Cisco Systems Joins Microsoft, IBM in Vatican Pledge to Ensure Ethical Use and Development of AI

Pope Francis has called for an international treaty to ensure AI is developed and used ethically, devoting his annual peace message this year to the topic.
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Spain Reopens a Probe Into a Pegasus Spyware Case After a French Request to Work Together

The judge with Spain’s National Court said there is reason to believe that the new information provided by France can “allow the investigations to advance.”
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Rural Texas Towns Report Cyberattacks That Caused One Water System to Overflow

A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks.
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First Major Attempts to Regulate AI Face Headwinds From All Sides

While over 400 AI-related bills are being debated this year in statehouses nationwide, most target one industry or just a piece of the technology — such as deepfakes used in elections.
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House Passes Reauthorization of Key US Surveillance Program After Days of Upheaval Over Changes

The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law.
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US-China Competition to Field Military Drone Swarms Could Fuel Global Arms Race

Military planners envision a scenario in which hundreds, even thousands of AI-powered machines engage in coordinated battle.
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House Will Try Again on Reauthorization of US Spy Program After Republican Upheaval

Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a shortened period of two years.
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Conservative Revolt in the House Blocks Effort to Reauthorize a Key US Spy Tool

A bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was blocked by a conservative revolt.
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Key Lawmakers Float New Rules for Personal Data Protection; Bill Would Make Privacy a Consumer Right

The American Privacy Rights Act would preempt most state privacy laws — though it wouldn’t impact certain states’ laws already on the books that protect financial, health or employee data.
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