Ryan Lovelace

Amazon’s new lab unveils model to power AI agents

Amazon's new lab dedicated to developing advanced artificial intelligence debuted on Monday a new model to fuel AI agents, or digital assistants.

March 31, 2025

Musk invited to CIA to discuss government efficiency

CIA Director John Ratcliffe is expected to welcome Elon Musk on Monday to discuss government efficiency at the spy agency.

March 30, 2025

Rand Corporation warns of AI ‘wonder weapons’ in cyberspace

The Rand Corporation is warning lawmakers they need to prepare for the sudden emergence of advanced artificial intelligence "wonder weapons" in cyberspace.

March 26, 2025

CIA director focusing new spying efforts on China

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said he's focused on stealing China's secrets after identifying gaps in America's efforts to collect intelligence inside the communist country.

March 26, 2025

Inside the CIA’s use of Signal and how America’s enemies try to hack it

Signal is the encrypted messaging app of choice for Washington officials from the CIA to Capitol Hill who are looking to dodge Russian hackers and Chinese cyberattackers.

March 25, 2025

Intelligence community warns America’s adversaries are uniting

Cartels and gangs pose the most direct danger to the U.S., intelligence officials said Tuesday as they delivered their annual global threat assessment to Congress.

March 25, 2025

FCC’s new national security unit investigating Chinese tech companies

The Federal Communications Commission's new national security team is investigating Chinese tech companies suspected of skirting U.S. restrictions.

March 24, 2025

U.S. intelligence pledges to update Congress on foreign efforts to assassinate Trump, others

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is committing to tell Congress what it knows about foreign threats against the life of President Trump and other Americans.

March 21, 2025

Brothels’ operator headed to prison; D.C.-area clientele shielded from public view

The operators and clients of an interstate brothel network shut down in 2023 are beginning to suffer consequences -- except in Northern Virginia.

March 21, 2025

British cyber intelligence officers making inroads in Hollywood

Britain's top cyber intelligence team gave Washington an inside look this week at its new collaboration with Hollywood, as part of an effort to bring its secret world onto the silver screen.

March 19, 2025

Power supply seen as key to U.S. government’s strategy for AI dominance

The U.S. government is formulating ambitious plans to fuel its effort to win the global artificial intelligence arms race.

March 18, 2025

OpenAI pitches Trump admin on ‘freedom-focused’ AI plan to counter China

OpenAI said it wants the Trump administration to pursue a new "freedom-focused" AI agenda to counter China, emphasizing the need for changes to regulatory policy, export controls and copyright restrictions.

March 14, 2025

Grassley says top domestic cyber agency still not answering questions about hack 14 months later

Sen. Charles E. Grassley said America's top domestic cybersecurity agency has failed to provide basic information about a hack it suffered more than a year ago, in January 2024.

March 12, 2025

Musk blames X outage on major adversary, links to Ukraine

Elon Musk is attributing the recent major outage on his social media site X to a well-resourced adversary using internet protocol addresses originating from Ukraine.

March 11, 2025

China’s Manus unnerves Silicon Valley with rollout of AI agents

Manus, the new artificial intelligence tool from China, is disrupting the global tech race with a new AI agent that some analysts believe is far more powerful than the competition.

March 10, 2025

Marco Rubio, Elon Musk spar with Polish foreign minister over Starlink in Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump adviser Elon Musk sparred with Poland's foreign minister on Sunday, urging the diplomat to be quiet and thankful for keeping Russia away from his doorstep.

March 9, 2025

Momentum builds on Capitol Hill to approve private sector hack-back against China

There's growing bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for new plans to give private-sector companies the authority to hack back against Chinese cyberattackers who target American infrastructure systems and other critical networks.

March 5, 2025

Scale AI partners with Pentagon on ‘Thunderforge’ program to use AI for military planning

American artificial intelligence company Scale AI said Wednesday it will partner with the Pentagon on a new project to introduce AI into military planning and operations.

March 5, 2025

Lawmakers explore ways to curb terrorist recruiting on social media

House lawmakers started investigating terrorists recruiting online on Tuesday, motivated by the apparent self-radicalization of the American-born attacker striking New Orleans on New Year's Day.

March 4, 2025

Trump administration denies ignoring Russian cyber threats with CISA move

Trump administration officials are disputing allegations that they are deliberately disregarding Russian cyberattackers, decrying reports suggesting federal officials are doing Moscow's bidding as 'fake.'

March 3, 2025