Perera is editorial director for news at Information Security Media Group. He previously covered privacy and data security for outlets including MLex and Politico.
The Biden administration declared artificial intelligence suitable for national security purposes in a Thursday directive providing guidance for AI governance and risk management for use in classified missions. The administration has sought to construct a raft of guidelines and framework for AI.
U.S. federal authorities seized two web domains they said supported an artificial intelligence-driven disinformation network run by the Russian domestic intelligence agency and affiliates of a state-run propaganda broadcaster. Authorities searched nearly 1,000 accounts on social media platform X.
Microsoft is retreating somewhat from Recall, a planned feature it touts as "photographic memory" for personal computers. The company announced on Friday that it's shifting the default setting for Recall to "off," and express user consent will be required before Recall can be activated.
The widespread advent of artificial intelligence is opening a fraud detection capability gap between large and small financial institutions, the U.S. Department of the Treasury warns, suggesting that it may use its own historical data to narrow the divide.
Generative artificial intelligence leader OpenAI returned Sam Altman to its board of directors Friday in a bid to put to rest a leadership crisis that rocked the San Francisco company during the last months of 2023. Fallout from the incident may yet reverberate for OpenAI.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it's too easy for fraudsters to launch "child in trouble" and romance scams, so it has proposed rule-making that would give the agency new authority to sue in federal court any technology providers that facilitate impersonation fraud.
Venture-capital owned Armis, a firm that touts its ability to prepare companies for attacks before they materialize, acquired cybersecurity startup CTCI in a transaction approaching $20 million. Armis will merge CTCI employees and technology over the next 30 days.
Data security vendor Cohesity will acquire the data protection business of Veritas in a stock and debt transaction resulting in a combined firm by the end of this year, the companies announced Thursday. The deal values the combined company at approximately $7 billion.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a $14 billion acquisition deal with networking equipment maker Juniper Networks and is touting the deal as a way to position the Silicon Valley stalwart for the burgeoning artificial intelligence market. The transaction values Juniper at $40 per share.
EU officials announced a compromise over a regulation on artificial intelligence in the works since 2021, making the trading bloc first in the world to comprehensively regulate the nascent technology. Europe understands "the importance of its role as global standard setter,” said Thierry Breton.
The British antitrust authority is conducting a preliminary review of Microsoft's interest in OpenAI. The agency will examine whether the companies' partnership means Microsoft has material influence or whether it in effect controls more than half of OpenAI voting rights.
Artificial intelligence poses a global risk of extinction tantamount to nuclear war and pandemics, say a who's who of artificial intelligence executives in an open letter that evokes danger without suggesting how to mitigate it. Among the signatories are Sam Altman and Geoffrey Hinton.
The chief executive of the company behind generative artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT called for global regulations, including licensing, in testimony before a U.S. congressional panel. The Biden administration is already investigating mechanisms to ensure an "AI accountability ecosystem."
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