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Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is sharing his thoughts on where cybersecurity has been and is going as he is leaving CISA. Ben has the story of Google laying off members of the team that reviews law enforcement data requests. Dave's got the story of teens using AI to undress their peers.
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Google cuts part of team that vets police requests for user data

Teens Are Spreading Deepfake Nudes of One Another. It’s No Joke


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Camille Stewart Gloster, Former Deputy National Cyber Director at the White House, is sharing a retrospective of her public service career. Ben discusses a new lawsuit in Illinois challenging automatic license plate readers. Dave's got the story of an AI hotline between the US and China.
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Illinois' use of cameras that read license plates amounts to 'dragnet surveillance,' lawsuit alleges

The U.S. and China Need an AI Incidents Hotline


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This week, Ben discusses litigation related to a new online age verification law in Texas, and how it is causing uproar. Dave's got the story of congress perhaps being on their way to passing a federal privacy bill that got revamped and sailed through the House subcommittee.
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Revamped privacy bill sails through House subcommittee

EFF Urges Supreme Court to Reject Texas’ Speech-Chilling Age Verification Law


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Melissa Oh and Anil John from DHS' Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) join to discuss how they are working to advance software chain resiliency. Ben has the story of the FBI charging a Wisconsin man with the distribution of AI CSAM. Dave's got the story of the famous movie star, Scarlett Johansson and how she is at odds with Open AI.
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FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI’s Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her


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Dave Hickton, Founding Director, Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security at the University of Pittsburgh, and former US Attorney, is discussing the 10th Anniversary of the first indictment of Chinese PLA actors. Ben covers TikTok’s new lawsuit against the federal government. Dave's got the story of some Senators taking issue with facial recognition at airports.
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TikTok files court challenge to U.S. law that could lead to ban

Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns

Bipartisan senators push for facial recognition restrictions in airports


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Barbara McQuade sits down to discuss her book "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," showing us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. Ben discusses a fascinating case dealing with middleware and adversarial interoperability. Dave's got the story of a leak of Australian companies biometric data.
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Was There A Trojan Horse Hidden In Section 230 All Along That Could Enable Adversarial Interoperability?

The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics


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