Category: Tech News

US Government ‘Decades Behind’ Understanding AI: Former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang believes the American government is years behind in understanding the consequences of artificial intelligence and warns that science fiction scenarios are now becoming real. “It can be a force for civilizational progress, but it can also destroy us at the high end. So, you would want a tailored approach. You’d…


US, South Korea Made Progress in Securing Critical Technologies: White House

The United States and South Korea have made “historical progress” in deepening cooperation to secure critical technologies and address economic coercion, the White House said on Sunday. This came as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol prepared for his first state visit to the United States on Monday for talks with President Joe Biden, which Washington…


Putting ‘Good’ Back Into the Algorithm: A New Tech Platform Hopes to Help Parents

Parents in America know the difficulties of pulling their children away from electronic devices, especially after months of virtual learning due to school lockdowns during the pandemic. About half of America’s middle schoolers spend five hours or more daily on weekends watching videos on an electronic device, and 30 percent spend seven hours or more…


Homeland Security Plans to Integrate AI to Tackle Critical Missions

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to form a task force that will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance “critical homeland security missions.” The rapid evolution of the threat environment requires the Department to evolve along with it, said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in an April 21 press release….


Oversight Board Urges Meta to Be More Transparent About COVID Censorship

Meta’s Oversight Board, an independent panel that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram selected to deliberate its content decisions, has asked the tech firm to “increase transparency around government requests” regarding suppressing COVID-19 content. The Oversight Board noted that concerns were raised about Meta reviewing COVID-19-related content at the behest of governments during the height of the pandemic,…


Oversight Board Urges Meta to Be More Transparent About COVID-19 Censorship

Meta’s Oversight Board, an independent panel that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram selected to deliberate its content decisions, has asked the tech firm to “increase transparency around government requests” regarding suppressing COVID-19 content. The Oversight Board noted that concerns were raised about Meta reviewing COVID-19-related content at the behest of governments during the height of the pandemic,…


Oversight Board Tells Meta to Be More Transparent About COVID Censorship

Meta’s Oversight Board, which reviews the company’s content decisions, has asked the tech firm to “increase transparency around government requests” regarding suppressing COVID-19 content. In a statement Thursday, the Oversight Board noted that concerns were raised about Meta reviewing COVID-19-related content at the behest of governments during the height of the pandemic. “This is particularly problematic…


Hackers Breach American Bar Association, Millions of Logins Potentially Stolen

The American Bar Association (ABA) has announced that a data breach last month may have compromised the login information of over a million members. On March 17, 2023, the ABA observed “unusual activity” on its network. As a result, an “incident response plan” was immediately activated, and cybersecurity experts assisted with the investigation, according to…


iPhone Security Alert: Here’s Why You Should Always Use Face ID in Public

Following a recent report highlighting how scammers can use Apple’s recovery key security feature to lock out iPhone users from their Apple account, Apple released a statement in response. An article published this week from the Wall Street Journal cited multiple instances of thieves being able to lock out iPhone owners’ from their accounts. Scammers stole…


Alphabet Combining DeepMind and Google Brain Into Single AI Unit

Google’s parent company Alphabet is combining two of its artificial intelligence (AI) research units in a bid to “significantly accelerate” the company’s progress in the field. “This group, called Google DeepMind, will bring together two leading research groups in the AI field: the Brain team from Google Research, and DeepMind,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said…