InfoHive – Data Security

Meet the new Commission on Cyber Force Generation, which sprouts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Cyber Solarium Commission 2.0. Because, you know, efficiency.

Who will be on this new commission? Cyber leaders in the private and public sectors, which will include former officials from U.S. Cyber Command, the NSA and the National Security Council.

What will it do? Report to the Trump administration “on the foundational details of organizing a new military service focused on the U.S.’ security in cyberspace.”

Who has been opposed? the Pentagon, bipartisan lawmakers, and the private sector. No biggie.

Politico | Wo is who at Blackhat

Kansas joins the list of states that are protecting personal data from being disclosed to the federal government. Kansas is refusing to send SNAP personal data to the USDA. Multiple states have sued to protect their residents’ data.  

Kansas Reflector | State officials again refuse to release Kansans’ personal data to USDA

In an interview Sam Altman of ChatGPT explains that the company is required to retain a record of everything you say to ChatGPT. Unsurprisingly, everything you say is not legally protected and thus can be used against you in court. Much like Facebook was a goldmine for lawyers, now it will be ChaGPT. @PCMag

In 2025, laws regulating crypto ATMs passed in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Rhode Island. 65% of fraud at crypto kiosks is perpetrated against people over 60.

Additional crypto kiosk legislation includes Spokane, Wash., which implemented a ban crypto ATMs. Vermont’s 2024 law imposes both new regulations and a one-year moratorium on new crypto ATMs.

Governing | Fearing Scams, States Add Regulations to Crypto ATMs

A federal judge in Alabama removed 3 attorneys from a matter because “a fine would not rectify the egregious misconduct in this case.” The federal judge removed the attorneys from the case and referred the issue to the state bar for reliance on imaginary AI case law.  The weirdest part in here for lawyers will be when the attorney team leader explains that he doesn’t ask his team to verify citations/research.

Alabama Reflector | Federal judge removes attorneys from Alabama DOC lawsuit after AI fabricated citations

A brief from the Open Technology Institute supports the use of zero-knowledge proofs to verify users’ ages. This verification process is said to have better protection for personal privacy. 

How does this work? Remember when liquor stores were given permission to scan your id for age verification but they retain no information? Similar process here in that the “user can prove their information to the verifying party without revealing that information itself, just its validity.”  

Route Fifty | Age verification needs better privacy protections, report says

This is a fun term (hello, sarcasm. Nice to see you today). Intellectual leveling means that technology (Chat bots & AI) can funnel users with similar personalities and chat histories toward similar conclusions, a process that threatens to homogenize human intellect. @nautilusmag

Daron Acemoglu, an @mit Institute professor and Nobel laureate, says AI hype isn’t the same as when the internet was hyped. He’s of the opinion that “hype is an enemy of business success.”

The internet had “clear transformative potential for communication, commerce, and networking.” He adds, “While it works well for repetitive cognitive tasks, it’s unclear how AI will benefit workers in roles as diverse as entertainment, custodial work, and leadership.” @MITSloan

@financialtimes says that “McKinsey has stopped its China business from undertaking consultancy work related to generative artificial intelligence amid geopolitical tensions.⁠”
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@cnbc Tells us that Goldman Sachs and Bank of New York Mellon are offering institutional investors the ability to purchase tokenized money market funds.