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  • Schneier on Security: Hearing on the Federal Government and AI

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/hearing-on-the-federal-government-and-ai.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Hearing on the Federal Government and AI Feedly Summary: On Thursday I testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at a hearing titled “The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The other speakers mostly talked about how cool AI was—and sometimes about…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How often do LLMs snitch? Recreating Theo’s SnitchBench with LLM

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/snitchbench-with-llm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How often do LLMs snitch? Recreating Theo’s SnitchBench with LLM Feedly Summary: A fun new benchmark just dropped! Inspired by the Claude 4 system card – which showed that Claude 4 might just rat you out to the authorities if you told it to “take initiative" in…

  • Slashdot: US Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ As Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/30/2151248/us-sanctions-cloud-provider-funnull-as-top-source-of-pig-butchering-scams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ As Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The U.S. government has sanctioned Funnull Technology Inc., a company implicated in facilitating virtual currency investment scams. This action highlights the increasing economic impact of cybercrime in the cryptocurrency…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How governments can use AI to improve threat detection and reduce cost

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-governments-can-use-AI-improve-threat-detection-reduce-cost/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How governments can use AI to improve threat detection and reduce cost Feedly Summary: Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2025. Today, Enrique Alvarez, public sector advisor, Office of the CISO, explores how government agencies can use AI to improve threat detection…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Energy Department Unveils New Supercomputer That Merges With A.I.

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/technology/energy-department-supercomputer-ai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Energy Department Unveils New Supercomputer That Merges With A.I. Feedly Summary: The new supercomputer shows the increasing desire of government labs to adopt more technologies from commercial artificial intelligence systems. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a trend where government laboratories…

  • Cloud Blog: Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieve DoD Impact Level 6 (IL6) authorization

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/google-distributed-cloud-gdc-gdc-air-gapped-appliance-achieve-dod-impact-level-6-il6-authorization/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieve DoD Impact Level 6 (IL6) authorization Feedly Summary: Today, we’re thrilled to announce another significant milestone for our Google Public Sector business: Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) & GDC air-gapped appliance achieved Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6)…

  • The Register: Russia’s Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs’ email servers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/21/russias_fancy_bear_alert/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Fancy Bear swipes a paw at logistics, transport orgs’ email servers Feedly Summary: 13 govt agencies sound the alarm Russian cyberspies have targeted “dozens" of Western and NATO-country logistics providers, tech companies, and government orgs providing transport and foreign assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint government…

  • Slashdot: IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0138207/irs-hopes-to-replace-fired-enforcement-workers-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The IRS plans to leverage AI to enhance tax collection efficiency amidst significant staffing cuts. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized that advancements in IT and AI could counterbalance reductions in personnel while…