Reuters reports: South Korean police have launched an investigation into Telegram that will look at whether the encrypted messaging app has been complicit in the distribution of sexually explicit deepfake content, Yonhap news agency said on Monday. Yonhap quoted the head of the National Office of Investigation. The office’s cyber investigation bureau declined to comment…
NIST Agrees Deal with OpenAI and Anthropic
Access to both AI models granted to US agency. Dan Raywood reports: OpenAI and Anthropic have signed an agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Safety Institute (AISI) to grant the government agency access to the companies’ AI models. The agreement will provide a framework for the AISI to access new…
HHS drops appeal of AHA data-tracking lawsuit
Giles Bruce reports: HHS has dropped its appeal of a lawsuit from the American Hospital Association over the use of data trackers on hospital websites. The federal health agency had appealed a judge’s decision that HHS’ Office of Civil Rights could not prohibit hospitals and health systems from deploying so-called pixel tracking technology on their public-facing websites….
Ex-DC police officer sentenced to prison for selling crash victims’ personal data
Samantha Gilstrap reports: A former officer with the Metropolitan Police Department was sentenced to over a year in prison on Wednesday in connection to a bribery scheme. Investigators say Vincent Forest, 36, sold crash victim’s confidential information for cash. On Jan. 11, Forrest was found guilty of conspiracy, bribery, and making false statements following a jury…