I wonder if China is informed or confused by listening to our elected officials?

https://www.pogowasright.org/no-more-tiktok-on-house-of-representatives-smartphones/

No more TikTok on House of Representatives’ smartphones

Erik Bangeman reports:

TikTok will no longer be allowed on any device managed by the US House of Representatives. On Tuesday, the House’s Chief Administrative Office announced the ban of the popular video-sharing app, a move that comes just a week after legislation that would bar TikTok from all federal devices was introduced.

Read more at Ars Technica.

Budget background.

https://www.databreaches.net/cyber-insurers-missing-key-nuances-in-their-underwriting-strategies/

Cyber insurers “missing” key nuances in their underwriting strategies

Bethan Moorcraft reports:

Cyber insurers are hyper-focused today on best-practice risk mitigation and cybersecurity protocols. Many carriers have introduced minimum security requirements – such as enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) for email and remote access, and possibly even using end-point detection and response (EDR) technology – before they’ll even consider writing a policy.

This type of underwriting has had a positive impact on cyber loss trends, but the unfortunate fact remains that “with cyberattacks, it’s not a matter of if, it’s not a matter of when, it’s how big,” according to Kurt Suhs, founder and CEO of Concierge Cyber. Risk management only goes so far, and with that in mind, Suhs believes insurers are “missing” a few important nuances in their prevention-focused underwriting strategies.

Read more at Insurance Business America.

Even the Terminator can make a mistake.

https://mindmatters.ai/2022/12/santa-fe-prof-dissects-end-of-world-super-ai-claims/

SANTA FE PROF DISSECTS END-OF-WORLD SUPER-AI CLAIMS

There seems to be little communication, she notes, between people concerned about sci-fi AI risks and people concerned about predictable everyday risks

Santa Fe Institute professor of complexity Melanie Mitchell takes issue — in a gentle way — with those who warn about the dangers of superintelligent machines (AI alignment) destroying us all:

In one scenario, for example, Oxford Future of Humanity Institute’s Nick Bostrom developed a scenario by which a super AI, told to make paper clips, might use up the world’s resources in doing so. Her comment:

To many outside these specific communities, AI alignment looks something like a religion — one with revered leaders, unquestioned doctrine and devoted disciples fighting a potentially all-powerful enemy (unaligned superintelligent AI). Indeed, the computer scientist and blogger Scott Aaronson recently noted that there are now “Orthodox” and “Reform” branches of the AI alignment faith. The former, he writes, worries almost entirely about “misaligned AI that deceives humans while it works to destroy them.”

MELANIE MITCHELL, “WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ALIGN AI WITH HUMAN VALUES?” AT QUANTA (DECEMBER 13, 2022)

As the author of Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019), she offers reasons for thinking that we are not doomed by our silicon.

Tech for lawyers, imagine that.

https://www.bespacific.com/top-tech-tips-using-microsoft-office-365-for-lawyers/

Top Tech Tips: Using Microsoft Office 365 for Lawyers

Attorney at Work: “Keep on top of your document drafting skills and learn to better manage email and Excel, with Affinity Consulting’s latest articles on Microsoft Office 365 for lawyers. Bookmark this page for tips on using Office 365 in your law practice or legal organization. We regularly add new links here for new how-to articles on Word, Outlook, and Excel, written by Danielle DavisRoe.”