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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, recently released a Request for Comments Regarding Artificial Intelligence and Inventorship. As there are many inventors amongst us, as well as the role IP plays in a start-up exit or M&A and for governance and the boardroom, we are taking a look at the…
Overall, the war in Ukraine has acted as an accelerant in a clash between a wide range of points of view in the debate surrounding the future of war and the future of the defense industrial base. A sampling of various voices on the issues is captured here which have been curated from an archive…
While there is nothing that will stop Chinese cyber operations, increased threat and intelligence information-sharing, remediation, attribution, and more importantly, disrupting its cyber networks might just be a successful combination to stem the flow. And that just may be the very catalyst needed to rally other regional victims of Chinese cyber spying onboard to pushback…
About the OODA Loop [X]+AI Series: As a way of framing the headline-grabbing impact of ChatGPT moving forward, OODA Loop is taking a unique tack toward tracking and generating insights about the future of commercial AI and the societal impacts of the rapid adoption of AI-based platforms.
Exponential Organizations’ (ExOs), platforms, ecosystems, and sources of new value creation are based on the disintermediation (innovation that undermines established or incumbent structures) of a market, organization, or industry sector. A strategic suggestion to organizations if they are experiencing disintermediation is to aggressively self-cannibalize, with ecosystems and platforms as the new value creation and capture…
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations…announced its 2023 Examination Priorities. The Division publishes its examination priorities annually to provide insights into its risk-based approach, including the areas it believes present potential risks to investors and the integrity of the U.S. capital markets.
The United States will host the 2023 International Cybersecurity Championship and Conference (IC3). This global event will be held July 31-August 4, 2023 in San Diego, California, and will be organized by PlayCyber®. The combination of increasing security threats and evolving technologies is creating a global demand for more cybersecurity professionals. IC3 brings together organizations and governments worldwide…
About the OODA Loop Talent Superpower Strategy (The Human Factor) Series: Amidst our coverage of exponential technologies and national cognitive infrastructure protection, it is easy to take a purely technology-based perspective and neglect the human factor: the role of trained talent and future innovators in building the technology and platforms to solve the most pressing…
In late January 2023, Kaspersky Lab published a report on dark web ads looking for specialized skilled individuals. The company researched the job offers in the underground for over 30 months and found that criminals and gangs (mostly those associated with advanced persistent threat or established criminal groups) posted more than 200,000 ads looking for…
This Q and A session took place after Dr. Flagg’s initial presentation at the January 2023 OODA Network Member Meeting
The Opportunities for Advantage Series of posts will continue this year. Designed to explore how exponential disruption and innovation require organizations to focus efforts to gain advantage, in a recent review of the series we found that there were patterns and groupings which deserved to be highlighted. To start: the opportunities for advantage created by…
In this OODA Loop Q&A with OODA Network Expert Kristin Del Rosso, we discuss her presentation last year at labscon.io 2022 in Scottsdale, AZ, entitled “Is CNVD ≥ CVE? A Look at Chinese Vulnerability Discovery and Disclosure.” Del Rosso is a product manager at Sophos focusing on Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and the SecOps ecosystem.…
The growing use and reliance on complex digital business systems is exacerbating cyber-risk, a systemic risk to your business, one which can result in serious, perhaps even existential damage. The interactions of information and technology have evolved from segmented IT functions into the central nervous systems controlling the most vital assets and systems of your…
As a prelude to the launch of the OODA Loop Exponential Innovation Series, the following is a compilation of insights and resources related to our research on Exponential Disruption to-date.
Based on the strength of the insights garnered over the course of 2022 from the research theme of Exponential Disruption, our new OODA Loop Series, Exponential Innovation, will pivot and “drill down” on the technical, organizational, and market-driven structures driving these disruptions – with a focus on emerging technologies, deep-tech, tough-tech, and advanced technologies. This…
Arbitration case over the Sea of Azov has begun. Ukraine’s complaint against Russia’s construction of the Kerch Straight bridge has proceed to trial. The case is being heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. Ukraine has argued that the bridge and other maritime restrictions are a violation of the United Nation’s Convention…
Fears of a Cholera epidemic have grown as the disease spreads across Sudan. Outbreaks of Cholera have been reported across Sudan with 10 out of 18 provinces reporting outbreaks. Cholera outbreaks have occurred in Sudan before with a previous outbreak in 2017 infecting over 22,000 people. Widespread famine and the breakdown of public health infrastructure…
Sri Lanka has elected a new President from the National People’s Power coalition. Anura Kumara was elected as Sri Lanka’s President. Kumara’s victory was seen as a rejection of the political status quo that many blamed for the nation’s economic crisis. Kumara has pledged to dissolve the parliament as his party only holds 3 of…
Protestors and government forces clashed near Bolivia’s capital. Supporters of former President Evo Morales clashed with government forces as they marched on the capital. Both sides accused each other of starting the clash. Morales and current President Luis Arce have struggled for control over the country’s socialist party. The struggle for control has paralyzed the…
Russian threat actors have shifted tactics in their campaign against Ukraine. After failing to cause damage to Ukraine, Russian threat actors have shifted their tactics towards widespread attacks. This represents a change from the previous year’s attacks which focused on attacking critical infrastructure and government ministries. Russian cyber attacks have begun to focus on targets…
Researchers have found that Google Play apps have been infected with malware. Researchers have identified that two Google Play apps contain the Necro Trojan malware. The apps were identified as Wuta Camera and Max Browser which have a combined 11 million downloads. This malware been observed in other downloadable content such as mods for video…
Personal records of patients in India were accessible via Telegram chatbots. The personal records of patients in India were accessible via Telegram chatbots. The chatbots had access to medical records and insurance information. The records could be bought from the chatbots according to researchers. Star Health has said that they have reported the situation to…
Researchers are calling attention to the prevalence of fake North Korean IT workers. Mandiant researchers have released reports highlighting the scope of the damage done by fake North Korean IT workers. They called attention to how potent these attacks are when aided by US citizens. The researchers noted that these groups are decentralized and often…
Agentic AIs, a form of technology designed to run specific functions within an organization without human intervention, are gaining traction as enterprises look to automate business workflows, augment the output of human workers, and derive value from generative AI. Analyst firm Forrester named AI agents as one of its top 10 emerging technologies this year,…
OpenAI has made its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers. These models, designed to handle complex reasoning tasks, are poised to change how organizations and academic institutions tackle their most difficult challenges, from advanced coding to scientific research. The o1 models, first announced earlier this month,…
Internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare is launching a suite of tools that could help shift the power dynamic between AI companies and the websites they crawl for data. Today it’s giving all of its customers—including the estimated 33 million using its free services—the ability to monitor and selectively block AI data-scraping bots. That preventative measure comes…
It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments they’ve never seen before. Typically, researchers need to train them on new data for every new place they encounter, which can become very time-consuming and expensive. Now researchers have developed a series of AI models that teach robots to complete basic tasks in new surroundings without…
Where will artificial intelligence be in 2030? Will it live up to the hype—boosting economies, creating breakthrough medical treatments, simplifying everyday life and increasing our knowledge? Or are such forecasts overly optimistic: Will it fizzle out, or change the world for the worse? What about concerns that AI will eliminate millions of jobs, replace human…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has begun a high-stakes visit to the United States during which he will present Kyiv’s plan to end the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war against invading Russian forces. Zelenskyy, who will also attend the annual meeting of the United Nations on Tuesday and Wednesday, urged Ukraine’s allies to help achieve “a shared…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and a top Hezbollah leader vowed on Sunday to increase the intensity of their cross-border attacks, raising fears that the renewed conflict could escalate into all-out war. These vows came after a tumultuous week of hostilities. Early on Sunday, Hezbollah launched about 150 rockets, cruise missiles and drones, according…
LinkedIn allegedly used data from its users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, without alerting users it was doing so in the privacy policy. Blake Lawit, LinkedIn’s senior vice president and general counsel, then posted on the company’s official blog that same day to announce that the company had corrected the oversight, and updated…
A high-powered U.N. advisory body said that global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and urged the United Nations to lay the foundations for the first inclusive global institutions to regulate the fast-growing technology. In a 100-page report, the group said left ungoverned AI’s benefits could be limited to a handful of countries, companies and…
Ukraine issued the Telegram ban for the official devices of government employees, military personnel, security and defense workers, and critical infrastructure employees. They have described this move as necessary for national security during the war with Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Telegram is…
The data centers that train the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That’s why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. The tech giant on Friday signed a major deal with…
Robotics startup 1X Technologies has developed a new generative model that can make it much more efficient to train robotics systems in simulation. The model, which the company announced in a new blog post, addresses one of the important challenges of robotics, which is learning “world models” that can predict how the world changes in…
Several strategic investors, including OpenAI’s biggest backer Microsoft and new investors Nvidia and Apple, are likely to get access, the source said. OpenAI’s latest fundraising is nearing completion, with prospective investors set to find out on Friday (Sep 20) whether they will be part of the deal, according to sources familiar with the matter. The…
A group of companies including Meta Platforms, Spotify and Italian luxury-fashion giant Prada warned Thursday that the European Union risks missing out on the full benefits of artificial intelligence because of the bloc’s tech regulations. In an open letter that was coordinated by Meta, executives from more than two dozen companies said AI can boost…
Hezbollah leader pledges to continue strikes against Israel. In his first address since the attacks earlier this week, the leader of Hezbollah has said the group will continue is strikes on northern Israel. He that the attacks on the group have crossed all red lines. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack. The Israeli…
The EU has pledged large scale support for flood hit regions. The EU President, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that EU funds would be made available to aid countries impacted by historic flooding. In a rare move, co-financing would not be required for the funds to be accessed. Large scale flooding has caused immense damage…
Mass vaccination efforts have begun in order to combat the spread of mpox. Rwanda has begun a mass vaccination effort in provinces bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC is the center of a large scale outbreak of mpox in Africa. The DRC has also attempted to begin vaccination efforts, but has…
Activists have been sentenced under Hong Kong’s new security laws. Pro-democracy activists have been sentenced under Honk Kong’s new security laws. Those sentenced were convicted for using pro-democracy slogans and wearing pro-democracy t-shirts. Watch dog groups have said the harsh sentences imposed by the judges shows repressive nature of the security laws. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-security-law-first-sentence-9982e169f570251d5e30d82724d6fd5a
GoPass data leak has exposed nearly 1 million Colombian users personal data. Payment processing firm GoPass has exposed nearly 1 million Colombian users data. Researchers discovered that the company left a Google Storage bucket unsecured. The dataset contained information such a tax IDs, license plate numbers, and addresses. Researchers notified the company which secured the…
US officials have disrupted a Chinese hacking group. The FBI Director announced that the US has conducted an operation to disrupt the operations of Flax Typhoon. Flax Typhoon had been identified as a threat actor by Western authorities after its involvement with several cyber attacks. Flax Typhoon was also found to be closely related to…
US House Committee has raised concerns about the security of port infrastructure. A US House Committee has released a report documenting vulnerabilities in US port infrastructure. The report highlighted that ship-to-shore cranes manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries are vulnerable to remote access through a cellular modem. The Committee report highlighted that 80% of US…
Microsoft has issued a warning about a new ransomware targeting the US healthcare sector. Microsoft has issued a warning that a ransomware group is targeting healthcare systems in the United States. The group has been named Vanilla Tempest and employs a strain of INC ransomware. Microsoft said that the group has been active since 2022,…
With the launch of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, Apple has taken its first steps into the next generation of smartphones, but Tim Cook and his team won’t be able to deliver the benefits to everyone who wants them. Thanks to the impact of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, Apple has taken…
Alibaba on Thursday released more than 100 open-source artificial intelligence models and boosted the capabilities of its proprietary technology as it looks to ramp up competition with rivals. The newly-released models, known as Qwen 2.5, are designed for use in applications and sectors ranging from automobiles to gaming and science research, Alibaba said. They have…
We’ve just begun to scratch the surface of what’s possible with robotics. Driven by the convergence of enabling technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensor technology, and computer vision, and trends that include the labor shortage and Industry 4.0, robots are poised to impact how we live and work. Although their future potential is vast, robots…
T-Mobile US said it would partner with OpenAI to build an artificial-intelligence platform designed to help the telecom company gain and keep customers. The companies said the new platform, called IntentCX, will harvest data on customer interactions from the millions of T-Mobile subscribers who use its T-Life app. The app, launched this year, combines several…
Like its rival, Google, Amazon has launched an AI-powered video generator — but it’s only for advertisers at the moment, and somewhat limited in what it can do. Today at its Accelerate conference, Amazon unveiled Video generator, which turns a single product image into video showcases of that product after some amount of processing. The company…
Yesterday, a second wave of blasts hit Lebanon as hand-held radios blew up across the country. At least 20 were killed and 450 were wounded in the incident. The radios had been turned into explosive devices and were carried by Hezbollah members. This is the second coordinated attack against Hezbollah this week, coming a day…
China sanctioned nine U.S. defense firms over arms sales to Taiwan. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the sanctions yesterday. Spokesman Lin Jian said that U.S. weapon sales to “China’s Taiwan region … seriously violated the one-China principle … infringed upon China’s sovereignty and security interests” and “damaged China-US relations.” Affected firms include Sierra Nevada…
Colombia’s leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) has attacked a military base. Now, Colombia’s President Petro is warning that the rebel attack may have threatened the peace process. Petro said that the attack on a military base in eastern Colombia “practically closes” peace talks. The ELN rebel group attack in Puerto Jordan killed two and injured…
Weeks after Bangladesh’s autocratic leader was driven out by protests, many police officers have yet to return to work. After a police crackdown killing hundreds of protestors on August 5, the police disappeared from the streets out of fear for their lives. Public disorder has continued, leading this week to the interim government granting the…
Hackers are targeting the U.S.-Taiwan defense conference through a phishing espionage attack. Next week, the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference will be held in Philadelphia. The conference will feature speakers from various sectors to address U.S. and Taiwan defense cooperation. The U.S.-Taiwan Business Council, who organizes the event, was recently sent a forgery of the conference’s…
Researchers at Lumen Technologies have identified a massive botnet of compromised IoT devices controlled by Chinese spies. The hijacked botnets are being used to target both the U.S. and Taiwan military. Black Lotus Labs has estimated that over 200,000 routers, IP cameras, and network storage servers are part of the botnet. The botnet is being…
Huntress, a cybersecurity firm, is warning about a new wave of cyberattacks targeting Foundation Accounting Software. This is an application which is used by many contractors in the construction industry. Hackers are brute-forcing the application and then using default credentials, allowing them to compromise organizations in the construction industry. In the attacks, hackers are targeting…
Ghost, an encrypted platform used by criminals, has been dismantled by the Australian Federal Police. Additionally, the mastermind behind the platform, a 32 year old man, has been arrested by the AFP. Simultaneously, 51 other suspects were arrested as well across Australia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and Canada. This is the first time an Australian-based person…
Yet another major tech company is training AI models with user data—by default—and not informing users first. Following in the footsteps of Meta and X’s Grok, LinkedIn is opting users into training its AI, as well as models belonging to unnamed “affiliates.” LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, which also owns a large chunk of ChatGPT…
Roughly a quarter of Americans have used ChatGPT since the chatbot’s 2022 release, according to the Pew Research Center — and every query exacts a cost. Chatbots use an immense amount of power to respond to user questions, and simply keeping the bot’s servers cool enough to function in data centers takes a toll on…
Imagine stepping into a hotel and a robot concierge greets you at your hotel, remembering your preferences. In nearby warehouses, robots manage inventory and streamline deliveries. On the streets, robotic assistants optimise traffic and public transportation, reducing congestion and emissions. This is not a distant dream but an imminent reality, driven by the relentless advance…
The entertainment company behind “The Hunger Games” and “Twilight” plans to start using generative artificial intelligence in the creation of its new movies and TV shows, a sign of the emerging technology’s advance in Hollywood. Lions Gate Entertainment has agreed to give Runway, one of several fast-evolving AI startups, access to its content library in…
BlackRock is preparing to launch a more than $30bn artificial intelligence investment fund with technology giant Microsoft to build data centres and energy projects to meet growing demands stemming from AI. The financial partnership, which BlackRock is launching with its new infrastructure investment unit, Global Infrastructure Partners, would be one of the biggest investment vehicles…
North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards its east coast in the second such test in a week. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, “North Korea’s missile launch is a clear act of provocation that seriously threatens peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and we strongly condemn it.” The test…
Ukraine said on Wednesday that it had hit a big Russian ammunition depot with drones overnight. The attack came just hours after the Russian military claimed to have captured the town of Ukrainsk as Moscow continues a slow but steady advance in eastern Ukraine. The capture of Ukrainsk brings Russia one step closer to its…
Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday. The pagers killed at least 11 people and wounded at least 2,700 others, officials said. Hezbollah has blamed Israel and warned that there would be “punishment for this blatant aggression.” The Israeli military declined to comment, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office…
Apple has launched iOS 18, which brings several changes for improving users’ security and privacy. In this new iOS version, there is a passwords app rather than just a tool in settings. The app saves passwords, fills in passwords, syncs save passwords with other devices, alerts users when a password is saved or modified or…
AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a 2023 data breach. The cyberattack resulted in the compromise of customer proprietary network information (CPNI) pertaining to roughly nine million AT&T customers. The compromised data did not include financial or personal information, such as Social Security numbers,…
The US cybersecurity agency CISA and the FBI have issued a Secure by Design alert on the prevalence of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. XSS flaws exist because user input is not properly validated, sanitized, or escaped, which allows threat actors to inject malicious scripts into web applications, leading to data manipulation, theft, or misuse. The…
“The first thing is to remember that AI is not about a chip. AI is about an infrastructure,” Nvidia (NVDA) Chief Executive Jensen Huang recently explained. On Sept. 11, Huang presented at Goldman Sachs’s Communacopia + Technology Conference. He discussed Nvidia’s competitiveness, the Blackwell platform, Taiwan Semiconductor, and more. Nvidia’s stock jumped more than 8%…
Microsoft has said it wants more “clarity and consistency” over US export controls that have held up the shipping of cutting-edge artificial intelligence chips to the Middle East, as the tech giant announces the opening of new AI institutes alongside its Abu Dhabi-based partner G42. The Seattle-based company this year invested $1.5bn in G42, seeking…
OpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, giving ChatGPT users their first chance to try AI models that pause to “think” before they answer. There’s been a lot of hype building up to these models, codenamed “Strawberry” inside OpenAI. But does Strawberry live up to the hype? Sort of. Compared to GPT-4o, the o1 models feel…
For years, Amazon has set the bar for package delivery. When Prime launched in 2005, two-day shipping was unheard of. By 2019, one-day shipping was standard for millions of items. Now, the retail giant is turning to generative AI to drive more same-day shipping. Amazon is using the technology to optimize delivery routes, make more intelligent…
Salesforce Inc. is unveiling a pivot in its artificial intelligence strategy this week at its annual Dreamforce conference, now saying that its AI tools can handle tasks without human supervision and changing the way it charges for software. The company is famous for ushering in the era of software as a service, which involves renting…
The looming fight over Argentina’s 2025 budget has set the stage for further instability in Argentina. President Milei has proposed his draft of the 2025 budget to the Argentine Congress. In an unusual move, he personally presented the budget rather than his Economy Minister. The proposed budget faces significant opposition from the Milei’s opponents who…
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