How Do You Know When AI is Powerful Enough to be Dangerous? Regulators Try to Do the Math

An AI model trained on 10 to the 26th floating-point operations per second must now be reported to the U.S. government and could soon trigger even stricter requirements in California.
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Clearview AI Fined $33.7 Million by Dutch Data Protection Watchdog Over ‘Illegal Database’ of Faces

Dutch agency said a database with billions of photos of faces amounted to serious violations of GDPR.
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California Advances Landmark Legislation to Regulate Large AI Models

Efforts in California to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote.
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2 Men From Europe Charged With ‘Swatting’ Plot Targeting Former US President and Members of Congress

A former US president and several members of Congress were targets of a plot carried out by two European men to intimidate and threaten dozens of people by calling in bogus reports of police emergencies at their homes.
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CrowdStrike Estimates the Tech Meltdown Caused by Its Bungling Left a $60 Million Dent in Its Sales

Massive outage spooked customers that had been expected to close deals totaling $60 million during the final few weeks of CrowdStrike’s fiscal Q2.
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How Lessons Learned From the 2016 Campaign Led US Officials to Be More Open About Iran Hack

The lessons learned from the 2016 election hacking made US officials more open about the recent Iranian hack targeting presidential campaigns.
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French Authorities Arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris Airport, French Media Report

French media reported that the warrant for Durov was issued by France at the request of the special unit at the country’s interior ministry in charge of investigating crimes against minors.
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Iranian Hackers Targeted WhatsApp Accounts of Staffers in Biden, Trump Administrations, Meta Says

Meta said it discovered a network of Iranian hackers, who posed as tech support agents for companies including AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google.
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Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into Registry to Fake His Death, Prosecutors Say

Kentucky man attempted to fake his death to avoid paying child support obligations by hacking into state registries and falsifying official records.
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From Cybercrime to Terrorism, FBI Director Says America Faces Many Elevated Threats ‘All at Once’

Wray declined to talk about any specific investigation or threat but said investigations into cyberattacks, including against election infrastructure, candidates or campaigns, require help from the private sector.
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