Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released
… But until recently, the Trump administration downplayed safety concerns and took a hands-off approach under former White House AI czar David Sacks. …
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How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
… First, Anthropic’s Mythos has genuinely spooked the national security apparatus, forcing the administration to confront a new threat: the possibility of adversaries using American AI models to attack America’s public and private sectors. …
Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE
… He is a current, not former PhD candidate, and the EFF letter concerns his personal, not university, Gmail account.
AI backlash is coming for elections
… Concerns over job loss could also rise to the top of voters’ AI concerns as soon as this summer, according to Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of The Alliance for Secure AI, a nonprofit that aims to “defend humanity” in the AI age. “Based on what the technology is doing, and based on what leaders in the in… …
AI warfare is already here
… In 2024, the Biden administration published a memorandum on AI and national security, setting up rules for how AI can be used in certain national security scenarios — and for now, even under Trump, that policy is in force. …
Attack of the killer script kiddies
… The panic even goes back to 1995, when a free software vulnerability scanner named SATAN an acronym for Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks was released. …
A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers
… I wish I could say I’ve described every facepalm-worthy thing Azdoufal discovered about Meari’s practices, but you can find more in his full security writeup. …
Microsoft could be the next Big Tech antitrust target
… Government contracts and cybersecurity were not among the CID topics disclosed to The Verge, and Haurek says Microsoft responded to the government’s security requests at the time and that agencies were “free to engage with other vendors.” Microsoft’s growth in cloud computing has helped push its va… …
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s “unconstrained” relationship with the truth
… Those investors, in many cases, now say, “I look back, and I think I should have had more concerns if I had known fully what the claims were and what the concerns were.” Not all of them; opinions vary, and we quote a range of opinions, but there are significant ones who were acting on very partial … …
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
… Whether there’s peace or war on Earth, defense contractors stand to make good money. “The national security piece gives you sort of a floor below which it’s hard to imagine SpaceX falling,” says Weinzierl. …