More on My AI and Democracy Book

In July, I wrote about my new book project on AI and democracy, to be published by MIT Press in fall 2025. My co-author and collaborator Nathan Sanders and I are hard at work writing. At this point, we would like feedback on titles. Here are four possibilities: 1. Rewiring the Republic: How AI Wi...

Using AI-Generated Legislative Amendments as a Delaying Technique

Canadian legislators proposed 19,600 amendments--almost certainly AI-generated--to a bill in an attempt to delay its adoption. I wrote about many different legislative delaying tactics in A Hackers Mind, but this is a new one...

Malicious code in find-legislators-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 1668eb1d9f816c9afdb2050d83d6d011f50bf10fb7bf93d2ed3d126d4e8cb785 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

MAL-2022-3044 Malicious code in find-legislators-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 1668eb1d9f816c9afdb2050d83d6d011f50bf10fb7bf93d2ed3d126d4e8cb785 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

The Future of Tech Is Here. Congress Isn't Ready for It

In a conversation with WIRED, former representative Will Hurd talked AI, the metaverse, China, and how ill-prepared legislators are to grapple with any of it...

Congress Still Doesn't Have an Answer for Ransomware

As data hijackers continue to target local governments and hospitals, legislators remain stymied over how best to address the problem...

Congress Still Doesn't Have an Answer for Ransomware

As data hijackers continue to target local governments and hospitals, legislators remain stymied over how best to address the problem...

2016 Computer Security Predictions

Well, if you thought you had it rough in 2014 because of big, bad Poodles and an irritating case of Heartbleed, things only got worse this year. Rather than intrusions permeating our IT systems and stealing our data, attacks got a bit more personal in 2015. Not only were privacy and civil liberti...

Senate bill proposes sweeping changes to U.S. cybersecurity

By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, Washington Post Federal legislators are working on a bill that would make major changes to the way that both government and private networks are protected. The Washington Post reports that the legislation not only will include more enforcement for regulations, b...