A recent study from researchers at University of California San Diego is the first detailed assessment of companies offering school-based online surveillance services such as social media monitoring, student communications monitoring and online activity…
A review of Tamar Mitts, “Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism” (Princeton University Press, 2025). Tamar Mitts’s “Safe Havens for Hate” arrives at a moment when debates over online extremism…
How buyers can use performance measures to drive better security in software products. In June 2017, a cyberattack known as notPetya corrupted the Ukrainian tax accounting software Medoc and used it to infect victim…
The UN has agreed on a global cybersecurity mechanism, but consensus may come at a cost, ignoring divides and risking deadlock. n July, the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in…
Scientists find that people mostly avoid social media ads when they see them, but many ads blend in seamlessly How many ads do you see on social media? It might be more…
Popular generative AI web browser assistants are collecting and sharing sensitive user data, such as medical records and social security numbers, without adequate safeguards, finds a new study led by researchers from…
In an era of extraordinary geopolitical volatility, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is confronting increasingly complex challenges that demand innovative technological solutions. Unprecedented amounts of data collection, the threats posed by great power competition,…
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The G7’s prosperity statement is emblematic of a broader shift in multilateral AI policy discussions. The word “safety” appears exactly zero times in the Group of Seven’s (G7’s) recent Statement on AI for…
If you think of software as a building, you might say it’s made up of code blocks. Many of these building blocks are custom-built for a specific application; others arrive on site…
Governments around the world have been developing ways for public-goods-creating entities to access compute. In 2024, California was home to an intense debate over SB-1047, a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) regulation bill ultimately…
