Tag: government operations

  • Slashdot: Italy Plans $1.6 Billion SpaceX Telecom Security Deal

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/0158237/italy-plans-16-billion-spacex-telecom-security-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Italy Plans $1.6 Billion SpaceX Telecom Security Deal Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Italy is negotiating a substantial telecommunications deal with SpaceX aimed at enhancing secure communications for government and military purposes. This project, potentially the largest in Europe, incorporates advanced encryption technologies and direct-to-cell satellite…

  • Slashdot: US Weighs Banning TP-Link Router Over National Security Concerns

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/18/1249207/us-weighs-banning-tp-link-router-over-national-security-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Weighs Banning TP-Link Router Over National Security Concerns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The U.S. is investigating TP-Link over national security concerns related to cybersecurity risks and potential monopolistic practices due to its significant market control. The scrutiny follows revelations of Chinese hackers exploiting TP-Link’s…

  • Wired: Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/senators-warn-pentagon-salt-typhoon-china-hacking/ Source: Wired Title: Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking Feedly Summary: In a letter to the Department of Defense, senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt are calling for an investigation into fallout from the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrej Karpathy

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/29/andrej-karpathy/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrej Karpathy Feedly Summary: People have too inflated sense of what it means to “ask an AI" about something. The AI are language models trained basically by imitation on data from human labelers. Instead of the mysticism of "asking an AI", think of it more as…

  • Wired: The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/us-patent-trademark-office-internally-banned-generative-ai/ Source: Wired Title: The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI Feedly Summary: The agency dedicated to protecting new innovations prohibited almost all internal use of GenAI tools, though employees can still participate in controlled experiments. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The US Patent and Trademark Office…