ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Forbes Ex-Google Engineer And Silicon Valley Tech Money Behind Shadow, The App That Brought Chaos To The Iowa Caucus The smartphone app that caused a major delay in reporting results during Iowa’s Democratic caucus is used by Democratic presidential candidates and funded by Silicon Valley veterans anxious to implement cutting-edge election technology […]

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Washington Post The Cybersecurity 202: DNC heads to Iowa to help protect caucuses from digital attacks and disinformation The Democratic National Committee’s top cybersecurity and disinformation experts will head to Iowa to help protect the caucuses against digital attacks from Russia and other U.S. adversaries. The team will run a rapid response

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL PO Magazine Facebook Bans Deepfake Videos Ahead of 2020 Election So-called “deepfake” videos, or those that switch one face with another in a realistic way using machine learning tools, are now banned from Facebook. There has been tremendous theoretical concern about the disinformation potential of deepfakes, particularly as pertains to the 2020

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Politico As 2020 field dwindles, tech’s biggest adversaries advance The 2020 Democrats’ presidential field has shrunk by three candidates since their last debate, but tech’s harshest critics remain as hopefuls take the stage tonight in Iowa. The Washington Post The Cybersecurity 202: Buttigieg’s cybersecurity adviser resigns right before Iowa caucuses Mick Baccio, who

THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON Wired White House Favors a Light Touch in Regulating AI The White House has issued principles for regulating the use of artificial intelligence that call for as little government interference as possible and offer only broad guidance to federal agencies. In fact, the principles might deter regulation of AI at a time