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Beta News: “A new report from The Conference Board and ESGAUGE [The full report available from The Conference Board site] finds that 72 percent of S&P 500 companies now flag AI as a material risk in their public disclosures. That’s up from just 12 percent in 2023, underscoring how rapidly AI has moved from experimental …
NewsGuard: The United States has “unilaterally disarmed in the information wars,” dismantling key defenses against Russian, Chinese, and Iranian disinformation efforts, NewsGuard Co-CEO Gordon warns in an op-ed published in the Washington Post on Oct. 6. Crovitz argues that recent actions by the Trump administration — including the effective shutdown of the Foreign Malign Influence …
From the “this is not normal’ section of the The New York Times: [we are] looking for generals and admirals who are quitting the military following an address from the defense secretary. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s vision of the military and what it should be was almost entirely defined by his 12 months of service …
The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) Report: The IPIE’s latest scientific assessment shows that AI has the potential to advance peacebuilding, yet without safeguards it could also deepen conflict. Artificial intelligence is already transforming how conflicts are understood, prevented, and resolved. From powering early warning systems to shaping online discourse, AI offers both …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Journalists have long shaped history through scrutiny of the military. Now the Defense Department plans to cut off access for reporters who publish even unclassified information without official approval. These days, in covering traditional conflicts like the one in Ukraine, or the new battlefields of space and cyberspace, or …
Can We Still Govern – Don Monyihan: “It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy. There is so much happening that occasionally pausing to take stock is necessary. So where are we? In deep trouble. America may not be fully authoritarian, but by no means can we consider it to …
The Guardian: “A ChatGPT model gave researchers detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, explosives recipes and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing carried out this summer. OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 also detailed how to weaponise anthrax and how to make two types of illegal …
The Spacebar – “Ever since ChatGPT’s release in 2022, the tech industry has been in a frenzy to push generative AI anywhere and everywhere. It’s now in every corner of our lives, even outside of direct interactions with technology… but frequently in a negative context. Tech companies wanted “AI” to be the brand for innovation …
Follow up to Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack see the New York Times – Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System. “Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities. Investigators have uncovered …
IEEE Spectrum: “The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), part of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), is leading an experimental project, Thunderforge, to build a custom agentic AI system with multiple digital “agents” critiquing war plans across different military domains, running parallel analyses, and flagging potential weaknesses neglected by human planners. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) …
Kirkus Review: “The full list of the 596 books banned in schools run by the U.S. Department of Defense has been revealed. The list was made public by a federal judge who is hearing the case, EK v. Department of Defense Education Activity, challenging the department’s banning of the books from its 161 schools across …
Bloomberg – and no paywall – “The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. No sensitive or classified information is known to have been compromised in …
