Inside Def Con AI Village 2023, which attracted 2,200 people competing in a White House-backed challenge to find vulnerabilities in popular generative AI models
New York Times : X: @nytimestech , @nytimestech , @nytimestech , and @nytimes X: @nytimestech : During a competition at a conference, hackers, with the blessing of Biden's administration, tried to br...
How Sweden's Psychological Defense Agency, a part of the Ministry of Defense, is combating online disinformation from foreign adversaries, especially Russia
The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin. Mastodon: @carl@heath.social . X: @dabeard , @nytimest...
While US schools debate what to teach students about AI's promise and potential peril, universities, tech companies, and nonprofits offer ready-made curriculums
While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons. Mastodon: @BenPatrickWill@mastodon … . Tweets: @m...
Lower-income US students feel they are at a disadvantage when pursuing Big Tech internships, as the selection process exhibits longstanding inequities in hiring
Critics say the intern selection process often favors wealthier students, just like the admission process at some elite colleges. LinkedIn: Judith Spitz , Ruthe Farmer , and Michael Martin Tweets: @de...
Colleges requiring virus-screening tech, from virus symptom-checking apps to temperature check stations and wearables, have not rigorously studied if it works
Many schools that use fever scanners and symptom checkers have not rigorously studied if the technology has slowed the spread of Covid-19 on campuses. Tweets: @davidboyles3 , @bridgestateu , @bhrenton...