AT&T (NYSE:T) appointed Fazal F. Merchant, a cloud and AI security veteran and former President and CFO of Wiz Inc., to its Board of Directors. Merchant will serve on key AT&T board committees, adding deep experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and complex corporate finance. His background with AI driven security platforms and large scale transactions...Read More
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 21: California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a bill signing event related to redrawing the state’s congressional maps on August 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. In a move to counter Texas House Republicans’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, California Democrats took up...Read More
They’re aimed at protecting minors, but the rules are not universally supported.
Dirk Von Mallinckrodt/Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed multiple measures aimed at protecting the state’s youth. These new laws include restrictions for potentially addictive social media features and limitations on how young users can interact with AI chatbots. The...Read More
[Photo: Google Gemini] Security companies are actively moving to strengthen AI security while expanding their businesses beyond traditional security domains. As more companies that did not previously focus on security expand into it as part of their AI governance strategies, security firms are increasingly moving beyond security into AI governance and control as well. PRIBIT...Read More
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Individual hackers are now sustaining campaigns that would have needed many skilled operators a year ago, because artificial intelligence has absorbed the labor that used to set state-backed teams apart. That’s according to AI model developer Anthropic PBC, which today published its latest threat intelligence report, covering Claude misuse it disrupted between December and August....Read More
AI security just received a harsh real world stress test, with an autonomous agent swarm attack on Hugging Face putting OpenAI, Microsoft and the wider Nvidia ecosystem under the microscope. That shock is pulling attention toward firms working on AI driven threat detection. Investors watching this shift may not want to be late. This article...Read More
California, home to the world’s largest tech companies, is placing more guardrails around social media and artificial intelligence as child safety concerns escalate. On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than 10 bills aimed at keeping young people safe online. From suicides to sextortion, parents and their children are wrestling with how social media...Read More
SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday greenlit sweeping new child safety rules for social media and AI chatbots, including a law backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, amid mounting political pressure to regulate tech giants. Newsom’s decision to sign the bills comes at a pivotal moment for Silicon Valley. State and national lawmakers...Read More
