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Your face is all over the internet
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Your face is all over the internet

On the subway, you see someone out of the corner of your eye. Do you recognize them? A former classmate? A coworker from three jobs ago? Maybe a short-lived fling? That question nags in your head: Who are they? AI has an answer ...

Startup Cerebras System's new AI supercomputer Andromeda is seen at a data center in Santa Clara, California, U.S. October 2022.
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Hard Numbers: Electricity drain, Coal in demand, Ignoring AI, Deal for Palantir, China’s chip fund

Why privacy is priceless
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Why privacy is priceless

In this frail digital world, the right to privacy has never been more important, says David Haigh. The human rights lawyer was prominently targeted with the powerful Pegasus spyware in 2021. He adds that a minor breach in one's personal life is a gateway to "very, very serious breaches of other human rights."

How cyberattacks hurt people in war zones
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

How cyberattacks hurt people in war zones

They may not be bombs or tanks, but hacks and cyberattacks can still make life miserable for people caught in the crosshairs of conflicts miserable, said Stéphane Duguin, CEO of the Cyber Peace Institute.

Why snooping in your private life is big business
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Why snooping in your private life is big business

Kaja Ciglic, senior director of digital diplomacy at Microsoft, said, "cybersecurity is the defining challenge of our time" amid a spike in misinformation campaigns thanks to wars in Ukraine and Gaza, growing interest from governments in building cyberweapons, and plain old profit-motivated thieves.

How rogue states use cyberattacks to undermine stability
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

How rogue states use cyberattacks to undermine stability

They may not be bombs or tanks, but hacks and cyberattacks can still make life for people caught in the crosshairs of conflicts miserable.

The devastating impact of cyberattacks and how to protect against them
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

The devastating impact of cyberattacks and how to protect against them

Emerging technologies threaten to make the already-bleak cybersecurity environment all the more treacherous. Eurasia Group Senior Analyst Ali Wyne moderated a discussion on cybersecurity focused on the blurring lines between attacks on governments and the private sector.

Global Stage Podcast | Patching the System | Cyber Mercenaries and the Global Surveillance-For-Hire Market
Patching the System

Podcast: Cyber mercenaries and the global surveillance-for-hire market

The use of mercenaries is a growing threat in cyberspace. In this episode of our Patching the System podcast series, we look at what governments and private enterprises are doing to combat the growth of the cyber mercenary industry.

Hacked by Pegasus spyware: The human rights lawyer trying to free a princess
Caught in the Digital Crosshairs

Hacked by Pegasus spyware: The human rights lawyer trying to free a princess

Watch the first episode of “Caught in the Digital Crosshairs: The Human Impact of Cyberattacks,” a new video series on cybersecurity produced by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft. In April 2021, David Haigh, a human rights lawyer who'd been fighting to free Dubai’s detained Princess Latifa, received a shocking notification from investigators at The Guardian and Amnesty International: his phone was likely infected with Pegasus spyware.

Can we control AI before it controls us?
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Can we control AI before it controls us?

COVID has accelerated our embrace of the digital world. The thing is, we don't always know who’s running it. Instead of governments, Ian Bremmer says, so far a handful of Big Tech companies are writing the rules of digital space — through computer algorithms powered by artificial intelligence. The problem is that tech companies have set something in motion they don't fully understand, nor control.