… Under the order, Trump directed the National Security Agency to set up a classified benchmarking process to determine the threshold for designating an AI model as a “covered frontier model.” The NSA must also collaborate with the US Treasury Department and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secur… …
… And to ensure that evaluators understand top national security concerns as they emerge across government, a “group of interagency experts” has formed a task force “focused on AI national security concerns,” CAISI said. …
… As Trump reportedly faces pressure from the Commerce Department and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to maintain a light-touch approach to AI regulation, more security-focused agencies, like the Office of the National Cyber Director, think the time for governance is now. …
… Executive Order 12333 isn’t merely an alternative spying power, wrote Eddington, who focuses on homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute. …
… The administration reportedly requested a pause in the release of these models to gain time for the “national security apparatus” to be “hardened” against this kind of threat. …
… Pegasus enables operators to take full control of a target’s smartphone, providing access to GPS locations, contact details, text messages, phone calls, notes, web-browsing history, messaging-application activity, files, and passwords—even if the target used security measures like encryption to pro… …
… VPNs themselves can create privacy and security problems. “The VPNs that children are incentivized to use pose privacy and security risks. …
… Although not a generous or humane approach to staff reduction, it does follow from the simple fact that a fired employee with access to company systems is a security risk. …
… Didech agreed with Edly-Allen, telling Wired that the Illinois law could become a “testing ground” for AI governance that could show the federal government how to manage risks as public distrust in AI continues to grow . “Laws like this create a world where it’s more likely for the federal governme… …
… Devices on the Covered List “are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons,” the FCC says. …