have heard illegally detained wsj reporter evan gershkovich was released by russia in prisoner exchange and flying to nyc tomorrow. most excellent news if true.

Exclusive: Financial Times, Axel Springer SE. The Atlantic, FORTUNE, Universal Music Group have all struck deals to license their content to new AI startup called ProRata (not affiliated w Dan Primack newsletter) —The firm, which raised $25M, claims it can attribute & share $ w content owners from AI

BREAKING: Hackers have leaked the dataset they say was stolen from #NationalPublicData, a criminal records and background check service. The data contains 2.9 billion people's information, including SSNs in plain text. #CyberSecurity #DataBreach Read: hackread.com/data-breach-na…

📢Latest News: The DPC welcomes X’s agreement to suspend its processing of personal data for the purpose of training AI tool ‘Grok’ dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/…

One weird norm in investigative journalism is that if someone scoops you, your story is dead. But it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why we are building on the work of our friends at 404Media with a dive into how Nvidia scraped YouTube videos for its AI models

Years of unchecked surveillance means firms can now target consumers with person-specific prices based on our browser history, location, demographics, and more. I talked to On Point about our work to protect people’s privacy and their pocketbooks. shorturl.at/2kW62

Want to come work on big tech, AI, competition and more? Apply by 8/15 at midnight ET! consumerfinance.gov/about-us/caree…

1. When parents sued ed tech firm IXL Learning for violating kids’ privacy, IXL argued that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act blocks parents from court and forces them into arbitration. FTC filed a brief explaining why IXL's argument fails. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

Women’s health clinics and others relied on Verkada security cameras, but two major breaches let a hacker spy on patients and steal information. Major breaches have become far too common. Firms must do more to protect Americans’ data. FTC will take action when they don’t.

Incredible Rachel Swan scoop: Police called to crime scenes are increasingly scanning for Teslas parked nearby, hoping their cameras captured evidence. And they’re even resorting to obtaining warrants to tow the cars to ensure they don’t lose the video. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…

Today we took an important step towards securing the foundation of the internet. ONCD's Border Gateway Protocol Roadmap, along with our public-private working group, is taking on a hard problem that has long-threatened the security of internet traffic. whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-…

I continue to be disappointed by the poor accuracy rates of AI. Our latest Proof News investigation shows the leading AI models were incorrect about one-third of the time when confronted with known misinformation about the presidential candidates. 👇🏻

.CISA Cyber has emphasized that it is not wading into content moderation issues or engaging social media platforms about election-related misinformation. cyberscoop.com/cisa-moves-awa…

📢Latest News: Data Protection Commission welcomes conclusion of proceedings relating to X’s AI tool ‘Grok’ dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/…

In the NSA's new podcast, it attributes discovery of a China-fentanyl link to its 702 authority. Also interesting anecdotes about ransomware, Iran, Russia podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-…

#UPDATE Australia will ban children from using social media and set a minimum age limit as high as 16, says PM. "We want them to have real experiences with real people because we know that social media is causing social harm," says Anthony Albanese u.afp.com/5bRD

Going on NPR Here & Now shortly to talk about the California AI bill that has divided the tech world. It’s currently on Gov Newsom’s desk to sign or veto. axios.com/2024/08/28/cal…

🧵 It's the 6 month anniversary of my FREE newsletter, FOIA Files (PLEASE sign subscribe)! Every week since March, I've written about previously undisclosed docs I obtained from a federal or state agency & described my process of prying loose records 1/ bloomberg.com/account/newsle…

I have taken note and accepted the resignation of Thierry Breton and thank him for his work during his tenure as commissioner. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager will take over the Internal Market portfolio and all the relevant responsibilities until the end of the mandate.

I just signed a bill to make this illegal in the state of California. You can no longer knowingly distribute an ad or other election communications that contain materially deceptive content -- including deepfakes.