i talked to three deepfake experts about those AI anti-Mamdani videos. here's what they said: www.fastcompany.com/91446713/tik...

www.fastcompany.com/91429000/art... "The social media age warped our self-perception, and now the AI era stands to subsume it. "

there's always a gold rush for usernames at the birth of a new social platform - my first piece for @fastcompany.com looks at how OpenAI is taking preventive steps to block people from using public figures as Sora usernames -- but only some! www.fastcompany.com/91423803/sor...

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension highlights Nexstar and Sinclair’s vast control over US airwaves, by @maxknoblauch.bsky.social sherwood.news/power/jimmy-...

my latest: fedscoop.com/spacex-starl...

Starlink outage impacted Starshield, its defense communications service via @rebheilweil.bsky.social fedscoop.com/starlink-out...

with @keelyquinlan.bsky.social, we took a look at increasing government use of Starlink fedscoop.com/starlink-us-...

My @fedscoop.bsky.social colleagues @madialder.bsky.social and @rebheilweil.bsky.social doing some diligent detective work, identifying a previously unreported GSA-adjacent testing bed for AI chatbots where Grok (who you may also know as MechaHitler) was recently added to the suite of options.

Our latest: GitHub shows that gov coders are trying to access Grok. a spokesperson for GSA told us the agency is interested in welcoming all American companies and models "who abide by our terms and conditions." fedscoop.com/grok-for-gov...

digging through some DHS docs, i found reference to privacy documents confirming a CBP project that would use Starlink, from SpaceX fedscoop.com/customs-and-...

#CBP has issued internal paperwork to authorize an evaluation of #Starlink, the satellite internet service provided by Elon Musk’s #SpaceX, according to documents identified by FedScoop and a spokesperson for the agency. via @rebheilweil.bsky.social fedscoop.com/customs-and-...

are you a federal worker? reach out to me on Signal at rebheilweil.59

DHS is massively expanding its inventory fo AI use cases, per a new disclosure fedscoop.com/department-o...

DHS came up with its own LLM chatbot. It's in a secure environment but built on external tech fedscoop.com/chatgpt-meet...

The International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday that 104 journalists and media workers have been killed so far in 2024, with more than half of them perishing during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. apnews.com/article/jour...

CBP is continuing to expand its use of biometric iris recognition at the nation’s borders, a notable move given the somewhat limited use of the technology compared with more widespread applications like fingerprint and facial recognition. via @rebheilweil.bsky.social fedscoop.com/customs-and-...

Keep in mind ➡️ Cycling 🚲 is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities(!)👇👇 theconversation.com/cycling-is-t...

personal news: i'm writing a book! so excited to be working on this

we were first to report on a new state department-led effort to help detect AI-generated content fedscoop.com/state-depart...

#Anthropic, a major developer of large language models, has entered talks with some #federal agencies about a potential sponsorship for a #FedRAMP authorization that would allow the company to sell #AI systems directly to the #government. via @rebheilweil.bsky.social fedscoop.com/anthropic-ey...

based on docs i obtained and conversations with state department leaders, my colleague and I checked on the Global Engagement Center, an anti-disinformation unit within the State Department that could be eliminated later this year. fedscoop.com/can-the-glob...

New from 404 Media: we've obtained and published the list of iPhone and Android devices secretive phone unlocking tech Graykey was able, or unable, to get data from recently. Unprecedented leak, we've never seen this granularity from Graykey before www.404media.co/leaked-docum...

reported that this was coming earlier this year: fedscoop.com/ice-pursuing...

reported that this was coming earlier this year: fedscoop.com/ice-pursuing...

gonna be posting here more, mostly about what government and technology issues, particularly under this new administration. also want to flag some colleagues, including @mattbracken.bsky.social @madialder.bsky.social @chrismvasq.bsky.social

it's not exactly clear where trump will take AI policy, though we should expect some significant changes. in that vein, I asked all signatories of biden's AI commitments what they think about them now. here's what they said: fedscoop.com/voluntary-ai...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, was investigated for an “alleged sexual assault” in 2017 by police in Monterey, Calif., the city said in a statement.

The incoming #Trump administration is expected to rescind #Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence. A slimmer #policy could take its place. via @madialder.bsky.social fedscoop.com/trump-likely...