In the News

• Social media can in fact be made better: Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation
  8/1/2023 – The Conversation
• Chatbots sometimes make things up. Is AI’s hallucination problem fixable?
  8/1/2023 – AP News
• Meta Begins Blocking News in Canada in Response to New Law
  8/1/2023 – Bloomberg
• Cloud company assisted 17 different government hacking groups -US researchers
  8/1/2023 – Reuters
• Russian hackers crash Italian bank websites - cyber agency
  8/1/2023 – Reuters
• Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
  7/31/2023 – AP News
• Intelligence Board Recommends Curbing F.B.I.’s Power to Use Surveillance Program
  7/31/2023 – The New York Times
• Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The F.B.I., an F.B.I. Inquiry Found.
  7/31/2023 – The New York Times
• Twitter Sues Nonprofit That Tracks Hate Speech
  7/31/2023 – The New York Times
• Google’s Dominance Sparks South African Antitrust Crackdown
  7/31/2023 – Bloomberg
• Anti-hate speech group accuses Elon Musk’s X Corp of intimidation over legal threat
  7/31/2023 – The Guardian
• California Opens Privacy Probe Into Who Controls, Shares the Data Your Car Is Collecting
  7/31/2023 – The Wall Street Journal
• Election disinformation campaigns targeted voters of color in 2020. Experts expect 2024 to be worse.
  7/29/2023 – AP News
• U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
  7/29/2023 – The New York Times
• A new crypto firm wants to scan your eyeballs – should you look away?
  7/28/2023 – The Guardian
• MoD accidentally sends classified emails meant for US to Russian ally
  7/27/2023 – The Guardian
• Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say
  7/27/2023 – The New York Times
• Deep dive into Meta’s algorithms shows that America’s political polarization has no easy fix
  7/27/2023 – AP News
• The Sorry State of Search Is an Ominous Sign for the AI Era
  7/27/2023 – Bloomberg
• EU investigates Microsoft over concerns bundling Teams with Office eliminates competition
  7/27/2023 – AP News
• France is investigating suspected smuggling to China and Russia of advanced chip technology
  7/27/2023 – AP News
• Are you a Facebook user? You have one month left to apply for a share of this $725M settlement
  7/26/2023 – AP News
• US SEC adopts new cyber rule, unveils brokerage AI proposal
  7/26/2023 – Reuters
• Meta’s Threads Isn’t Labeling Propaganda Accounts From Russia, China State Media
  7/26/2023 – The Wall Street Journal
• SEC Sets 4-Day Deadline for Companies to Report Hacks
  7/26/2023 – Bloomberg