Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Digital artwork of a humanoid figure with a distorted, glitch-like effect and swirling, contour-like lines against a dark, pixelated background, reminiscent of the innovative AI art explorations by Blaise Agüera y Arcas.
Researcher and Google CTO Blaise Agüera y Arcas joins us to discuss his new book, "What Is Intelligence?"
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A look at how criminals are using unrestricted chatbots and how cyber defenders are fighting back.
Book cover titled "Governing Babel" by John P. Wihbey, featuring a stylized blue and black illustration of a tower with small human figures walking—reflecting themes of online speech moderation.
In this excerpt from "Governing Babel," John Wihbey explores how AI is reshaping online moderation by offering tools that can help human moderators, but also raises the risk of disinformation and digital chaos.
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Brian Gumbel — President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dataminr — explores the cutting edge of real-time information analysis.
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"Gyroscope-on-a-chip" technology could soon enable us to navigate over long distances without GPS.
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“Technology has always been co-opted for war, but truly intelligent AI, let alone a superintelligence, is a different beast entirely.”
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"Personhood" credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?
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Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?
Two men wearing glasses walk side by side outdoors in a sunlit park, with blurred greenery and other people in the background, discussing recent incidents of romance fraud.
Cecilie Fjellhøy, from the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, shares her experience.
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Quantum computing brings significant opportunities — but equally significant cybersecurity risks.
A man utilizing AI for business, sitting at a desk with a laptop.
Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank explains how he successfully embraced and deployed AI.
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Business advisor Michael C. Fillios has developed a repeatable playbook for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to add value from technology.
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More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.
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Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits
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Rogue Putin is the biggest risk of 2023. Here are the other nine, explained by global political expert Ian Bremmer.
We are not yet at the point where quantum communications can be deployed to secure the internet, but we might not be far off. 
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Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.
Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.
Sick of remembering a random string of letters, numbers, and special characters?
Remote training
Remote work is here to stay. Here are a few ways to enhance remote training in a post-pandemic future.
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"Dead" satellites aren't just space junk. They are also targets for hackers to hijack and use to broadcast misinformation.
On forums, “true bitcoiners” didn’t talk about technology or crypto. Instead, they talked about trust and corruption.
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Russia's cyberattacks against Ukraine have been prolific and ongoing for several years. The future of war may begin in cyberspace.
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Someone breaks into a mailbox that stores letters waiting to be sent and grabs some of them in hopes they’ll contain a check that’s been filled in. That's just the start.
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“Think defensively about how you can protect yourself from an almost inevitable attack, rather than assuming you’ll avoid harm.”
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The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
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Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.