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Senator calls out Big Tech's new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups
5 months, 1 week ago

Senator calls out Big Tech's new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups

The Independent  

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US senators call out Big Tech’s new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups
5 months, 1 week ago

US senators call out Big Tech’s new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups

Associated Press  

In the race to stay ahead in artificial intelligence, the biggest technology companies are swallowing up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them. But, in plain English, a few companies control a major portion of the market, and just concentrate — rather than on innovation — trying to buy out everybody else’s talent.” So-called “acqui-hires,” …

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A key US spy tool will lapse at year’s end unless Congress and the White House can cut a deal
1 year, 1 month ago

A key US spy tool will lapse at year’s end unless Congress and the White House can cut a deal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With less than two months until the end of the year, the Biden administration is running out of time to win the reauthorization of a spy program it says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks. “Just imagine if some foreign terrorist organization overseas shifts its intentions and directs an operative here who’d been contingency …

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US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
54 years, 11 months ago

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’

Wired  

An effort by United States lawmakers to prevent government agencies from domestically tracking citizens without a search warrant is facing opposition internally from one of its largest intelligence services. Republican and Democratic aides familiar with ongoing defense-spending negotiations in Congress say officials at the National Security Agency have approached lawmakers charged with its oversight about opposing an amendment that would …

【世界说】美媒：美情报机构可“随意”购买和存储美国人的个人信息 政策未能提供隐私保障
1 year, 6 months ago

【世界说】美媒：美情报机构可“随意”购买和存储美国人的个人信息 政策未能提供隐私保障

China Daily  

中国日报网6月20日电 据美国全国广播公司（NBC）近日援引一份政府报告称，美国情报机构在几乎没有监管和准则的情况下购买和存储美国人的个人信息，不加控制地过度依赖商业化信息对美国民众构成了威胁。 美国国家情报总监办公室近日发布的这份报告为美国情报机构如何利用美国人的购买数据提供了新的见解。这份部分解密的报告日期为2022年1月。报告的作者被编辑过，美国国家情报总监办公室没有回应置评作者的请求。 文章表示，政府机构必须遵守一系列法律，这些法律往往阻止他们在没有法院命令或搜查令的情况下追踪美国人。但对购买、重新包装和出售个人数据的私营公司几乎没有法律限制，报告称这些数据为“商业可用信息”。 商业购买的数据“可以揭示美国人和非美国人的个人属性、私人行为、社会关系和言论等敏感和私密信息”，报告称，“它可能被滥用来窥探私人生活，破坏名誉，造成情绪困扰，威胁个人安全。”即使在适当的控制下，CAI也可以提高政府窥探私人生活的能力，达到可能超过人们的宪法传统或其他社会期望的水平。”这使得整个数据经纪人行业通过出售关于人们的非常具体的信息而蓬勃发展。美国情报体系 的机构可以简单地从收集这些信息的公司那里购买这些信息。 报告发现：“IC目前为与任务有关的目的获取了大量CAI，包括在某些情况下的社交媒体数据。”报告的作者列举了大量政府机构考虑并可能利用与私营公司签订的合同购买个人数据的例子:美国国防情报局与数据库LexisNexis签订了合同；海军与一家名为Sayari Analytics的公司签订合同，为其提供一个可能与受制裁人员有关联的人员数据库；联邦调查局（FBI）与网络安全公司ZeroFox签订了社交媒体警报的合同。 报告称，美国国土安全部利用学术研究信息交流平台Web of Science来识别在美国工作的外国研究人员是否与他们本国军方有联系。截至报告发布之日，美国中情局（CIA）正在制定政策来使用这类数据。该机构没有立即回复有关最新情况的请求。 该报告还发现，隐私危险不仅限于美国政府。外国情报机构对这些公司也有类似的接触，可以购买他们的数据。 俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登 在一份新闻稿中说：“这项审查表明，政府现有的政策未能为美国人的隐私提供必要的保障，也未能监督机构如何购买和使用个人数据。” （编译：胡晓珊 编辑：韩鹤） 【责任编辑：胡晓珊】

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New report claims US intelligence agencies are buying Americans’ personal data
1 year, 6 months ago

New report claims US intelligence agencies are buying Americans’ personal data

The Independent  

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US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers
1 year, 9 months ago

US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials urged Congress on Tuesday to renew a surveillance program the government has long seen as vital in protecting national security but whose future is uncertain because of scrutiny from an unusual alignment of civil liberties advocates and some Republicans. “As of today, I don’t accept the claim that Americans’ privacy is adequately protected under the …

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Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data
2 years, 10 months ago

Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.” There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects domestically, driven in part …

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Avril Haines: Senate confirms to new director of national intelligence, the first Biden Cabinet nominee confirmed
3 years, 11 months ago

Avril Haines: Senate confirms to new director of national intelligence, the first Biden Cabinet nominee confirmed

CNN  

CNN — The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, on his first day in office Haines’ confirmation as the first woman to lead the US intelligence community, which was approved in the Senate by 84 to 10, continues a recent Senate precedent of confirming …

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Trump intel chief unveils unverified Russian info about Dems
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump intel chief unveils unverified Russian info about Dems

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s top intelligence official said Tuesday that he has declassified Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 election even though he acknowledged it might not be true. In a letter Tuesday to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Ratcliffe said that in late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained “insight” into Russian …

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