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CTO of Center for Internet Security Expounds on Transforming InfoSec

SecureWorld News

This is pretty powerful because now we all know how to secure systems and it's been validated by a third party that's a nonprofit and trusted. We have so much change happening and we can drive it to happen in a more positive way to reduce the resource needs for organizations and actually scale security for businesses of all sizes.".

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David Bray of FCC @FCC_CIO Discusses Public Service and Data Analytics at 2014 Analyst Forum 

CTOvision

Bray has observed the increasing blurring of the lines differentiating the public sector, the private sector, academia, and nonprofits. The app tested users’ Internet speeds three times per day (downloading and using the app was strictly voluntary and was not incentivized). — David A. Bray (@fcc_cio) July 30, 2014.

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OpenAI’s text-generating system GPT-3 is now spewing out 4.5 billion words a day

The Verge

One of the biggest trends in machine learning right now is text generation. AI systems learn by absorbing billions of words scraped from the internet and generate text in response to a variety of prompts. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Twitch establishes a safety advisory council to help it sort out its rules

The Verge

Today, Twitch is announcing the formation of its new Safety Advisory Council, a group made up of streamers, academics, and nonprofit leaders that will advise the company on online safety issues. Taylor, who are experts in cyberbullying and internet / game studies, respectively. The academics are Sameer Hinduja and T.L.

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How technology is trying to address bias in policing — and why experts say it won’t be enough

GeekWire

Axon also updated its virtual-reality peer intervention training product and made it easier for civilians and police to submit social media and internet evidence. Another feature automatically flags body camera footage of escalating incidents, like when a firearm is removed from its holster or a Taser is used.

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25 Years Later: InfraGard Leads the Way Toward a Safer America

SecureWorld News

InfraGard now has over 80,000 members nationwide, a growth trend that has been mirrored by a steady increase in threats to the nation. The private sector component of the InfraGard program is represented by InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), an FBI-affiliated independent nonprofit organization. critical infrastructure.

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What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images?

Vox

Online misinformation has existed since the dawn of the internet, and crudely photoshopped images fooled people long before generative AI became mainstream. One report by Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, predicted that as much as 90 percent of content on the internet could be created or edited by AI by 2026.

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