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President Biden announced a deal with seven tech companies to put more safeguards in AI technologies. “Realizing the promise of AI by managing the risk is going to require some new laws, regulations, and oversight,” said Biden. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to invoke emergency federal powers as part of a new executive order aimed at reining in the risks of artificial intelligence, a new technology as powerful as it is potentially disruptive. President Biden will release on Monday an order invoking the Korean War-era Defense Production Act which would compel major AI companies to notify the government when developing any system that poses a “serious risk to national security, national economic security or national public health and safety,” according to fact sheet that White House aides shared over the weekend.

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President Biden is expected to sign an order next week that, among other things, aims to establish guideposts for the use of AI by federal agencies. Photo: Evan Vucci/Associated PressWASHINGTON—President Biden is expected to sign an executive order next week addressing rapid advances in artificial intelligence, laying the groundwork for Washington’s embrace of AI as a tool in the national security arsenal while also pressuring companies to develop the technology safely. The order, which hasn’t been finalized and was described by people briefed on its expected contents, is aimed at establishing guideposts for federal agencies’ own use of AI, while also leveraging the government’s purchasing power to steer companies to what it considers best practices.

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☆ China Is Investing Billions in Global Disinformation Campaign, U.S. Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Dustin Volz | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Spying Law Threatens Privacy, Needs Restrictions, Watchdog Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Shared Intelligence With Canada After Alleged Assassination of Sikh Separatist
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Dustin Volz | Paul Vieira | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian Hacker Sentenced to Nine Years in U.S. Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dustin Volz | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Chinese Propagandists Set Up Shop on Fringe Social-Media Site, Researchers Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dustin Volz | Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China’s Microsoft Email Cloud Hack Began With a 2021 Computer Crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Robert Mcmillan | Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ International Operation Disrupts ‘Botnet’ Army Behind Damaging Cyberattacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia Has Shown Scant Interest in Prisoner Swaps for Dozens Held in U.S. Prisons
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Dustin Volz | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Crypto Heists Funneling Billions to North Korea’s Nuclear Program Attract Senate Scrutiny
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ FBI Access to Spying Tool Should Be Restricted, Panel Advises
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Microsoft Faces Mounting Scrutiny Over China-Linked Email Hack
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Dustin Volz | Robert Mcmillan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ FBI Improperly Searched U.S. Senator’s Name in Foreign-Spying Database
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Ambassador to China Hacked in China-Linked Spying Operation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Dustin Volz | Warren P. Strobel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ European Spyware Firms Threaten Digital Security and Privacy, U.S. Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Dustin VolzDustin Volz is a Washington-based cybersecurity and intelligence reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Before joining the Journal in 2018, Dustin worked at Reuters and National Journal. In addition to Washington, Dustin has reported from London, Berlin and the Dominican Republic. He is a graduate of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Prior to starting his journalism career, Dustin spent a year living in Indonesia as a Fulbright teaching assistant.

Persons: Dustin Volz Dustin Volz, Dustin, Gerald Loeb, Robert F, Arizona State University's Walter Organizations: Wall Street, Reuters, National Journal, White, Correspondents ' Association, Society of Publishers, Kennedy Center for Justice, Human, Arizona State, Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Communication Locations: Washington, Asia, London, Berlin, Dominican Republic, Indonesia

Robert McMillanRobert McMillan writes about computer security, hackers and privacy from The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. Previously, he was a writer at Wired, the IDG News Service and Linux Magazine, where he covered cloud computing, business technology, bitcoin, artificial intelligence and open-source software. He was the host of Hack Me if You Can, a three-part podcast profile of the Russian hacker Dmitry Smilyanets, produced by the Journal.

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☆ China Hacking Was Undetectable for Some Who Had Less Expensive Microsoft Services
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Robert Mcmillan | Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Chinese Hackers Spied on State Department
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Dustin Volz | William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Chinese Hackers Breached Email of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and State Department Officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Dustin Volz | William Mauldin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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