Wanted: A US Strategy for ‘Offense’ in Cybersecurity
Experts offer ideas on what a more aggressive US approach to cyber threats might look like
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This SpaceX Situation: Not Good!
In 2015, after reading a book about how the telegraph created a sort of proto-internet that helped make various robber barons rich and powerful, I wrote an article about Elon Musk that, a decade later, feels both very embarrassing and somewhat prophetic. Musk and SpaceX had just announced a plan to launch a constellation of…
Behind the Blog: Chatbots as Gospel, Books and Birds
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the new Murderbot show, ChatGPT for journalism, and birdwatching from afar. EMANUEL: Yesterday Apple released the first two images from its upcoming sci-fi show, Murderbot, and announced…
Behind the Blog: Big Questions of Consciousness
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss a wild message, big questions about consciousness, and a visit to a museum. JASON: I got an extremely funny Signal message yesterday after I published my most…
Trump orders AI action plan and more work erasing Biden’s AI efforts
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order related to AI to “make America the world capital in artificial intelligence,” his aide told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office.
What are the most pressing cyber security concerns going into 2025?
How can we mitigate and bolster our resilience against emerging AI-driven threats?
How Palo Alto Networks Open API Advances Quantum Security
Palo Alto Networks develops quantum random number generation techniques to protect against quantum-based threats and partners with six quantum tech firms
Sophos named a Leader in the KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass for Managed Detection and Response 2026
Sophos recognized across four leadership categories: Overall, Product, Innovation, and Market Categories: Products & Services Tags: MDR, KuppingerCole
Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox
Meta’s director of safety and alignment at its “superintelligence” lab, supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests, had to scramble to stop an AI agent from deleting her inbox against her wishes and called it a “rookie mistake.” …
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools
A new, bipartisan bill introduced by Democratic Senator of California Adam Schiff and endorsed by the biggest AI developers in the world—including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft—would change the K-12 curriculum to shoehorn in “AI literacy,” something that young people and teachers alike already hate in schools. The Literacy in Future Technologies Artificial Intelligence, or LIFT…