Homeland & Cybersecurity
The latest coverage of the Department of Homeland Security and cyber threats around the globe.
Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts
Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry’s rollout of the massive buildings.
Concerns over AI’s societal harms, existential risks spark FTC probe
The Federal Trade Commission is probing artificial intelligence giants Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs over the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers.
Sanders, Casar propose ‘superintelligence’ ban, new federal department to monitor AI development
Two leading left-wing lawmakers are proposing to ban self-improving artificial intelligence models that can escape human controls and to start a federal department to monitor extra AI development.
Hacker group ShinyHunters claims massive breach of FBI employee data
A well-known group of hackers said it breached several FBI-related services and stole data “on all FBI employees and applicants.”
Marsha Blackburn wants a national database on child trafficking rings before she exits Senate
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says the Justice Department doesn’t have a central database to catalog child trafficking rings.
Foxes guarding the server room? Senators smell a rat as Big Tech begs Washington to regulate AI
Call them skeptical. Senators who have spent years fighting Big Tech find it odd that leading artificial intelligence companies are banding together to pursue government regulation.
U.S. and China open communication line over alarming AI incidents
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. and China are speaking directly about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
China and the U.S. are competing for AI dominance but have shared concerns over safety
U.S. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, leaders of rival nations in a race to dominate artificial intelligence, are expected to meet this week against a backdrop of rising concerns about the threats that rogue AI could pose to humanity.
Newsom orders review of AI kill switch for advanced models
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday to rein in artificial intelligence, including potentially imposing an emergency kill switch for cutting-edge AI models.
Kill switch, monitors, moratoriums: Many plans but no consensus as Congress debates regulating AI
Congress has no shortage of ideas for regulating the artificial intelligence industry but lacks consensus on how to protect humanity from the risks of AI systems operating beyond human control.
Johnson says he and Trump plan meeting with AI leaders ‘within the next week’
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he and President Trump are planning to gather the leading developers of artificial intelligence at the White House for a meeting “within the next week.”
Trump busts AI ‘conspiracy theorists’ for pulling an election-year ‘hoax’
The Trump administration on Monday pushed back against calls to heavily regulate artificial intelligence — including appeals from former President Barack Obama — arguing that alarming warnings from industry leaders and Democrats are a coordinated election-year ploy.
J.D. Vance warns that Big Tech’s plea for federal regulation may be a ‘Trojan horse’
Vice President J.D. Vance on Monday raised pointed suspicions about the motives behind Big Tech’s growing calls for federal regulation of artificial intelligence.
Schumer to Trump: What are you doing to stop unchecked AI power?
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer demanded Monday a briefing for senators on Trump administration actions to curtail the “uninhibited” development of artificial intelligence, as researchers sound the alarm about runaway models that could harm humanity.
Warning of AI doomsday ‘swarm’ sparks push to slam brakes on superhuman technology
A string of new, terrifying warnings from the artificial intelligence community has put Congress, the White House and the A.I. industry on notice: Slow the progress of the rapidly developing technology before a swarm of bots takes over the Internet and “kill all humans.”
Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons
Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons.
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Document: Cybersecurity 2018: Online Security and Safety in Government, Industry and Civil Society
Download the Special Report available in the January 29, 2018, edition of The Washington Times. (3.8 MB)
