DC Board of Elections breach may include entire voter roll

A breach of Washington’s election authority discovered after stolen data was offered for sale may affect the city’s entire voting population.

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How Congress can make the most of Schumer’s AI Insight Forums

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s landmark effort to develop AI policy needs to get the right people in the room to be successful.

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Mystery solved? Microsoft thinks it knows how Chinese hackers stole its signing key

A “crash dump” file containing a highly sensitive signing key is believed to have been at the center of an explosive Chinese hacking campaign.

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Fifty minutes to hack ChatGPT: Inside the DEF CON competition to break AI

More than 2,000 hackers attacked cutting-edge chatbots to discover vulnerabilities — and demonstrated the challenges for red-teaming AI.

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White House is fast-tracking executive order on artificial intelligence

President Biden’s top science adviser says a realization about the risks posed by AI is fueling an urgent effort to put up guardrails.

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Hacker vs. machine at DEF CON: Thousands of security researchers vie to outsmart AI in Las Vegas

The first-of-its-kind hacking contest will challenge security researchers to infiltrate and potentially compromise AI chatbots.

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‘Downfall’ vulnerability leaves billions of Intel CPUs at risk 

A vulnerability in Intel’s x86 chips major raises questions about the assumptions underlying computer security models.

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