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Detecting “Violations of Social Norms” in Text with AI
2023-08-17 11:07

Researchers are trying to use AI to detect "Social norms violations." Feels a little sketchy right now, but this is the sort of thing that AIs will get better at. Tags: academic papers, artificial intelligence, DARPA, Internet and society.

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Gartner: Generative AI Will Bring “Transformational Benefit” in the Next 2-5 Years
2023-08-16 17:38

Generative AI has landed on Gartner's coveted Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies for 2023, the firm announced Wednesday. The firm said generative AI will bring "Transformational benefit" in the next two to five years.

Just announced: AI and security standards keynotes at mWISE
2023-08-16 14:02

It's taking place September 18-20, 2023 in Washington, DC. mWISE conference organizers have just announced new keynote panels focused on two of the most pressing issues facing security practitioners right now: Artificial Intelligence and advanced adversaries. 1) AI and Security Standards: Maximizing Innovation While Minimizing RiskAI has immense potential, but we need to make sure it works for everyone.

Why the “voluntary AI commitments” extracted by the White House are nowhere near enough
2023-08-16 05:00

Representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI recently convened at the White House for a meeting with President Biden with the stated mission of "Ensuring the responsible development and distribution of artificial intelligence technologies". To continue to research the potential societal risks posed by AI and its various applications To develop AI technologies designed to address society's most significant and pressing challenges.

Zoom Can Spy on Your Calls and Use the Conversation to Train AI, But Says That It Won’t
2023-08-15 11:03

On Monday, the company said in a blog post that there's no need to worry about that. Zoom execs swear the company won't actually train its AI on your video calls without permission, even though the Terms of Service still say it can.

Navigating generative AI risks and regulatory challenges
2023-08-14 03:30

The mass availability of generative AI, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Bard, became a top concern for enterprise risk executives in the second quarter of 2023, according to Gartner. In May 2023, Gartner surveyed 249 senior enterprise risk executives to provide leaders with a benchmarked view of 20 emerging risks.

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Black Hat USA 2023 Panel: Used Correctly, Generative AI is a Boon for Cybersecurity
2023-08-11 21:01

At the Black Hat kickoff keynote on Wednesday, Jeff Moss, the founder of Black Hat, focused on the security implications of AI before introducing the main speaker, Maria Markstedter, CEO and founder of Azeria Labs. Securing AI was also a key theme during a panel at Black Hat a day earlier: Cybersecurity in the Age of AI, hosted by security firm Barracuda.

Black Hat 2023 Keynote: Navigating Generative AI in Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape
2023-08-10 20:31

Discover the challenges that AI will bring to the cybersecurity industry and the opportunities and future implications of cybersecurity in an AI-dominated world.

White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to make software more secure
2023-08-10 09:25

The Biden-Harris Administration has launched a major two-year competition using AI to protect the United States' most important software, such as code that helps run the internet and critical infrastructure. The AI Cyber Challenge will challenge competitors across the United States, to identify and fix software vulnerabilities using AI. Led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, this competition will include collaboration with several top AI companies - Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI - who are lending their expertise and making their cutting-edge technology available for this challenge.

Will AI kill cybersecurity jobs?
2023-08-10 04:30

We are yet again surrounded by fear, uncertainty, and doubt, and there are heated debates on which cybersecurity jobs will be automated by artificial intelligence and who will be made redundant. A more recent example involves the AI revolution in medical imaging.