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AI and Microdirectives

Schneier on Security

China is experimenting with even more powerful forms of automated legal enforcement and targeted surveillance. Made possible by advances in surveillance, communications technologies, and big-data analytics, microdirectives will be a new and predominant form of law shaped largely by machines.

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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Schneier on Security

Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff calls it " surveillance capitalism." Equifax is one of those thousands of data brokers, most of them you've never heard of, selling your personal information without your knowledge or consent to pretty much anyone who will pay for it. Surveillance capitalism takes this one step further.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. I wouldn't want to formulate public policy about artificial intelligence and robotics without a security technologist involved. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. I wouldn't want to formulate public policy about artificial intelligence and robotics without a security technologist involved. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence (AI) – a view from the EU Rear Window, Part II

McAfee

There is a need to ensure the integrity of the data and algorithms on which the AI is based, including “product safety checks by market surveillance authorities and consumer protection rules that implement place, whit appropriate minimum safety standards.” Ultimately, AI may become the next big privacy trend.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains. Bottom line: Prepare now based on risk.