Federal prosecutors on January 9 charged Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, an IT specialist for an unnamed government contractor, with “the offense of unlawful retention of national defense information,” according to an FBI affidavit. The case attracted national attention after federal agents investigating Perez-Lugones searched the home of a Washington Post reporter. But overlooked so far in…
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Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The United States hopes to use machine learning to create and distribute propaganda overseas in a bid to “influence foreign target audiences” and “suppress dissenting arguments,” according to a U.S. Special Operations Command document reviewed by The Intercept. The document, a sort of special operations wishlist of near-future military technology, reveals new details about a…
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OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests
OpenAI has always said it’s a different kind of Big Tech titan, founded not just to rack up a stratospheric valuation of $400 billion (and counting), but also to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” The meteoric machine-learning firm announced itself to the world in a December 2015 press release that lays…
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OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests
OpenAI has always said it’s a different kind of Big Tech titan, founded not just to rack up a stratospheric valuation of $400 billion (and counting), but also to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” The meteoric machine-learning firm announced itself to the world in a December 2015 press release that lays…
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OpenAI’s Pitch to Trump: Rank the World on U.S. Tech Interests
OpenAI has always said it’s a different kind of Big Tech titan, founded not just to rack up a stratospheric valuation of $400 billion (and counting), but also to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” The meteoric machine-learning firm announced itself to the world in a December 2015 press release that lays…
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Trump Army Appointee Should Sell His Anduril Stock, Sen. Warren Demands
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for President Trump’s pick for Under Secretary of the Army to sell his stock in a defense contractor that experts say would pose a clear conflict of interest. In a federal ethics agreement first reported by The Intercept, Michael Obadal, Trump’s pick for the second most powerful post at the…
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Trump EO Presses States to Bear the Weight of CI Resilience
States, the EO suggests, are best positioned to own and manage preparedness and make risk-informed decisions that increase infrastructure resilience. And there’s some truth to that. The post Trump EO Presses States to Bear the Weight of CI Resilience appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command
Haugh’s firing has seemingly caught senior lawmakers by surprise
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Former NSA official says federal worker cuts will have ‘devastating impact’ on cyber and national security
Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce told lawmakers on Wednesday that cuts to federal probationary employees will have a “devastating impact” on U.S. national security. Joyce, who was the director of cybersecurity for the National Security Agency until retiring in 2024, was providing testimony to the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party,…
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Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security
The NSA’s former top cybersecurity official told Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s attempts to mass fire probationary federal employees will be “devastating” for U.S. cybersecurity operations. In testimony to the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Rob Joyce, the former NSA cybersecurity director who retired from government service last year, warned…
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Cybersecurity Impact of DOGE, Apple’s Stand Against Encryption Backdoors
In this episode, Kevin and Tom discuss current events including the latest developments with DOGE and the significant changes happening at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). They also touch on Apple’s decision to refuse creating backdoors for encryption, setting a new precedent in digital security. Tune in for an insightful discussion on the…
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Cybersecurity Impact of DOGE, Apple’s Stand Against Encryption Backdoors
In this episode, Kevin and Tom discuss current events including the latest developments with DOGE and the significant changes happening at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). They also touch on Apple’s decision to refuse creating backdoors for encryption, setting a new precedent in digital security. Tune in for an insightful discussion on the…
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OpenAI will offer its tech to US national labs for nuclear weapons research
OpenAI says it plans to let U.S. National Laboratories, the Department of Energy’s network of R&D labs, use its AI models for nuclear weapons security and other scientific projects. Per CNBC, OpenAI will work with Microsoft, its lead investor, to deploy a model on the supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The model will be a…