects:https://github.com/zytedata Try Zyte API:https://app.zyte.com/account/signup/zyteapi #WebScraping #OSINT #ArtificialIntelligence ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Why Dom is excited for Extract Summit 0:47 What’s changed since last year? 1:45 Scraping the synthetic web and the dead internet theory 3:40 From the synthetic web to OSINT 5:11 What our digital footprints reveal 6:20 How AI makes connecting the dots easier 8:01 Why the web scraping community should care 9:17 Connecting scattered data into personal profiles 9:41 Using the same tools to understand your online exposure 10:54 The value of meeting in person 11:58 How different perspectives inspire new ideas