Ryan Lovelace

AI startups fear Biden regulations will kill chances to compete

America's artificial intelligence corporate sector is alive and thriving, but many in the tech trenches are expressing mounting concern that President Biden and his team are out to kill the golden goose in 2024.

January 1, 2024

Ex-Google engineer fired over claiming AI is sentient is now warning of doomsday scenarios

The software engineer fired by Google after alleging its artificial intelligence project might be alive has a new primary concern: AI may start a war and could be used for assassinations.

December 25, 2023

The rise of smart machines: Tech startup turned AI into a business boom in 2023

Artificial intelligence tools exploded in 2023 and put Big Tech on its heels. One AI maker rocketed into the business stratosphere with $1 trillion in market capitalization.

December 25, 2023

NIH failed to monitor grant spending by foreign researcher recipients, inspector general reports

The National Institutes of Health systematically failed to track how foreign grant recipients spent their money, according to a new report from an internal government watchdog.

December 20, 2023

China, Russia, Iran tried to meddle in 2022 midterms: U.S. intel report

China, Russia, and Iran all sought to meddle in the 2022 U.S. political campaign, using covert manipulation operations and hidden online influence efforts to misinform and try to sway voters, according to a newly declassified intelligence community report.

December 19, 2023

Pentagon readies tech summit for buildup of autonomous systems to counter China

The Pentagon is ramping up plans to hold a major summit in early 2024 highlighting its new "Replicator" initiative aimed at integrating artificial intelligence into major weapons systems.

December 18, 2023

Water warning: America’s systems are ‘especially vulnerable’ to cyberattack, Microsoft says

Microsoft is warning that America's water systems are easy targets for cyberattackers, putting safe drinking at the mercy of foreign hackers and ransomware gangs.

December 14, 2023

Cybercriminals hit businesses with skills once limited to Chinese, Russian government hackers

Cybercriminals hammering midsized American businesses are displaying skills previously limited to expert government hackers from China and Russia, according to SentinelOne's Alex Stamos.

December 12, 2023

Federal cyber officials steel for Chinese threat to 2024 elections

The National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command are preparing for foreign cyberthreats to the 2024 elections with an emphasis on how China may change its disruption playbook before November.

December 11, 2023

Wyden pressures Justice Department to let Apple, Google reveal foreign governments’ legal demands

Sen. Ron Wyden is urging the Justice Department to drop any policies preventing Apple and Google from revealing information on their users that foreign governments force the tech titans to share.

December 8, 2023

U.S. military intelligence officials eye AI strategy to ensure machines don’t take charge

The Defense Intelligence Agency is putting the finishing touches on a new artificial intelligence strategy designed to stop powerful new technologies in the pipeline from bypassing their human users on decisions leading to war or peace.

December 7, 2023

Scientists vow not to repeat U.S. government’s grisly experiments on humans

U.S. national security officials say they have made important changes to their experiments on human subjects since a botched research project in 1953 led to a CIA scientist drugged with LSD falling to his death from a 13th-floor hotel window.

December 6, 2023

Microsoft says Russia responsible for hack of email accounts

Microsoft said Monday it uncovered evidence that Russia's government is responsible for hacks of its customers' email accounts and it worked with the Polish government to repel the cyberattackers.

December 4, 2023

Wyden blocks NSA director nominee, demands answers about spies buying Americans’ data

Sen. Ron Wyden is preventing the appointment of a new National Security Agency director because the spy unit won't answer whether it's buying Americans' data.

December 1, 2023

Meta overhauls censorship strategy before 2024 elections with emphasis on AI

Meta is putting retooled artificial intelligence systems in charge of policing political content on Facebook and Instagram before next year's elections, changing the way content gets amplified or hidden online.

November 30, 2023

Kamala Harris evades questions about banning TikTok

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday wriggled around answering whether she supports banning TikTok, the China-founded social media platform whose popularity has skyrocketed while concerns have swelled.

November 29, 2023

Zuckerberg and CEOs of TikTok, X to testify in Senate on online danger to children

The leaders of Facebook, TikTok and X will testify at a congressional hearing in January on digital danger to children, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Wednesday.

November 29, 2023

Sen. Warren’s food fight with Subway deal might be hard to swallow

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants federal regulators to pursue a crackdown on Big Sandwich, complaining that the financiers behind the Jimmy John's restaurant must not be allowed to acquire Subway.

November 28, 2023

Congress’ spy problem: FBI investigates databases for hackers, foreign influence

A recent series of events, including federal charges that Sen. Robert Menendez took bribes from the Egyptian government, have exposed the extent of FBI investigations into foreign agents seeking access and influence in Congress.

November 23, 2023

Lawmakers want new Western alliance for AI to counter China

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers concerned about China's advancements in artificial intelligence want Western nations to form a special alliance to prevent the communist country from winning a tech advantage.

November 21, 2023