Author: Eric Geller

  • A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More

    A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More

    Four days before he leaves office, US president Joe Biden has issued a sweeping cybersecurity directive ordering improvements to the way the government monitors its networks, buys software, uses artificial intelligence, and punishes foreign hackers. The 40-page executive order unveiled on Thursday is the Biden White House’s final attempt to kickstart efforts to harness the

  • A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI

    A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI

    If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November, the guardrails could come off of artificial intelligence development, even as the dangers of defective AI models grow increasingly serious. Trump’s election to a second term would dramatically reshape—and possibly cripple—efforts to protect Americans from the many dangers of poorly designed artificial intelligence, including misinformation