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Sara Hooker on compute thresholds for AI; CrowdStrike breaks the internet

AI governance regimes the world over have seized on compute thresholds as a mechanism for implementing various controls on artificial intelligence systems. The basic idea is that…

Jul 25, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff

Want to scale cyber defenders? Focus on AI-enabled security and organization-wide training

How generative AI provides one potential lever organizations can pull to scale human-led cyber defenses across the enterprise.

Jun 28, 2024 By Jay Bhalodia

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Keeping Ukraine’s grid up and running amid war; Snowflake customers under attack

Taras Vasyliv, Head of the Dispatching Control Systems Department at the NPC Ukrenergo, and Joe Marshall, Security Researcher at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Jun 13, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff

Supporters demonstrate at a Joe Biden Write-In Rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

New Hampshire authorities charge Democratic operative behind Biden AI robocall

Steve Kramer has been indicted for 13 counts of felony voter suppression and 13 misdemeanor counts of impersonating a political candidate.

May 23, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel testifies before Congress on Dec. 5, 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FCC pushes new disclosure requirements for AI in political ads

The proposal comes as campaigns and super PACs have sought to leverage generative AI tools in attack ads this election cycle.

May 22, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) participate in a Rules Committee hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Three bills governing AI in elections pass Senate committee

The bills are aimed at protecting election integrity from the misuse of generative artificial intelligence.

May 15, 2024 By Christian Vasquez

A photo shows a frame of a video generated by a new intelligence artificial tool, dubbed “Sora”, unveiled by the company OpenAI, in Paris on February 16, 2024. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E, said it was testing a text-to-video model called Sora that would allow users to create realistic videos with a simple prompt. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images)

AI companies promise to protect our elections. Will they live up to their pledges?

Critics in government and industry want more transparency, reporting and accountability for recent industry promises around AI and elections.

May 15, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) speaks during a press conference on new legislation at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House bill aims to prepare election workers for AI

The Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act is a companion bill to Senate legislation that will be marked up Wednesday.

May 13, 2024 By Matt Bracken

The flags of China and the United States are displayed in front of the Forbidden City on November 9, 2017, in Beijing. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

US, China meeting this week to talk AI safety, risks

The Tuesday discussions in Geneva will cover “areas of concern” and “views on the technical risks,” per an administration official.

May 13, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

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Stefan Soesanto on Ukrainian hack and leak ops; cyberattack in Georgia

Researcher Stefan Soesanto sits down with host Elias Groll to discuss Ukrainian hacking operations against Russian targets. CyberScoop reporter Derek B. Johnson joins the show to discuss…

May 2, 2024 By CyberScoop Staff