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Foreign cyber bill advances as Rand Paul laments U.S.’ ‘sugar daddy’ role

A proposal to send more U.S. cybersecurity officials abroad to assist foreign partners cleared a key Senate hurdle amid objections from Sen. Rand Paul about paying for other countries' digital defenses.

June 14, 2023

Senate’s AI probe expands to high-tech manipulation of politics and weapons

Fears of political destabilization, deployment of weapons of mass destruction, and catastrophic cyberattacks are top concerns of the Senate Judiciary Committee's broadening probe of artificial intelligence tools.

June 13, 2023

Senators want new federal agency to study how U.S. tech compares to China

Three senators want to create a federal agency to study how American innovation compares to China to prevent the U.S. from losing a competitive advantage on emerging technology.

June 12, 2023

Senators want feds to clarify AI use for decisions

Three senators are proposing a law to force the federal government to explain when it uses artificial intelligence to make decisions affecting the American people.

June 9, 2023

Hawley wants a say in writing Capitol Hill’s new AI rules

Sen. Josh Hawley is joining the fray to author new rules for artificial intelligence from Washington, where Democrats have taken a lead role.

June 8, 2023

Senators press TikTok for answers on U.S. data allegedly stored in China

Pressure from the Senate is mounting on TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to answer allegations that his China-founded app stored American data in the communist country.

June 7, 2023

White House urges companies to team with feds to prevent Chinese tech theft

The Biden White House wants businesses working on quantum tech breakthroughs to partner with federal security officials to thwart Chinese theft of American innovation.

June 7, 2023

House lawmakers urge Biden administration to defend U.S. against North Korean cyber onslaught

House lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to take action to protect Americans in response to new details of North Korean hackers targeting U.S. officials first reported by The Washington Times.

June 6, 2023

Big Tech hit with new allegations of spying, privacy violations

Big Tech companies are facing fresh allegations of spying and privacy violations, with Russia accusing Apple of helping facilitate espionage and the U.S. government taking on Amazon.

June 5, 2023

North Korea targets U.S. intel figures on a secret cyber hit list

Details of a secret North Korean cyber hit list are spreading in Washington, with a widening slate of high-level current and former U.S. intelligence officials, media executives and national security scholars finding themselves in the hackers' crosshairs.

June 2, 2023

Rubio requests Justice Department probe TikTok CEO for misleading Congress

Sen. Marco Rubio wants the Justice Department to investigate TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew for allegedly misleading Congress about where it kept Americans' data.

June 1, 2023

FBI gearing up for new anti-encryption campaign

The FBI is ramping up its push to undermine digital encryption, which law enforcement officials say prevents them from more easily catching criminals.

May 30, 2023

Big bank eyes ChatGPT tech for investors

The generative artificial intelligence frenzy surrounding popular tools like the chatbot ChatGPT has spread to the financial services sector.

May 26, 2023

Big Tech invites Washington to create new agency, new rules to govern AI

Big Tech's solution to the dangers posed by its artificial intelligence products is big government.

May 25, 2023

TikTok leader says work to secure U.S. data is on track despite growing pushback

TikTok is portraying its effort to secure U.S. user data as "on track" amid mounting criticism of its work and information that suggests the China-founded app previously had a cavalier attitude about sharing user's data.

May 24, 2023

Google AI team raises concerns about China in meeting with lawmakers

Google wants new artificial intelligence rules and told House lawmakers in a closed-door meeting it was concerned about its research becoming vulnerable to China.

May 23, 2023

Biden nominates telecomm lawyer Anna Gomez for FCC vacancy

President Biden announced Monday he is nominating telecommunications lawyer Anna M. Gomez to a vacancy on the Federal Communications Commission, his second attempt to fill a seat on the five-member agency that has been deadlocked 2-2 since the start of his presidency.

May 22, 2023

‘Game on!’: Twitter CEO braces for fight with Meta over new platform

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is ready to battle with Meta over the Big Tech company's expected foray into the social media microblogging space.

May 22, 2023

Wyden, Paul urge overhaul of Postal Service snooping for law enforcement, intelligence agencies

Sens. Ron Wyden and Rand Paul are urging the U.S. Postal Service to change its surveillance policies that enable its warrantless surveillance of people's mail on behalf of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

May 18, 2023

‘Era of wishful thinking is over’: Gallagher warns economic outreach won’t stop China’s aggression

House Select Committee on China Chairman Mike Gallagher is warning Americans against thinking that economic engagement with China will stop the communist government from aggressively pursuing global dominance.

May 17, 2023