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The Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Shifting the Offense-Defense Balance
Advances in AI present key cybersecurity opportunities, but how might malicious actors utilize the same technology? IST’s latest report investigates the state of existing and potential integrations of AI in cybersecurity based on our research & interviews with industry stakeholders and puts forward 7 priority recommendations.
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October 10, 2024
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Why I support Microsoft’s call on Protecting the Public from Abusive AI-Generated Content
Chief Trust Officer Steve Kelly writes to express his support for the Microsoft white paper on policies to protect people from from abusive AI-generated content.
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July 30, 2024
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Q&A: Hannah Ajakaiye on manipulated media in the 2023 Nigerian presidential elections, generative AI, and possible interventions
In early 2023, voters in Nigeria’s presidential election were inundated with election disinformation. AI-generated deep fakes, as well as paid posts falsely linking candidates to militant or separatist groups, filled social media platforms. In the months leading up to the election, journalist Hannah Ajakaiye spearheaded local efforts to fight the proliferation of misinformation with FactsMatterNG, a fact-checking initiative she founded to restore information integrity on digital platforms.
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March 18, 2024
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A Double-Edged Sentence
Digital communication speeds the spread of all information, true or otherwise. Increasingly, digital campaigns can have physical impacts by manipulating public opinion, eroding the distinction between truth and lie, and poisoning the forums for debating important ideas. Actors ranging from powerful countries to “lone wolves” can weaponize digital communications with novel technologies to change the course of an election or radicalize individuals to their cause.
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May 20, 2020
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