Tag: private sector
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Hacker News: Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance
Source URL: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/business/google-ai-weapons-surveillance/index.html Source: Hacker News Title: Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has made significant changes to its AI ethics policy, notably removing commitments against using AI for weaponry and surveillance. This shift reflects a growing competition for…
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Alerts: CISA Partners with ASD’s ACSC, CCCS, NCSC-UK, and Other International and US Organizations to Release Guidance on Edge Devices
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/04/cisa-partners-asds-acsc-cccs-ncsc-uk-and-other-international-and-us-organizations-release-guidance Source: Alerts Title: CISA Partners with ASD’s ACSC, CCCS, NCSC-UK, and Other International and US Organizations to Release Guidance on Edge Devices Feedly Summary: CISA—in partnership with international and U.S. organizations—released guidance to help organizations protect their network edge devices and appliances, such as firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPN) gateways, Internet…
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The Register: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right?
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/openai_los_alamos_national_lab/ Source: The Register Title: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right? Feedly Summary: Tackling disease, tick. High-energy physics, tick. Nuclear weapon security, also tick OpenAI has announced another deal with Uncle Sam, this time to get its very latest models in the hands of US government…
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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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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…
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Slashdot: DHS Terminates All Its Advisory Committees, Ending Its Investigation Into Chinese Telecom Hack
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/2332221/dhs-terminates-all-its-advisory-committees-ending-its-investigation-into-chinese-telecom-hack Source: Slashdot Title: DHS Terminates All Its Advisory Committees, Ending Its Investigation Into Chinese Telecom Hack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has disbanded all advisory committee members, including those investigating the Salt Typhoon hack, in a bid to focus resources on national security.…
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The Register: Infosec was literally the last item in Trump’s policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/trump_cyber_policy/ Source: The Register Title: Infosec was literally the last item in Trump’s policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch Feedly Summary: Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate Feature The Trump administration came to office this week without a detailed information security policy, but…