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Artificial Intelligence and the Attack/Defense Balance

Schneier on Security

Artificial intelligence technologies have the potential to upend the longstanding advantage that attack has over defense on the Internet. This essay previously appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of IEEE Security & Privacy. But AI is the most promising technology I've seen for bringing defense up to par with offense.

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The Role of Differential Privacy in Protecting Sensitive Information in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Security Affairs

Differential privacy (DP) protects data by adding noise to queries, preventing re-identification while maintaining utility, addressing Artificial Intelligence -era privacy challenges. In the era of Artificial Intelligence, confidentiality and security are becoming significant challenges.

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Artificial Intelligence ban slammed for failing to address “vast abuse potential”

Malwarebytes

A written proposal to ban several uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and to place new oversight on other “high-risk” AI applications—published by the European Commission this week—met fierce opposition from several digital rights advocates in Europe. The proposal includes a few core segments. Hopefully, they’re for the better.

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On the Catastrophic Risk of AI

Schneier on Security

” BBC : “Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn.” This is what I wrote in Click Here to Kill Everybody (2018): I am less worried about AI; I regard fear of AI more as a mirror of our own society than as a harbinger of the future. The New York Times headline is “A.I.

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SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology

Joseph Steinberg

US 10,084,787 – Granted in September of 2018. The post SecureMySocial Issued 5th US Patent For Social Media Security Technology appeared first on Joseph Steinberg: CyberSecurity Expert Witness, Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor. US 9,374,374 – Granted in June of 2016.

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AIs as Computer Hackers

Schneier on Security

In 2016, DARPA ran a similarly styled event for artificial intelligence (AI). In 2018, I wrote about how AI could change the attack/defense balance in cybersecurity. If you’re into this sort of thing, it’s pretty much the most fun you can possibly have on the Internet without committing multiple felonies.

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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Number one is increasingly connected systems; number two is onboard Wi-Fi; and number three is the use of commercial software, including artificial intelligence in aircraft. There are three factors that I could see presenting an even greater risk going forward.

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