The University of Chicago Medical Center in 2017 announced that it was creating a partnership with Google to use data from patients’ electronic medical records to help make better predictions and advance artificial intelligence in medicine.
Researchers at UC Berkeley and USC are creating new techniques to detect deepfakes, hyper-realistic AI-generated videos of people doing or saying things they never did or said.
The University of Central Florida implemented a policy of using license plate readers(LPRs) to track students' vehicles in order to "support the UCF Police Department's efforts to prevents and solve crimes," said an email from UCFPD Chief Carl Metzger.
The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, or SHIELD Act, was recently passed by the New York legislature. It updates the state’s breach notification laws and broadens the definition of what constitutes a "breach".
News industry websites are at a higher risk of user-data breach or data misuse compared to other industries, the 2019 Feroot User Security and Privacy report found.
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass Senator and U.S. Presidential Candidate, is planning on increasing election security voter fraud protection plan aimed to "secure our elections from all threats, foreign and domestic."
A Border Enforcement Task Force (BEST) team in Baltimore comprised of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 332 pounds of cocaine in the port of Baltimore.
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tom Carper (D-DE) published a report that documents the failure of eight federal agencies, over the course of two administrations, to address vulnerabilities in their IT infrastructure.
Suffolk County, New York has launched a school safety initiative called the Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry (SHARE) that will share live security camera footage with police in active shooter situations.
Last month, San Francisco became the first city to ban facial recognition. Now, other cities in California like Oakland and Berkley are considering bans on the technology, as well.