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Nicole Softness is a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, studying International Security & Cyber Policy and working as a researcher for Columbia’s Initiative on the Future of Cyber Risk. She has published articles relating to cybersecurity, counterterrorism, artificial intelligence and technology law.