Latest coverage for Artificial Intelligence

US Council of Economic Advisers Includes AI Section in Newly Released ReportThe 2024 Economic Report of the President includes a chapter on artificial intelligence that warns of the risks associated with AI-fueled job displacement and discrimination. The report also highlights the benefits associated with the federal government harnessing AI tools.

Amazon Web Services CISO Chris Betz explains why generative AI is both a time-saving tool as well as a double-edged sword.

Scammers now use AI to instantly whip up SEO-friendly bereavement scams, and it's never been easier to swindle mourners or use them to get to their employers.

AI Is Also Making Traditional Scams More Convincing, Warns VisaArtificial intelligence technologies such as generative AI are not helping fraudsters create new types of scams. They are doing just fine relying on the traditional scams, but the advent of AI is helping them scale up attacks and snare more victims, according to researchers at Visa.

It Will Do Low-Level Tasks to Free Up Pros to Make Decisions, Say ResearchersThe current use of artificial intelligence in the U.K. defense sector is not about creating killer robots. It is focused on optimizing resources and increasing the efficiency of military operations, experts speaking at the Alan Turing Institute's AI UK conference told attendees.

The Non-Binding Resolution Calls for 'Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI Systems'The United Nations on Thursday unanimously adopted a U.S.-brokered first-ever international resolution promoting the safe use of artificial intelligence. The adoption of the resolution comes at a time when governments are vying to exert influence and lead global governance in the nascent technology.

Panelists Make Case for Explainability, Trust in Areas Such as Healthcare, BankingIn the latest "Proof of Concept," panelists Sam Curry of Zscaler and Heather West of Venable LLP discuss the crucial role of explainability and transparency in artificial intelligence, especially in areas such as healthcare and finance, where AI decisions can significantly affect people's lives.

Most decision-makers have experienced API security problems over the past year, yet many haven’t invested in a robust API security strategy, Fastly reveals

GitHub on Wednesday announced that it's making available a feature called code scanning autofix in public beta for all Advanced Security customers to provide targeted recommendations in an effort to avoid introducing new security issues

Survey Finds Too Many Under-Engaged Boards, Reactive Attitudes, Low Appetite for AIThe pace of cybersecurity improvements has stagnated at many Britain organizations over the past year, driven in part by budget and staffing challenges, according to a new U.K. government report designed to assess domestic business resilience and the country's collective cybersecurity posture.

GitHub introduced a new AI-powered feature capable of speeding up vulnerability fixes while coding. This feature is in public beta and automatically enabled on all private repositories for GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) customers [...]

To fix retention and skills gaps, we need to encourage more women and minorities to build careers in cybersecurity.

Did you know that 79% of organizations are already leveraging Generative AI technologies? Much like the internet defined the 90s and the cloud revolutionized the 2010s, we are now in the era of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI

Federal Agencies Warn Against Exaggerating AI's CapabilitiesIn the post-ChatGPT era, nearly every technology company offers some version of artificial intelligence service. But in some companies, the only AI service available is lip service, according to recent Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuits.

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are the connective tissue behind digital modernization, helping applications and databases exchange data more effectively. The State of API Security in 2024 Report from Imperva, a Thales company, found that the majority of internet traffic (71%) in 2023 was API calls. What’s more, a typical enterprise site saw an average of 1.5 billion API

New AI Road Map to Focus on Investigation, Immigration Services, Disaster ReliefDHS plans to embed AI in its operations and use large language models to comb through massive amounts of data to investigate child sex traffickers and drug smugglers. While pledging to use AI responsibly, DHS plans to move quickly and target other areas such as immigration and disaster services.

Large language models (LLMs) powering artificial intelligence (AI) tools today could be exploited to develop self-augmenting malware capable of bypassing YARA rules

Credential-stealing emails are getting past artificial intelligence's "known good" email security controls by cloaking malicious payloads within seemingly benign emails. The tactic poses a significant threat to enterprise networks.

AI-Led Disinformation Campaign, Deepfakes Biggest Threats, Experts WarnNation-state-led disinformation campaigns intended at eroding public trust are the biggest threat to the upcoming U.K. election, experts told a parliamentary panel on Monday. Incidents of disinformation created with artificial intelligence have already appeared.

New AI Roadmap to Focus on Investigation, Immigration Services, Disaster ReliefDHS plans to embed AI in its operations and use large language models to comb through massive amounts of data to investigate child sex traffickers and drug smugglers. While pledging to use AI responsibly, DHS plans to move quickly and target other areas such as immigration and disaster services.