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  • Log4Shell Incidents and Mitigation Activities To-date: Governmental Agencies (Global)

    An up-to-the-minute summary of major Log4Shell incidents and mitigation activities – as reported by governmental agencies from around the world since the inception of the threat in December 2021.

  • Log4Shell Update from CISA Director Easterly and DHS CISA JCDC Company Updates

    Many OODA Loop members have had their nose to the grindstone right through the holiday season attending to the potential impacts of the Log4j and Log4Shell vulnerabilities within their organization.  Following is a ‘big picture’ update of CISA press releases, global incidents, and impacts for your review when you come up for air and need…

  • Context On The Nature of Web 3.0

    What is Web 3.0? This post provides some background. Early signs are that Web 3..0 has the promise, the tools, the cultural and architectural elements to reverse some of the more negative impacts of Web 2.0 build.   We ask for your feedback and ideas.   

  • The ASML Holding’s Factory Fire and Specialized Manufacturing Equipment for Semiconductor Production

    The OODA Loop News Brief Team surfaced a story earlier today – “Fire at vital tech factory could worsen global computer chip shortage” – which we thought was important enough to provide further in-depth analysis. A very specific insight from our recent OODA Network Stratigame – “Global Computer Chip Supply Chain Disruption” – was the…

  • Looking at IP Theft as a Cyber Criminal Offering

    A recent article suggests that legitimate businesses have lost the fight against cyber-crime, applied defensives and cyber security strategies have ultimately failed to secure networks, and prevent the loss of sensitive information. The piece goes on to suggest that, while organizations would focus on the attack to improve remediation, hostile actors sought to develop their…

  • Google Cloud and Recorded Future Begin New Year with Data Intelligence/Security Operations Acquisitions

    Cybersecurity M&A activity got off to a big start yesterday in the cloud-based and enterprise security subsector.  Google Cloud announced the $500 million acquisition of Israeli-based Siemplify, a startup that specializes in security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) services. Back in 2019, Recorded Future was the megadeal of the year when it was acquired in…

  • The Next Phase of the DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI): The Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0)

    Last year, we offered an analysis of the DARPA track record of success with semiconductor innovation in collaboration with academia and the private sector, having seeded the field of neuromorphic computing from 2008-2014. This track record of public/private collaboration continues, as DARPA recently announced it has joined a “public-private partnership to address challenges facing microelectronics…

  • National Cognitive Infrastructure Protection:  What Can We Learn from the Swedish Psychological Defence Authority? 

    In 2019, in what now reads like a strikingly prescient premonition, OODA CTO Bob Gourley penned a two-part series on the neglect of our national Cognitive Infrastructure, which includes the mental capacities of our citizens and the decision-making ability of people, organizations, and our government. It also includes the information channels used to feed our…

  • Log4Shell Exploit Used in Cox Media Group Ransomware Attack Attributed to Iranian Hackers

    In June of last year, Cox Media Group (CMG) IT systems and live streams were the targets of a ransomware attack. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has attributed the attack to an Iranian threat actor, codenamed DEV-0270, a group linked to multiple intrusions of US companies. The attack is part of larger trends in Iranian…

  • Top 10 OODAcasts Episodes of 2021

    The following lists are comprised of the Top 10 OODAcasts for 2021 as determined by the number of page views.  We have included a Top 10 list for both the YouTube and audio podcast versions of the OODAcast library. 

  • 2021 Year-End Review: Cybersecurity

    2021 was marked by security professionals reacting to threats, incidents, and vulnerabilities of a previously unheard of frequency, volume and scale.  It was also a tipping point for cybersecurity efforts by the federal government and corporate IT.  We capture it all in this 2021 year-end review of cybersecurity.

  • 2021 Year-end Review: Geopolitical Risk and Technology

    This year was all about long-term geopolitical strategy propelled by technology-driven innovation and tactics.  In 2021, geopolitical risk and technology intersected in what feels like (forgive the overused descriptor but it is apropos here) an inflection point.  Geopolitics is already operating in a future state:  technology is now the clear exponential driver of tactical maneuvers…

  • Top 10 Original Analysis Posts of 2021

    The following list is comprised of the Top 10 OODA Loop Original Analysis posts for 2021 as determined by the number of page views for each article.  We also included posts that are still popular, achieving a “Top 10” number of views, but were not published this year. 

  • 2021 Year-end Review: Federal

    A chronological review of highlights from a difficult and busy year for the Federal Government, including January 6th, the ongoing pandemic response, withdrawal from Kabul, and the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Federal efforts in AI and Cybersecurity, as well as critical infrastructure security and supply chain initiatives, are also addressed in this year-end…

  • Top 10 News Briefs of 2021

    The following list is comprised of the Top 10 OODA Loop News Briefs of 2021 as determined by the number of page views for each article.  If you value our analysis, please consider a subscription (click here). One hundred percent of the subscription goes towards the curation of our popular Daily Intelligence Report and original…

Briefs

  • Enterprise AI Security Firm TrojAI Raises $5.75M in Seed Funding

    This week, TrojAI,  a provider of enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) security solutions, announced a $5.75 million funding round of additional seed capital. The company says its platform helps organizations comply with benchmarks such as the OWASP AI framework as well as privacy regulations by testing models prior to deployment and protecting applications from things such…

  • Inside Big Tech’s underground race to buy AI training data

    At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world’s top image-hosting site. The media backbone for once-hot services like Myspace and Friendster, it boasted 70 million users and accounted for nearly half of the U.S. online photo market. Today only 2 million people still use Photobucket, according to analytics tracker Similarweb. But the…

  • The next evolution of AI is already here—and hiding in plain sight

    Generative AI’s remarkable achievements are creating a growing misconception among executives that all previous artificial intelligence technologies will become obsolete. The resulting over-emphasis on generative AI is counterproductive, leading to the compartmentalizing of AI talent and resources. This ultimately limits AI’s potential because generative AI alone cannot solve every type of problem. That’s why the next…

  • OpenAI Sees ‘Tremendous Growth’ in Corporate Version of ChatGPT

    OpenAI is seeing surging demand for the corporate version of ChatGPT even as it confronts a growing number of artificial intelligence companies offering similar products for the workplace. In an interview on Bloomberg Technology, OpenAI’s Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap said there are now more than 600,000 people signed up to use ChatGPT Enterprise, up…

  • Chinese robot maker says protectionism will not stop its march

    The founder of China’s largest industrial automation company believes the key role played by the country’s robot makers in keeping global supply chains running will insulate them from rising global protectionism as they try to expand overseas. Zhu Xingming, chair and founder of Shenzhen Inovance, said it hopes to challenge incumbents — which include western…

  • How to detect AI deepfakes

    AI-generated images are everywhere. They’re being used to make nonconsensual pornography, muddy the truth during elections and promote products on social media using celebrity impersonations. When Princess Catherine released a video last month disclosing that she had cancer, social media went abuzz with the latest baseless claim that artificial intelligence was used to manipulate the…

  • UN Rights Body Demands Israel be held Accountable for Possible ‘War Crimes’

    The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling to halt all arms sales to Israel and to hold them accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip. Friday’s vote marked the first time that the UN’s top rights body has taken a position on the nearly…

  • Magento Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy Persistent Backdoor

    Sansec, a cybersecurity firm, has reported that threat actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-20720, in Magento, allowing them to inject a persistent backdoor into ecommerce websites. Despite Adobe’s resolution of the flaw in February 2024, some websites remain vulnerable, with threat actors leveraging a crafted layout template in the database to inject XML code,…

  • Russia downs dozens of drones as Kremlin warns NATO over Ukraine

    Russia has downed 53 Ukrainian drones, the majority of which targeted the southern Rostov region, the Ministry of Defense said, as the Kremlin warned that Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation” over Ukraine. As the warring nations continue to exchange fire, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said more aid is urgently…

  • Cybersecurity Firms Raised $2.3 Billion in Q1 2024: Report

    According to Pinpoint Search Group’s Cyber Security Vendor Funding Report for Q1 2024, cybersecurity companies collectively raised $2.3 billion in funding across 77 rounds, a figure relatively consistent with the previous year’s first quarter but representing a 20% decrease from Q1 2023’s total. Notably, March saw a surge, with $1.4 billion raised, marking the first…

  • NIST Grants $3.6 Million to Boost US Cybersecurity Workforce

    The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has allocated $3.6 million in grants to tackle the cybersecurity skills shortage, with 18 education and community organizations in 15 states set to receive approximately $200,000 each to train future cybersecurity professionals. Overseen by NICE, a collaboration between government, education, and private sectors, the initiative aims…

  • In Other News: 100,000 Affected by CISA Breach, Microsoft AI Copilot Ban, Nuclear Site Prosecution

    The cybersecurity news roundup by securityWeek compiles significant stories often overlooked, offering a comprehensive view of the cybersecurity landscape. This week’s highlights include the CISA breach affecting over 100,000 individuals, the US House banning Microsoft’s Copilot AI chatbot due to data leakage concerns, and the UK’s Sellafield nuclear waste site facing prosecution over cybersecurity failures.…

  • Israel Agrees to Open Erez Crossing for Gaza Aid After Biden Pressure

    Israel has agreed to open another crossing and increase the flow of aid getting into Gaza after rising pressure from U.S. officials and humanitarian agencies. On Thursday, there was a tense phone call between President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During the call, Mr. Biden threatened to condition future support for Israel on how…

  • Elon Musk Says He’s Boosting Tesla Pay to Stop OpenAI From Poaching

    Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the automaker has been boosting pay for artificial intelligence engineers as it faces a war over talent. “Tesla is increasing comp (contingent on progress milestones) of our AI engineering team,” he posted on his X social media site, formerly Twitter. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has been…

  • Big tech companies form new consortium to allay fears of AI job takeovers

    AI might not be coming for all jobs, but it might be coming for some. UPS’s largest layoff in its 116-year history was the result of, in part, new technologies including AI, CEO Carol Tomé said during an earnings call in February. Meanwhile, IBM plans to pause hiring for roles it thinks could soon be automated…

  • Apple’s electric car loss could be home robotics’ gain

    For every tech success story, there are countless projects that slam headlong into the brick wall of reality. Apple’s electric vehicle ambitions are one of the most recent — and, frankly, best — examples of a project failing in spite of seeming to have everything going for it. The jury is still out on the…

  • This tool makes AI models hallucinate cats to fight copyright infringement

    Artists and computer scientists are testing out a new way to stop artificial intelligence from ripping off copyrighted images: “poison” the AI models with visions of cats. A tool called Nightshade, released in January by University of Chicago researchers, changes images in small ways that are nearly invisible to the human eye but look dramatically…

  • Google considers charging for AI-powered search in big change to business model

    Google is considering charging for new “premium” features powered by generative artificial intelligence, in what would be the biggest ever shake-up of its search business. The proposed revamp to its cash cow search engine would mark the first time the company has put any of its core product behind a paywall, and shows it is…

  • Israel boosts defenses after Iran revenge threat

    On Thursday, the Israeli military halted all combat leave citing concerns of a possible escalation in violence following the killing of Iranian generals in Damascus. The killing of Iranian generals earlier this week was followed by threats of retaliation. Iran has declared that it will seek revenge for the killing of two of its generals…

  • Kuwait holds first parliamentary election under new Emir

    On Thursday, voting began in Kuwait’s first election since Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah assumed power last year. After taking office in December, the new Emir strongly criticized the National Assembly and the government in his first speech before parliament. His platform includes a reform-based approach with little tolerance for political infighting. The new Emir also…

  • Diplomatic crisis erupts between Poland and Israel following killing of Polish aid worker in Gaza

    On Thursday, the Polish President denounced a comment made by the Israeli ambassador, with the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw summoning him for a meeting. This meeting comes following the death of a Polish aid worker in Gaza, which has erupted into a new diplomatic crisis. The Polish man, 35 was one of many in a…

  • Ivanti vows to transform its security operating model, reveals new vulnerabilities

    Ivanti has released patches for new DoS vulnerabilities that affect Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure, some of the vulnerabilities could lead to execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure. Four vulnerabilities have been discovered and patched in all supported versions of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure. The four vulnerabilities are CVE-2024-21894…

  • Singapore Sets High Bar in Cybersecurity Preparedness

    According to a new government survey, Singapore is leading other countries when it comes to cybersecurity preparedness. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Health Report 2023 polled organizations across 23 sectors about aspects of their cybersecurity. They focused on breaches faced, business impacts, and measures implemented. The report found that organizations have implemented a…

  • LockBit Ransomware Takedown Strikes Deep Into Brand’s Viability

    Despite the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service gang claiming to be back after a high-profile takedown in mid-February, there are significant, ongoing disruption to the group’s activities. The analysis also identified ripple effects throughout the cybercrime underground, and implications for business risk. LockBit was responsible for 25%-33% of all ransomware attacks in 2024, making it the biggest financial…

  • US Cancer Center Data Breach Impacting 800,000

    City of Hope, a cancer treatment and research center has begun notifying over 800,000 individuals that their personal and health information was compromised in a dat breach. The National Cancer Institute- designated comprehensive cancer center is based in Duarte, California, but has a network of clinical practice locations and offices throughout the country. The data…

  • Crypto Hacks Drain $336 Million in Q1 2024, Claims Report

    The rise of web3 technologies has sparked a wave of innovation, but it’s also given rise to a new breed of cyber threats. According to a recent study by Immunefi, the cryptocurrency industry has seen significant growth in the first quarter of 2024, but it’s not all smooth sailing. With a staggering $100 billion locked…

  • US Asks South Korea to Toughen Up Export Controls on China Chips

    The US is asking South Korea to adopt restrictions on semiconductor technology exports to China similar to those Washington has already implemented, another sign the Biden administration is stepping up efforts to thwart Beijing’s chip ambitions. American officials want South Korea to restrict the flow of equipment and technologies for making high-end logic and memory…

  • How One Tech Skeptic Decided A.I. Might Benefit the Middle Class

    David Autor seems an unlikely A.I. optimist. The labor economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is best known for his in-depth studies showing how much technology and trade have eroded the incomes of millions of American workers over the years. But Mr. Autor is now making the case that the new wave of technology…

  • AI Will Transform Manufacturing Robotics—Eventually

    Many people hear about artificial intelligence and think “robots!” But the great gains in Large Language Models that power ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are having trivial impact on industrial robots, at least so far. The future looks much better, according to experts in the industry, but not right away. The LLMs process words and images…

  • US and UK sign agreement to test the safety of AI models

    The agreement will see the UK’s new AI Safety Institute and its US counterpart collaborate to formulate a framework to test the safety of large language models. The US and the UK have signed an agreement to test the safety of large language models (LLMs) that underpin AI systems. The agreement or memorandum of understanding (MoU) —…

  • Cybersecurity Threats Intensify in the Middle East During Ramadan

    The holy month of Ramadan is a period when Middle East-based companies increase their cybersecurity with extra vigilance and outsourced support due to shortened working hours and increased e-commerce activity. The ninth month of the Muslim calendar is observed around the world and followers take time to reflect and practice fasting. During this month, cybersecurity…

  • Sprawling Sellafield Nuclear Waste Site Prosecuted for Cybersecurity Failings

    Sellafield Ltd, the managing company of Sellafield nuclear site, will be prosecuted by the UK’s independent nuclear safety regulator for alleged cybersecurity offenses. The alleged infractions were garnered over a four-year period from 2019 to 2023, however, the regulator stated that there is nothing to suggest that public safety has been compromised over the information…

  • AT&T data leaked: 73 million customers affected

    AT&T has confirmed that the data that was leaked on the dark web two weeks ago contains AT&T data-specific fields. The company is reaching out to affected customers and is offering credit monitoring services. The leaked date contains the data of approximately 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. The…

  • Russian assault piles pressure on fragile Ukrainian defensive line in the east

    A key Ukrainian defensive line on the eastern front looks to have partially fallen to Russian forces in the last week according to a British defense intelligence statement and sources on the ground. The UK’s defense intelligence agency on Saturday released an unusually negative assessment of Kyiv’s situation near the city of Avdiivka. Avdiivka fell…

  • World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff

    The international food charity World Central Kitchen will suspend its operations in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli air strike. The workers who were killed were part of an aid convoy that was leaving a warehouse in Gaza on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that Israel’s forces…

  • Russia says explosives sent from Ukraine via EU countries seized

    Russia’s top security agency claims to have seized dozens of kilos of explosives sent from Ukraine concealed in Orthodox Christian religious icons that had traveled through the European Union. On Tuesday, the seizure took place after an inspection of cargo in the northwestern Pskov region near the Latvian border. There was no immediate comment by…

  • The AI Industry Is Steaming Toward A Legal Iceberg

    If your company uses AI to produce content, make decisions, or influence the lives of others, it’s likely you will be liable for whatever it does—especially when it makes a mistake. This also applies to big tech companies rolling out chat-based AIs to the public, including Google and Microsoft, as well as well-funded startups like…

  • Huge AI funding leads to hype and ‘grifting’, warns DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis

    The surge of money flooding into artificial intelligence has resulted in some crypto-like hype that is obscuring the incredible scientific progress in the field, according to Sir Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind. The chief executive of Google’s AI research division told the Financial Times that the billions of dollars being poured into generative AI start-ups…

  • Chinese robot’s backflip is a leap forward for electric-powered humanoid machines

    A Chinese company has unveiled a video featuring a humanoid robot performing a backflip to land on the same spot, marking a world-first manoeuvre for a full-sized electric-powered robot. In the clip the robot, named H1, draws its arms back to build momentum then propels itself upwards, flips in mid-air and makes a smooth landing.…

  • Microsoft & OpenAI consider $100bn, 5GW ‘Stargate’ AI data center

    Microsoft and OpenAI may build a $100 billion supercomputer campus to help develop artificial intelligence models. The Information reports that the project is still in the early stages, but would be expected to launch in 2028. Known as ‘Stargate,’ the development would expand over two more years – potentially needing as much as five gigawatts…

  • Microsoft And OpenAI Partnering On Stargate, A $100B U.S. Data Center

    Microsoft and OpenAI announce that Stargate, a new AI super-computer data center project to be headquartered in the U.S. could cost over $115 billion and is planned for launch in 2028. Sky rocketing demands for generative artificial intelligence have accelerated demands for AI-centric data centers that can handle more advanced tasks than traditional data centers.…

  • Iran’s Persecution of Baha’is Branded ‘Crime Against Humanity’

    Iran’s persecution of its Baha’i minority has been branded “a crime against humanity”. Human Rights Watch said among the persecution endured by the Baha’is are arbitrary arrest, property confiscation, restrictions on school and job opportunities, and the right to a dignified burial. “Iranian authorities deprive Baha’is of their fundamental rights in every aspect of their…

  • Protesters Call for Netanyahu to Leave Office

    Thousands of Israelis filled the streets outside the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem on Sunday to call for early elections, in one of the most significant demonstrations against Netanyahu’s government since the start of the war. The protest in Jerusalem is expected to last four days, with some demonstrators planning to stay in a…

  • Why Russia is Protecting North Korea from Nuclear Monitors

    Through the most tense encounters with President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia over the past decade, there has been one project in which Washington and Moscow have claimed common cause: keeping North Korea from expanding its arsenal of nuclear weapons. Now this is no longer true. On Thursday, Russia used its veto power in the United…

  • Escalating Malware Tactics Drive Global Cybercrime Epidemic

    The average malware detections rose 80% in Q4 2023. Most of the increased malware instances affected the Americas and Asia-Pacific. “The Threat Lab’s latest research shows threat actors are employing various techniques as they look for vulnerabilities to target, including in older software and systems, which is why organizations must adopt a defense-in-depth approach to…

  • Supply Chain Attack: Major Linux Distributions Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor

    Major Linux distributions have been impacted by a supply chain attack involving backdoored versions of the XZ Utils data compression library. The code was designed to execute at the end of configure and modify the liblzma library, which is part of the XZ Utils package, to provide unauthenticated access to the system. The backdoor interferes…

  • AT&T Says Data on 73 Million Customers Leaked on Dark Web

    On Saturday, AT&T said that data on roughly 73 million current and former customers was exposed on the dark web, including social security numbers and other personal information. The company said a “robust investigation” investigation is underway, supported by internal and external cybersecurity teams. “Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its…

  • How a Windows shake-up could position Microsoft to capitalize on AI PCs

    After Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay departed Microsoft last year, the software giant quickly split his two divisions into two different teams. It was a move designed to push Windows engineers to focus on more web and AI features under Mikhail Parakhin, who was previously responsible for Bing and ads. It didn’t work out.…

  • Robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed

    A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home. The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable house after police were fired upon. Police sent in two…

  • How We’ll Reach a 1 Trillion Transistor GPU

    In 1997 the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. It was a groundbreaking demonstration of supercomputer technology and a first glimpse into how high-performance computing might one day overtake human-level intelligence. In the 10 years that followed, we began to use artificial intelligence for many practical tasks, such as facial recognition,…

  • Elon Musk Makes Grok AI Available to All Paying X Subscribers: What to Know

    Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI’s latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media platform X next week, the billionaire said in a post on X on Friday. “Grok 2 should exceed current AI on all metrics. In training now,” Musk added. Grok-1.5, the enhanced version of its chatbot Grok, will be made…

  • 26 Security Issues Patched in TeamCity

    JetBrains has released TeamCity 2024.03, addressing 26 security issues in its build management and continuous integration server, while also implementing measures to mitigate the risk of exploitation in malicious attacks. Although specifics of the security problems were not disclosed to protect users of older versions, the update resolves seven CVEs, notably CVE-2024-31136, which enables bypassing…

  • Energy Department Invests $15 Million in University Cybersecurity Centers 

    The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled a $15 million investment in university-based electric power centers aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in the energy sector. Selected by the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), six universities will receive funding to collaborate with industry stakeholders and DOE National Laboratories for cybersecurity research and…

  • The Complexity and Need to Manage Mental Well-Being in the Security Team

    The cybersecurity profession faces significant challenges to mental well-being due to chronic stress, with burnout being a prominent concern. The continuous, high-pressure nature of the work, coupled with the expectation to handle diverse tasks ranging from technical analysis to psychological understanding, contributes to this stress. Moreover, exposure to disturbing content during investigations adds to the…

  • Pentagon Outlines Cybersecurity Strategy for Defense Industrial Base 

    The US Department of Defense unveiled its cybersecurity strategy for the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, outlining four main goals for fiscal years 2024 through 2027. The strategy aims to safeguard the DIB, which is crucial for military weapons systems, by enhancing governance structures, bolstering cybersecurity posture, preserving critical capabilities, and fostering collaboration with industry…

  • Are US-South Africa Ties at Breaking Point Over Israel’s War on Gaza?

    The United States House of Representatives is reviewing a bill that calls for a reassessment of the country’s relationship with South Africa, amid tensions between the nations. The US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act alleges that the African National Congress (ANC) has had ties with Hamas since 1994, when the ANC party first came to…

  • Russia Blocks Renewal of UN Panel Monitoring North Korea Sanctions

    Russia has vetoed the United Nations’ renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring North Korea’s compliance with international sanctions. This move follows accusations from the United States, South Korea and others that Pyongyang is supplying Moscow with weapons to use in its war in Ukraine. Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, told the council before…

  • Taiwan’s Top Diplomat Says U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is Critical for Deterring China

    Joseph Wu, the foreign minister of Taiwan, said on Thursday that a halt in U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine would embolden China in its aggressions against Taiwan and fuel propaganda from Beijing that the United States is an unreliable partner. If Russia is able to occupy more of Ukraine and claim victory, he added, “it…

  • How Silicon Valley’s ‘Oppenheimer’ found lucrative trade in AI weapons

    From below, the ALTIUS-600M looks like a black cross sailing through the sky. It has a slender fuselage and a stretched wingspan that makes it twice as wide as it is long. Up close, it’s a blend of metal and circuitry, a sleek and ominous testament to human ambition. It is also one of the…

  • Larry Summers, now an OpenAI board member, thinks AI could replace ‘almost all’ forms of labor

    Ever since OpenAI released its generative AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022, investors have flocked to companies with links to AI to try to profit from the world-changing technology. The hype has been so extreme that it sparked a debate on Wall Street over whether investors are justified in their AI enthusiasm—or if they’re getting…

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