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June 26, 2023, 6:30 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

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New York Times:

As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases globally, consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails — Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.

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Nina Jankowicz / The Atlantic:

While there are effective laws outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn in some states, such as Virginia and California, the US needs a federal law — Because I was in the public eye, somebody synthesized explicit videos of me. — Recently, a Google Alert informed me that I am the subject of deepfake pornography.

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Reed Albergotti / Semafor:

Q&A with AWS Product VP Matt Wood on the generative AI boom, the escalating AI battle between the tech giants, curating the best AI models for AWS, and more — Matt Wood, vice president of product for Amazon Web Services, is at the tip of the spear of Amazon's response in the escalating AI battle between the tech giants.

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:

An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana's majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI's risks as a philanthropy focus — - Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who made billions from co-founding Facebook, has long been concerned about the risks of runaway artificial intelligence.

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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vaults after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in May 2023 — LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.

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Kevin J. Delaney / Charter:

Q&A with Microsoft's Jared Spataro on AI tools advancing knowledge work, increasing worker creativity, being “usefully wrong”, automating work away, and more — Microsoft over the past few years has released some of the most interesting research about how people work …

Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times:

As TikTok CEO Shou Chew announces a five-year $10B investment in Indonesia, experts say competition and regulation have made TikTok vulnerable in Southeast Asia — Viral app's parent ByteDance targets large Indonesian market but faces growing regulatory scrutiny around the world

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Phoebe Liu / Forbes:

A profile of Christina Cacioppo, the co-founder and CEO of data security compliance startup Vanta, which has an ~$80M ARR, a $1.6B valuation, and raised $203M — The Stanford graduate built a fast-growing software company to automate what had previously been a manual process.

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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

US law enforcement seized BreachForums' domain on June 22, after arresting the data leak site's alleged admin, Conor Fitzpatrick, aka Pompompurin, on March 15 — U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum three months …

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David Folkenflik / NPR:

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Bloomberg:

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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

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Maria Heeter / The Information:

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Julie Kim / MIT Technology Review:

A look at the underwhelming state of augmentative and alternative communication tech, including a handful of iPad apps, for speech and language impaired users

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Will Knight / Wired:

A study of EU countries: the 2010s deep learning boom increased employment in jobs exposed to AI but “these results may not be extrapolated into the future”

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox is not a “robust business” and fails to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile

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Bluesky:

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Pew Research Center:

A survey of ~305 experts on their expectations for digital advances by 2035, like AI systems and smart eyewear and earbuds, and concerns over the darker sides

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Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:

The EFJ and media experts condemn the latest European Media Freedom Act draft that would let national security agencies place spyware on journalists' phones

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