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Senators pressure social media CEOs to testify before Congress on harm to children

The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the CEOs of major social media platforms to testify on their products' alleged danger to children, zeroing in Monday on X, Snapchat and Discord.

November 20, 2023

OpenAI leader ousted: ‘He was not consistently candid … with the board’

Sam Altman has been ousted as CEO of OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company responsible for the popular chatbot ChatGPT.

November 17, 2023

Biden’s collaboration with China on AI comes under fire

President Biden's planned work with China on artificial intelligence rules is facing pressure from critics warning that the communist government cannot be trusted and from allies looking to steer future cooperation.

November 16, 2023

Cyberspace ambassador warns Congress that controlling adversaries’ AI is daunting

Stopping America's enemies from using software and artificial intelligence tools however they wish will prove more challenging than restricting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, according to Ambassador Nathaniel C. Fick.

November 15, 2023

House antitrust panel wants Justice Department to crush monopolies beyond Big Tech

The House antitrust panel wants Biden administration prosecutors to target monopolies outside the tech sector, pressuring the Justice Department to extend its gaze to other industries.

November 14, 2023

Cyber pro warns that Iran likelier than China, Russia to admit cyberattack against U.S.

Iran is more likely to admit launching a cyberattack to devastate American business than other adversaries such as China and Russia, according to cybersecurity expert Mark Montgomery.

November 13, 2023

Federal government frets over disruptive fallout of ‘deepfakes’

Federal lawmakers are terrified that "deepfakes" made with artificial intelligence will be weaponized to mislead people, exacerbate fraud, and create national security threats.

November 8, 2023

Ex-Facebook employee says executives knew social media harms children and failed to act

Former Facebook employee Arturo Bejar told senators Tuesday that his Big Tech bosses knew social media was putting children in harm's way but did not act to stop dangers, including sexual advances and bullying.

November 7, 2023

Security threat: U.S. military personnel’s personal data is easy to buy at low cost, researchers say

Sensitive data on U.S. military personnel is easily acquired from data brokers hawking health, financial and other private information that could be used for blackmail, according to Duke University researchers.

November 6, 2023

Pentagon experiments find generative AI easy to exploit

Powerful artificial intelligence models are easier to exploit than people know, and generative tools are not ready for prime time in the military, according to Defense Department officials.

November 3, 2023

Cyber nominee confronted over Biden administration’s close relationship with tech firms

President Biden's blurring of the line between the public and private sector in cyberspace has Republicans worried the administration's future digital security policies will jeopardize online freedoms.

November 2, 2023

Kamala Harris tells world that the U.S. will shape international rules for AI

Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.K. on Wednesday declared that the Biden administration would lead in setting international rules for artificial intelligence to control the way the tech is used worldwide.

November 1, 2023

Democrats woo organized labor to support AI policy agenda

Democrats are making an all-out effort to win union bosses' support for their artificial intelligence agenda as President Biden and his allies in the Senate brainstorm a new policy for the emerging tech's effect on the economy.

October 31, 2023

Biden touts safety in AI order that gives feds more control over the powerful technology

President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence is under fire from Big Tech and free-market advocates for potentially smothering innovation and hamstringing the U.S. in the global AI race.

October 30, 2023

Artificial intelligence is everywhere — and it’s just getting started

Navigating to work using Google's map app? Thank artificial intelligence's predictive tools.

October 30, 2023

Schumer says AI legislation is months away as Biden readies executive order to set rules

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the Senate is months away from taking up artificial intelligence legislation that will piggyback on President Biden's pending executive order on the emerging tech.

October 26, 2023

Two senators push bipartisan bill requiring AI warning labels

Two bipartisan senators said they want new warning labels attached to content made with artificial intelligence in an effort to fight scammers using emerging tech tools to dupe Americans.

October 25, 2023

States’ lawsuit accuses Facebook, Instagram of targeting children with harmful, addictive practices

Thirty-three states sued Meta on Tuesday over allegations that Facebook's parent company sought to maximize profits by exposing children to potentially harmful social media features and practices.

October 24, 2023

Microsoft CEO: China must have say in governance of artificial intelligence

Microsoft's chief executive is pushing for China to have a seat at the table of leaders deciding global rules for artificial intelligence, as business titans and government bosses jockey to shape the technology's development.

October 23, 2023

China is ‘light years ahead’ of U.S. in monitoring foreign tech, ex-CIA officer warns

The U.S. government's monitoring of foreign tech is woefully inadequate and falling far behind China's, according to former CIA officer William C. Hannas.

October 20, 2023