Ukraine has been a ‘special’ target of Russian hackers. Following their attacks gives us some idea how they might wage cyberwar. Not all attacks are aimed at shutting down systems.
https://www.databreaches.net/ukraine-says-russian-hackers-attacked-state-document-system/
Ukraine says Russian hackers attacked state document system
Reuters reports:
Ukraine accused an unnamed group of Russian hackers on Wednesday (Feb 24) of trying to disseminate malicious documents through a web-based system on which government documents are circulated, but did not say whether any damage was caused.
Kyiv has previously accused Moscow of orchestrating large cyber attacks as part of a “hybrid war” against Ukraine, which Russia denies.
Read more on The Straits Times.
I try to keep up.
https://www.pogowasright.org/new-sweeping-data-privacy-legislation-introduced-in-minnesota/
New Sweeping Data Privacy Legislation Introduced in Minnesota
Lisa Ellingson and Nadeem Schwen of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. write:
Minnesota is now the latest state to take strides towards enacting an omnibus consumer data privacy law. On February 22, 2021, the “Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act” was introduced as HF 1492 by Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL) and Rep. Mohamud Noor (DFL) in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
The proposed Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MCDPA”) is largely based on the 2021 version of the proposed Washington Privacy Act (SB 5062), and bears many similarities to the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”).
Read more on JDSupra.
The kerfuffle down under is really a Global Kerfuffle..
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56168843
Facebook v Australia: Who blinked first?
The former boss of Facebook in Australia is pretty clear.
"I'd say Facebook may have blinked a bit here," Stephen Scheeler told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"I think there's no question that global backlash against this was pretty stern.
"And I think Facebook probably observed that governments around the world were taking a harder line maybe than they had anticipated."
(Related) All news is not created equal? If I post ‘news’ about my cat, should I not get the same rate per click as the New York Times?
Facebook’s Tussle With Australia Over News Is Just the Beginning
Facebook Inc.’s battle with publishers and regulators around the world over how the social-media giant handles news is far from finished after striking an agreement this week with the Australian government to pay for content.
The agreement Facebook reached Tuesday with Australia’s government to restore news content to its platform comes as political leaders elsewhere have pledged to increase scrutiny on tech giants, and as news outlets also plan to amp up pressure on the company to cut deals. The matter also raises questions about which publishers should get paid for news content and how much.
(Related)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-google-antitrust-exclusive-idUSKBN2AN268
Exclusive: French antitrust investigators say Google breached its orders on talks with news publishers - sources
French antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet Inc’s Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, two sources who read the investigators’ report said.
In the 93-page report, known as a statement of objections, the investigators wrote that Google’s failure to comply was of an exceptionally serious nature, the sources said.
This comes amid complaints by French news publishers that Google failed to hold talks with them in good faith to find an agreement. The same publishers were not part of the $76 million three-year deal signed between the U.S. firm and and a group of 121 publications, as Reuters reported earlier this month.
The agreement was presented as a major step forward by both Google and the publishers who signed it, but left many publications infuriated.
(Related) How pervasive are they?
A new browser extension blocks any websites that use Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon
The Verge: “The Economic Security Project is trying to make a point about big tech monopolies by releasing a browser plugin that will block any sites that reach out to IP addresses owned by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon. The extension is called Big Tech Detective, and after using the internet with it for a day (or, more accurately, trying and failing to use), I’d say it drives home the point that it’s almost impossible to avoid these companies on the modern web, even if you try. Currently, the app has to be side-loaded onto Chrome, and the Economic Security Project expects that will remain the case. It’s also available to side-load onto Firefox. By default, it just keeps track of how many requests are sent, and to which companies. If you configure the extension to actually block websites, you’ll see a big red popup if the website you’re visiting sends a request to any of the four. That popup will also include a list of all the requests so you can get an idea of what’s being asked for…”
This is something that will really bother Auditors. “We dump in a bunch of data and a miracle happens!”
Companies are using AI to hit business goals, even though they can't explain how it works
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are hard at work for many businesses, despite the fact that no one has figured out explainability, according to a new survey. Research from Modzy found that security is also a serious concern with 72% of companies reporting that security breaches or threats to AI systems. Modzy surveyed 821 decision-makers about how companies are deploying and managing AI for the new report, "The Race Towards Artificial Intelligence Adoption."
The survey found that 85% of decision-makers consider the explainability of AI to be extremely or very important. At the same time, leaders are also skeptical about the ability of organizations or government agencies to mandate this capability, with 59% agreeing it is impossible to do so.
Hard core lawyers?
https://www.bespacific.com/artificial-intelligence-and-legal-disruption-a-new-model-for-analysis/
Artificial Intelligence and Legal Disruption: A New Model for Analysis
Liu, Hin-Yan and Maas, Matthijs M. and Danaher, John and Scarcella, Luisa and Lexer, Michaela and Van Rompaey, Léonard, Artificial Intelligence and Legal Disruption: A New Model for Analysis (September 16, 2020). Law, Innovation and Technology 12, no. 2 (September 16, 2020): 205–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2020.1815402 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3761620
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest example of an emerging technology that pushes regulatory and social boundaries. Stakeholders tasked with resolving these up-and-coming issues face a variety of choices in the selection and implementation of the most appropriate solution. In an effort to contribute to the analysis of alternatives, this Article summarizes the lessons learned from the utilization of soft law in the governance of four emerging technology fields as described in this special issue: (1) Environmental Technologies; (2) Nanotechnology; (3) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); and (4) Life Sciences. Specifically, it examines the factors that contributed to the implementation of soft law by stakeholders and highlights the characteristics that differentiate it from its counterpart, hard law. The common denominator between AI and the technologies featured herein is their ability to influence significant changes in our society. With its analysis, this Article’s objective is to underscore practices that may maximize AI’s positive impact in the world.”
No doubt students will want this as a phone App.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-can-write-a-passing-college-paper-in-20-minutes/
AI can write a passing college paper in 20 minutes
AI can do a lot of things extremely well. One thing that it can do just okay – which, frankly, is still quite extraordinary – is write college term papers.
That's the finding from EduRef, a resource for students and educators, which ran an experiment to determine if a deep learning language prediction model known as GPT-3 could get passing marks in an anonymized trial.
Education.
https://globalcompliancenews.com/na-ai-machine-learning-video-series110221/
Eye on AI: North America Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Video Chat Series
Listen on-demand to our Eye on AI video chat series, which covers the need-to-know legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning.
For the toolkit? Find that exact Terminator image?
https://www.bespacific.com/flim-an-intelligent-movie-screenshot-search-engine/
Flim, an Intelligent Movie Screenshot Search Engine
Kottke.org: “Flim is a movie search engine currently in beta that returns screenshots from movies based on keywords like “clock” or “tree” … You can filter results by things like genre, year, and film ratio. You can search by color and within movies, e.g. “tuxedo” in Titanic...”
Flim is the answer to the statement: images are everywhere: movies, TV, movie clips, internet. Images are needed at every creative process level. From fashion and design, via cinema and music video. Flim is the best tool for iconographic search…over 50,000 HD screen shots provided daily. Stills come from movies, documentaries and soon from Ads and music videos. Each picture is registered by film, director, DOP, actor, genre, style topics, release date…”
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