Homeland & Cybersecurity
The latest coverage of the Department of Homeland Security and cyber threats around the globe.
Anthropic’s new Claude Duet agent aimed at professionals, business owners
Anthropic has shared a preview of its new artificial intelligence agent, Claude Duet, which is geared toward professionals and small business owners.
China’s open AI models vulnerable to backdoor threats
A security company recently conducted an open artificial intelligence experiment revealing serious potential security flaws in China-built AI models in use around the world — flaws that China could exploit for cyberattacks, cyberespionage and other nefarious online activities.
Democrats compete to dominate party perspective on AI regulation
Democrats are racing to define their party’s position on regulating artificial intelligence in a midterm election cycle where the issue has gained traction among voters.
Governors form AI coalition, citing federal inaction
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore touted a bipartisan, governor-led coalition on artificial intelligence, saying at Thursday’s Maryland Innovation Summit that the group is filling a policy void left by federal inaction.
Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts
Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry’s rollout of the massive buildings.
Concerns over AI’s societal harms, existential risks spark FTC probe
The Federal Trade Commission is probing artificial intelligence giants Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs over the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers.
Is ‘self-regulation’ enough for AI? Trump says yes as lawmakers demand rules
President Trump said he agreed with more than two dozen of the nation’s top artificial intelligence leaders Tuesday to rely on “tremendous self-regulation” for the industry, turning aside calls for tough rules on the burgeoning technology.
Nvidia unveils security platform to stop AI agents from going rogue
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new security platform that the chipmaker said can stop artificial intelligence agents from going rogue.
Trump, Xi seize on AI rivalry to bring the two rival superpowers closer together
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday acknowledged their intense competition in the race to dominate artificial intelligence, but said they need to work together to make the technology a source of economic prosperity for both rather than another source of conflict.
Trump says AI will loom over talks with China’s Xi, but he’s happy with status quo
President Trump said artificial intelligence will be a “big topic” when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.
OpenAI’s breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he was extremely concerned about OpenAI’s breach of an Australian health department website and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident.
Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability
The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network.
Sanders, Casar propose ‘superintelligence’ ban, new federal department to monitor AI development
Two leading left-wing lawmakers are proposing to ban self-improving artificial intelligence models that can escape human controls and to start a federal department to monitor extra AI development.
Hacker group ShinyHunters claims massive breach of FBI employee data
A well-known group of hackers said it breached several FBI-related services and stole data “on all FBI employees and applicants.”
Marsha Blackburn wants a national database on child trafficking rings before she exits Senate
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says the Justice Department doesn’t have a central database to catalog child trafficking rings.
Foxes guarding the server room? Senators smell a rat as Big Tech begs Washington to regulate AI
Call them skeptical. Senators who have spent years fighting Big Tech find it odd that leading artificial intelligence companies are banding together to pursue government regulation.
U.S. and China open communication line over alarming AI incidents
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. and China are speaking directly about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
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Document: Cybersecurity 2018: Online Security and Safety in Government, Industry and Civil Society
Download the Special Report available in the January 29, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (3.8 MB)
