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As many Governments express concern or downplay Mythos cybersecurity warnings Clark sees future open source similar capabilities

Colin Henderson

Semafor World Economy event Could China develop a Mythos competitor? Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor Cybersecurity concerns about Anthropic’s new model Mythos raised a pressing question for policymakers and executives: Could China develop similar technology in the near future? The answer is yes, if you ask Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark. Within a year and a half, “there’ll be open-source models from China that have these capabilities,” Clark said at Semafor World Economy this week. White House cyber director Sean Cairncross agreed, telling Semafor that “it would be irresponsible” for the US “to assume that that wouldn’t be the case.” After … Continue reading As many Governments express concern or downplay Mythos cybersecurity warnings Clark sees future open source similar capabilities

AI

Navigating Cybersecurity and AI

Colin Henderson

Starting to think abut AI in context of Cybersecurity. Courtesy of Koat.ai Summary AI plays a dual role in cybersecurity, enhancing threat detection and response while also being exploited by cybercriminals. Businesses can leverage AI to automate tasks, provide real-time threat analysis, and enable scalable security measures. However, they must address data privacy, compliance, and bias concerns while ensuring ethical AI use. The Art of Staying Secure with AI Cybersecurity defends against digital attacks on systems, networks, and data. AI changes how these defences are deployed. By leveraging AI, businesses can automate processes and enhance threat detection. This synergy offers … Continue reading Navigating Cybersecurity and AI

Economy, EU, Geopolitics

Germany’s Economy Was Once the Envy of Europe. Not Anymore

Colin Henderson

This from NY Times confirms we are collectively in a state of chaos in terms of ‘world order’. In this blog one of my primary focus is on business and banking risk. Canada is a classic forerunner to what we see in Germany in today’s election. There was a time where my primary focus was bad actors and criminal elements including bad actor governments. The notion of risk has moved inward and banks must take care of their own risk management and deploy their own mitigation factors. That means isolating and understanding risks to their bank and taking arbitrary actions … Continue reading Germany’s Economy Was Once the Envy of Europe. Not Anymore

AI

Evaluation of the Cyber AI Hub programme

Colin Henderson

Published 8 January 2025 Britain has multiple initiatives underway which serve to embed emerging and future technologies into the educational infrastructure. I subscribe to a weekly update and am frequently surprised. I am a believer in the importance of rapidly diffusing AI into the educational system which will brain faster improvements in systems and embed growth mindsets that will transfer the possible productivity benefits from AI into the mainstream. Here follows the full report in this weeks weekly update: Evaluation of the Cyber AI Hub programme 1. Introduction   In November 2023, The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT’s) Cyber Security … Continue reading Evaluation of the Cyber AI Hub programme

Cybersecurity, Uncategorized

Pinduoduo – One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts – CNN

Colin Henderson

– presence of malware is on the Pinduoduo app that exploited vulnerabilities in Android operating systems. It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about everything else under the sun to more than 750 million users a month. But according to cybersecurity researchers, it can also bypass users’ cell phone security to monitor activities on other apps, check notifications, read private messages and change settings. And once installed, it’s tough to remove. While many apps collect vast troves of user data, sometimes without explicit consent, experts say e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of … Continue reading Pinduoduo – One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts – CNN