The shock-and-awe firings of the new Trump administration's first month continue to unleash turmoil in Washington's cybersecurity workforce.
Why it matters: The Trump team's aggressive downsizing of federal cyber employees could encourage nation-state hackers who already target the U.S. and could leave American companies less protected from their attacks.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated Thursday that it will drop a case accusing Elon Musk's company SpaceX of discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring process.
Why it matters: Musk's companies had faced a slew of potential legal and regulatory ramifications under the Biden administration,but Thursday's filing could make the SpaceX discrimination case one of the first to be formally dropped under President Trump.
OpenAI spotted and disrupted two uses of its AI tools as part of broader Chinese influence campaigns, including one designed to spread Spanish-language anti-American disinformation, the company said.
Why it matters: AI's potential to supercharge disinformation and speed the work of nation state-backed cyberattacks is steadily moving from scary theory to complex reality.
Is it possible to quickly, cleanly add power for AI data centers without spiking consumer costs and messing with grid reliability? Maybe "power couples" can do it.
The Open Source AI Foundation has launched a $10 million ad campaign aimed at convincing policymakers and others of open source AI's benefits, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: There is a spirited debate in both technology and policy circles as to whether open source AI makes the technology safer or less secure.
A majority of Americans hold negative views of X owner Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
The big picture: The billionaire tech magnates already have huge cultural influence, but their alliances with Trump have influenced the overhauling of the federal government and brought significant changes to the platforms they own in an effort to align more with the MAGA agenda.
Nvidia on Thursday launched Signs, a free AI-powered tool that helps teach American Sign Language.
Why it matters: Although ASL is the third most commonly used language in the United States, there are far fewer tools available for learning it than for spoken languages.
Two years ago, when ChatGPT arrived, tech leaders suggested that the next few years would bring incredible advances in AI. Today, they're saying the same thing.
Why it matters: While the AI industry — powered by enormous investments and competition — has made steady strides, it also keeps promising vast breakthroughs right around a corner it never seems to turn.
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