The FTC’s AI portfolio is about to get bigger

The commission is preparing to enforce key parts of a new law against sexual deepfakes and searching for ways to block AI-driven scamming using voice clones.

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OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber program with new GPT 5.4 Cyber model 

A new cybersecurity-focused variant of ChatGPT and an expanded access program put OpenAI in direct competition with Anthropic’s Project Glasswing — and raises fresh questions about who gets to wield the most powerful security AI.

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Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance

The acting CISO said that AI is reshaping how the service measures and tracks cyber compliance, moving it from a box-checking exercise to something nimbler and more substantive.

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Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos

Two reports from former high-level U.S. cyber officials and the UK government’s top AI research institution reveal how top defenders think about the tool’s hacking capabilities.

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Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push adoption of ‘American AI’ abroad

 The department is looking to create a “menu of priority AI export packages that the U.S. Government will promote to allies and partners around the world.”

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Why is the timeline to quantum-proof everything constantly shrinking?

Experts say advancements in hardware, mathematics and growing fear of Chinese scientific breakthroughs are pushing Google and others to call for speedier migration.

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Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’

The Senate Democrat said that the SSA following Trump’s executive order would indicate “willing participation” in the administration’s midterm elections scheme.

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Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data encryption in less than an hour

A new report from Halcyon finds that the group also puts more effort than usual into developing working decryptors, likely to incentivize businesses to pay up. 

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White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists 

The order is expected to be quickly challenged in court, where the Trump administration’s previous efforts have been struck down as unconstitutional. 

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Researchers say credential-stealing campaign used AI to build evasion ‘at every stage’

DeepLoad logs keystrokes, buries details behind reams of AI-generated code, and re-infect hosts days after being blocked, according to ReliaQuest. 

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