Tag: government
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Google Online Security Blog: How we kept the Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2024
Source URL: https://security.googleblog.com/2025/01/how-we-kept-google-play-android-app-ecosystem-safe-2024.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: How we kept the Google Play & Android app ecosystems safe in 2024 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines Google’s ongoing initiatives for enhancing security and privacy within the Android and Google Play ecosystem in 2024. Key highlights include the integration…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Baroness Kidron’s speech regarding UK AI legislation
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/29/baroness-kidron-speech/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Baroness Kidron’s speech regarding UK AI legislation Feedly Summary: Baroness Kidron’s speech regarding UK AI legislation Barnstormer of a speech by UK film director and member of the House of Lords Baroness Kidron. This is the Hansard transcript but you can also watch the video on parliamentlive.tv.…
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Hacker News: Cali’s AG Tells AI Companies Almost Everything They’re Doing Might Be Illegal
Source URL: https://gizmodo.com/californias-ag-tells-ai-companies-practically-everything-theyre-doing-might-be-illegal-2000555896 Source: Hacker News Title: Cali’s AG Tells AI Companies Almost Everything They’re Doing Might Be Illegal Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the California Attorney General’s advisories on the legal challenges faced by the AI industry, particularly concerning unlawful practices such as deception, false advertising, and…
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The Register: Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/nao_blasts_uk_gov_cyber/ Source: The Register Title: Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress Feedly Summary: Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new report from the spending watchdog suggesting…
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The Register: AI revoir, Lucie: France’s answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/french_ai_chatbot_lucie_suspended/ Source: The Register Title: AI revoir, Lucie: France’s answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive Feedly Summary: Slew of embarrassing answers sends open source chatterbox back for more schooling As China demonstrates how competitive open source AI models can be via the latest DeepSeek release, France has shown the opposite.… AI…
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The Register: The curious story of Uncle Sam’s HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/opm_email_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: The curious story of Uncle Sam’s HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster Feedly Summary: Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam’s HR department…
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Data and computer security | The Guardian: Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/29/cyber-attack-threat-uk-government-departments-whitehall-nao Source: Data and computer security | The Guardian Title: Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says Feedly Summary: Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”,…
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Slashdot: OPM Sued Over Privacy Concerns With New Government-Wide Email System
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/28/226206/opm-sued-over-privacy-concerns-with-new-government-wide-email-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OPM Sued Over Privacy Concerns With New Government-Wide Email System Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) concerning privacy issues related to a new email system directed by a former employee of Elon Musk. It highlights…