I need to think about how I think about AI…

https://www.attorneyatwork.com/richard-susskind-on-ai-for-lawyers-a-review-of-how-to-think-about-ai/

Richard Susskind on AI for Lawyers: A Review of ‘How to Think About AI’

Richard Susskind is what I call a Big Thinker — the kind of legal technology sage who delivers keynote speeches by the dozen and publishes deep thoughts in serious journals. He has a rare talent for synthesizing complex ideas and explaining them in a clear and engaging way. For lawyers and policymakers trying to make sense of AI’s impact, ”How to Think About AI: A Guide for the Perplexed”  may be Susskind’s most timely and clarifying work yet.

An AI enabled education?

https://www.bespacific.com/welcome-to-campus-heres-your-chatgpt/

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

The New York Times no paywall – “OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has a plan to overhaul college education — by embedding its artificial intelligence tools in every facet of campus life. If the company’s strategy succeeds, universities would give students A.I. assistants to help guide and tutor them from orientation day through graduation. Professors would provide customized A.I. study bots for each class. Career services would offer recruiter chatbots for students to practice job interviews. And undergrads could turn on a chatbot’s voice mode to be quizzed aloud ahead of a test. OpenAI dubs its sales pitch “A.I.-native universities.” “Our vision is that, over time, A.I. would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education,” Leah Belsky, OpenAI’s vice president of education, said in an interview. In the same way that colleges give students school email accounts, she said, soon “every student who comes to campus would have access to their personalized A.I. account.” To spread chatbots on campuses, OpenAI is selling premium A.I. services to universities for faculty and student use. It is also running marketing campaigns aimed at getting students who have never used chatbots to try ChatGPT. Some universities, including the University of Maryland and California State University, are already working to make A.I. tools part of students’ everyday experiences. In early June, Duke University began offering unlimited ChatGPT access to students, faculty and staff. The school also introduced a university platform, called DukeGPT, with A.I. tools developed by Duke. OpenAI’s campaign is part of an escalating A.I. arms race among tech giants to win over universities and students with their chatbots. The company is following in the footsteps of rivals like Google and Microsoft that have for years pushed to get their computers and software into schools, and court students as future customers…”

Secure in spirit only?

https://www.bobsguide.com/cyber-rulebook-in-shreds-as-trump-rewrites-the-playbook/

Cyber rulebook in shreds as Trump rewrites the playbook

A new Executive Order signed by President Donald J. Trump on Friday has abruptly altered the landscape of U.S. cybersecurity policy. Marking a decisive pivot away from the compliance-centric frameworks of the Biden and Obama eras.  The order reverses key initiatives on software supply chain security, digital identity, and artificial intelligence, signaling a philosophical shift towards operational flexibility over regulatory mandates.

For Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and risk managers in the financial and fintech sectors, this move dismantles established compliance pathways and introduces a new wave of strategic uncertainty. While some may welcome the reduction in regulatory burden. The changes place a greater onus on individual firms to navigate a less-defined security environment, particularly concerning vendor risk and digital transformation.

The new order, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity, explicitly amends or repeals major components of previous directives. With the White House fact sheet criticizing the prior administration’s last-minute policies as “problematic and distracting.”