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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
-Marcus Aurelius
I. Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
II. ChatGPT leans liberal, research shows
III. Clorox Operations Disrupted By Cyber-Attack
IV. Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc
V. TikTok Shop is a dream for creators. It’s putting shoppers at risk.
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“A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.”
-Marcus Aurelius.
I. Financial watchdog to propose reining in data brokers to limit AI surveillance
II. Boston University hires Harvard disinformation scholar Joan Donovan
III. Inside the largest-ever A.I. chatbot hack fest, where hackers tried to outsmart OpenAI, Microsoft, Google
IV. FBI: Mobile Beta-Testing Apps Are Major Security Risk
V. Why Washington Went to Wall Street to Revive the U.S. Chips Industry
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“We were born for cooperation.”
-Marcus Aurelius
I. How businesses and governments can work together to stop cyberattacks before they start
II. Biden administration asks Supreme Court to review Texas and Florida social media laws
III. The Elon Musk versus Mark Zuckerberg beef has reached a new level of absurdity
IV. Real estate markets scramble following cyberattack on listings provider
V. Microsoft: Critical CODESYS Flaws Could Shut Down Power Plants
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“Victory in war does not depend entirely upon numbers or mere courage; only skill and discipline will insure it.”
-Flavius Vegetius Renatus
I. Global warfighting simulation puts the pressure on Navy, Marine Corps
II. DHS to Review Microsoft’s Security in Chinese Email Hack
III. Iraq to unblock Telegram app as platform responded to security requirements -statement
IV. China’s tech chiefs fear falling ‘five generations behind’ US as democracies tighten screws
V. Italy stands ready to host as Musk talks up Zuckerberg rumble
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“Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.”
-Tacitus
I. Legions of DEF CON hackers will attack generative AI models
II. The ‘Godfather of AI’ Has a Hopeful Plan for Keeping Future AI Friendly
III. Regulators give green light to driverless taxis in San Francisco
IV. Stanford University just schooled Congress on AI
V. Nvidia’s AI-driven stock surge pushed earnings multiple three times higher than Tesla’s
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“A fire is nourished by its own ashes.”
-Latin proverb
I. How to keep your phone charged and working in wildfires
II. White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to test how top AI models protect software
III. Warner presses AI developers over chatbots promoting eating disorders
IV. UK contemplates response to Biden’s China tech investment ban, citing national security assessment
V. #BHUSA: DARPA Challenges AI Pros to Safeguard US Infrastructure
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“It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it.”
-Seneca
I. Cyberattack disrupts health-care system’s services in several states
II. Air Force pulls off first AI flight in pilotless plane
III. X, formerly Twitter, commandeers ‘@music’ handle from user with half a million followers
IV. Dozens of congressional staffers descend on Stanford for AI boot camp
V. What happens when a cybercriminal gets access to your email address?
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“Espice, adspice, prospice. Look behind, look here, look ahead.”
-Latin Phrase
I. CISA Announces 2024-2026 Strategic Plan
II. Texas Republicans and Democrats push to make state center of global semiconductor industry
III. Beware of CherryBlos, the Android malware that steals passwords
IV. Judge narrows Trump-era Google antitrust case brought by states and the Justice Department
V. Why ChatGPT Is Getting Dumber at Basic Math
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“No great thing is created suddenly.”
-Epictetus
I. Amazon reports blowout profit, beats on sales and issues optimistic guidance
II. Google adds tools to remove personal information from search results
III. Microsoft Teams Targeted in Midnight Blizzard Phishing Attacks
IV. Lawsuit accuses Tesla of exaggerating driving range to boost EV sales
V. Russia fines Wikipedia and Apple for spreading ‘false information’ about Ukraine conflict
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“Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.”
-Socrates