Trump AI task force confronts growing questions over keeping AI under controlA White House task force will take the lead on developing the federal government’s response to the rapidly growing capabilities of artificial intelligence.WJLA1d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityai task force formation
Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive dataIt has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.Ars Technica5d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityfederal agency hacks
US lawmaker asks five AI firms how they guard model weights from ChinaRo Khanna has written to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceXAI asking for data on Chinese efforts to steal their model weights, Reuters says.TNW6d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityRo Khannaai model security inquiry
AI liability fight reaches Senate as Google releases powerful new modelRepublican Sen. Josh Hawley and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy are set to introduce bipartisan legislation that would hold AI companies legally liable for hacking incidents, as Google unveils its latest frontier model.Fox News6d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityJosh Hawleyai liability legislation
Fed official used Asian dating site, sent nude photos — and wound up blackmailed by alleged Chinese spyA former senior Federal Reserve official who sought love on an Asian dating site became entangled with an alleged Chinese spy -- then got blackmailed over nude photos, prosecutors allege.New York Post6d agoWhole story →EconomyTechnologychinese espionage case
FTC opens sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other super intelligence modelsThe Federal Trade Commission is ramping up a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, and plans to slap the tech titans with formal demands, similar to subpoenas, to turn over information, administration officials told The Post.New York Post6d agoWhole story →SecurityCommerceftc ai probe
Officials: War Secretary Hegseth Signs Order on Election SecuritySecretary of War Pete Hegseth signed an order on Monday, Sept. 28, directing the Department of War (DoW) to coordinate with federal and state agencies on election infrastructure protection, according to officials cited by Axios. The order assigns U.S. Cyber Command and the War Department’s combat support agencies to focus intelligence and cyber tools on…Natural News7d agoWhole story →GovernmentBuildelection security order
