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White House details plan for national cyber strategy
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The White House on Thursday released a "roadmap" laying out its step-by-step plan to implement a national cybersecurity strategy unveiled earlier this year. |
The Biden administration first released the highly anticipated strategy in March, focusing on several key pillars, including defending critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, disrupting and dismantling cyber crime and forging international partnerships. The White House said the plan is the "first iteration" of its implementation plan and represents a "living document" meant to be updated annually. It breaks down the cybersecurity strategy into 69 initiatives, specifying various deadlines for implementation over the next three years and which agency is leading each particular initiative. "Today, the Administration is announcing a roadmap to realize this bold, affirmative vision," the White House said in a press release. "It is taking the novel step of publishing the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan to ensure transparency and a continued path for coordination." Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Democrats stood by Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan as she weathered hours of questioning before the House Judiciary Committee, during which Republicans called her a "bully" whose tenure at the antitrust agency had been "a disaster." Republicans hammered Khan for allegedly mismanaging the agency and its resources, misleading Congress, launching politically motivated antitrust action and withholding requested information … |
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| The Associated Press (AP) said Thursday that it had reached a deal with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to license AP's archive of news stories to help train the artificial intelligence company’s systems. Under the arrangement, OpenAI licensing will be “part of AP's text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI's technology and product expertise," AP and OpenAI said in a joint statement. It was not immediately clear exactly … |
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Editor’s note: A previous version of this story inaccurately described which court cleared the way for Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Tensions boiled over during the House Judiciary Committee's contentious Federal Trade Commission (FTC) oversight hearing Thursday morning. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) called out the "hypocrisy" and "the lack of integrity" of some Republican lawmakers who questioned … |
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Alex Mashinsky, former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, was arrested Thursday on federal securities fraud charges. In an indictment unsealed Thursday by federal prosecutors, Mashinsky faces seven counts of fraud. Roni Cohen-Pavon, Celsius’s former chief revenue officer, is charged as a co-conspirator, according to the Justice Department. Federal prosecutors allege Mashinsky falsely … |
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Google's AI supports 40 languages |
Google added new languages to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Bard, and now supports 40 languages, Mashable reported. |
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ONCD acting director will not be picked as permanent leader |
Kemba Walden, who currently serves as the acting director for the Office of the National Cyber Director, will not be nominated to permanently lead the office, sources tell The Record. |
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they’ve made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP’s archive of news stories. "The arrangement sees OpenAI licensing part of AP's text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI's technology and product … |
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SAG-AFTRA, the union representing many actors in Hollywood, announced Thursday it would begin a strike at midnight after contract negotiations with … Read more |
| Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that "somebody needs to be fired" after the U.S. Secret Service announced it would end its investigation … Read more |
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