Foreign threat actors are using generative artificial intelligence to influence U.S. elections, but their impact is limited, said OpenAI. Threat actors from China, Russia, Iran, Rwanda and Vietnam maliciously used AI tools to support influence operations.
Relyance AI raised $32 million in Series B funding to grow its data governance platform. The funds will be used to scale operations, enhance real-time data visibility, and support enterprises in complying with complex global privacy regulations, ensuring responsible AI adoption across industries.
The U.S. Department of Justice is drafting new guidelines for law enforcement on the use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition tools to enhance public safety while safeguarding civil rights and ensuring ethical deployment, a senior official said Wednesday.
A U.S. federal judge mostly stopped from going into effect a newly-enacted California law restricting the use of election-related deepfakes, ruling Wednesday the statute likely violates American freedom of speech guarantees. The legislation "acts as a hammer instead of a scalpel," the judge wrote.
The Irish data regulator launched an investigation into Dublin-based ultra low-cost carrier Ryanair to identify potential privacy violations related to the company's use of third-party facial recognition technology, stepping into a running fight Ryainair has fought against online ticket sellers.
Google asserts that platformization and consolidation can help contain today's sophisticated threats. Embedding generative AI into security is also required as the industry moves from assisted AI to semi-autonomous and, eventually, to autonomous security, with the goal of security by default.
While the number of ransomware attacks stayed about the same in the past year, cybercriminals are using more effective tactics such as weaponizing breach disclosure deadlines to extract higher ransoms, according to ENISA's 2024 Threat Landscape report.
OpenAI’s new $6.6 billion round of funding has nearly doubled its valuation to $157 billion. With investments from Thrive Capital, Microsoft, SoftBank and Nvidia, OpenAI plans to expand its AI research while facing pressures around executive turnover and its transition away from a nonprofit model.
OpenAI claims its new artificial intelligence model, designed to "think" and "reason," can solve linguistic and logical problems that stump existing models. Officially called o1, the model nicknamed Strawberry can deceive users and help make weapons that can obliterate the human race.
ISC2’s 2024 Cybersecurity Workforce Study warns of a stagnant workforce, a growing skills gap and a shortage of 4.8 million cybersecurity professionals worldwide. Despite increasing demand, many organizations struggle to fill critical roles, hindered by budget constraints and skills shortages.
The European Commission appointed a 13 member team to draft the general purpose artificial intelligence code of practice mandated by the AI Act. The commission on Monday announced four working groups that will oversee drafting of the rules.
With its advanced - and evolving - capabilities, AI is integrated into most business processes and tasks, becoming nearly indispensable across industries. Its impact on the workforce is, thus, unsurprising and raises a familiar question: Can the technology take over jobs?
In an interview with ISMG as part of CyberEdBoard's ongoing Profiles in Leadership series, Arijit Chakraborty, vice president of security at Societe Generale Global Solution Center, discussed CISO priorities, keeping up with an evolving threat landscape and AI's impact on the cybersecurity industry.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly debated AI safety bill that would have pushed developers to implement measures to prevent "critical harms." The bill "falls short of providing a flexible, comprehensive solution to curbing the potential catastrophic risks," Newsom said.
The U.K. antitrust regulator called off an investigation into the March $4 billion deal between Amazon and artificial intelligence firm Anthropic. "Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002," the regulator said.
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