All posts tagged "national security"

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  White House directs agencies to harness AI for national security

  The White House has published a memo urging US intelligence agencies to harness the power of artificial intelligence while managing its risks. The memo is the federal government’s first to

  • Posted October 30, 2024
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  Climate emergencies threaten our collective security, but governments are flying blind into the storm

  You probably missed it, but a few months ago a report was published that inspected how the UK government prepared for major emergencies. What it found has profound implications for

  • Posted October 23, 2024
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  Russia’s elections toolkit: dollars, disruption and disinformation

  Hack and leak, astroturfing, perception hacking, reputation laundering: Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents. In this second part of our investigation into

  • Posted January 21, 2024
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  Agencies ‘don’t have the tools’ to head off ChatGPT threat to national security, warns Pentagon’s AI chief

  The US Department of Defense’s chief digital and AI officer Craig Martell said he is “scared to death” of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive

  • Posted May 11, 2023
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  Canadian national security forces urged to mend race relations ‘marred by suspicion’

  Canada’s security and intelligence agencies must develop more transparent relationships with ‘racialised’ groups to counter growing mistrust, a report by Canada’s National Security Transparency Advisory Group (NS-TAG) has said. The

  • Posted June 7, 2022
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  US agencies fall short on cyber risk management, GAO report finds

  Several US federal agencies tasked with measuring and assessing cybersecurity standards have neglected duties in this area, a report recently published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said. The report

  • Posted February 20, 2022
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  Science must inform all Whitehall departments, says chief scientific adviser

  The UK government’s chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance has said Whitehall must do more to incorporate science and engineering expertise, and that science should be considered “as important to the

  • Posted October 19, 2021
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  Cyber security testing: the different techniques that benefit governments

  Proactive security testing can help identify risks and vulnerabilities in a department’s system, enabling officials to better prevent, detect and respond to incidents and continuously improve security. Security testing needs

  • Posted May 24, 2021
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  Treat pandemic preparedness as a national security issue, says former UK PM Tony Blair

  Governments must treat future pandemic preparedness as a “national security” issue, developing shared systems for identifying mutations and new viruses, former UK prime minister Tony Blair said last Friday. While

  • Posted March 1, 2021
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  US defense must have foundations for AI integration by 2025, new report says

  The US Department of Defense (DoD) must set “an ambitious goal” to have the foundations for widespread integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across defence in place by 2025, according to

  • Posted February 4, 2021
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