Techstrong News Recap – July 6, 2023
On July 6, William Willis covered China’s restrictions on exports of high-tech metals Gallium and Germanium, a U.S. judge’s injunction on government officials working with social media companies and the United Nations’ plans to hold the first meeting on the potential threat of AI. He also talked about the Grammy Awards’ change in guidelines in response to the growing amount of AI in music. Finally, he previewed articles from Digital CxO, Security Boulevard and http://DevOps.com, which covered a new solution for endangered species conservation, a report showing that enterprises are unprepared to face MITRE attack techniques and a survey showing the slow growth of FinOps.
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Hi again, everyone. Here are the headlines for July 6th. First up, China has imposed export restrictions on gallium and germanium two metals essential for computer chips and solar cells.
The move comes amid an escalating trade dispute with the United States over Hightech trade. In head of the Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen's visit to Beijing. The Chinese government cites national security concerns as the reason for the controls, but specific details of the restrictions have not been disclosed.
China is a major global supplier of gallium and germanium, which are crucial components in various industries, including technology and military applications. The export, the export curbs add to the ongoing tensions between the US and China, particularly regarding access to advanced technology and chip manufacturing. Next, a judge has issued an injunction prohibiting federal agencies and the Biden administration officials from collaborating with social media companies on matters of quote unquote protected speech.
The ruling prohibits government agencies from engaging in discussions that seek to remove or suppress content containing protected free speech with exceptions for criminal activity, national security threats, and other specific cases. The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by attorneys generals from Louisiana and Missouri, who argued that the government overstepped its boundaries by pressuring social media platforms to address content related to Covid 19 VCI vaccine hesitancy and elections. The US district Judge Terry Darty of Louisiana, granted the injunction citing substantial evidence of of a censorship campaign.
The decision was hail as a victory for the First Amendment by Republican officials involved in the lawsuit. This being said, the Justice Department is reviewing the injunction while the White House maintains that a social media platforms have a responsibility to consider the impact of their content, but should independently make decisions about the information presented in other news, the United Nations Security Council will convene its first ever meeting to address the potential threats posed by artificial intelligence to international peace and security. The meeting organized by the United Kingdom aims to explore the risks associated with ai, such as its potential use and autonomous weapons and nuclear weapon control scheduled for July 18th.
The meeting will feature briefings by international AI experts and UN Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez, who has expressed concerns about the advanced forms of AI and its implications. Gutierrez plans to establish an advisory board on AI in September and supports the idea of a UN agency on ai. The UK intends to foster a multilateral approach to managing opportunities and risks of ai, acknowledging its potential benefits in areas such as development programs, humanitarian aid and conflict pre prevention.
However, addressing the security implications is crucial and this meeting will provide a platform for discussions among Security council members and will be followed by a global summit on AI hosted by the UK later this year. While on the subject of ai, the Recording Academy has implemented new guidelines for the Grammy Awards to adapt to The changing music industry. One significant change involves the use of artificial intelligence and music stating that only human creators are eligible to win prestigious awards.
While AI generated works are eligible for entry in consideration, the AI portion itself will not, will not receive a Grammy or nomination. If an AI or voice modeling program performs the lead vocal, the track would be eligible for in a songwriting category, but not in a performance one. Conversely, if a human performs the song while the AI writes the lyrics on or the track, it would not be eligible for a composition or a songwriting category.
Right. The recording Academy aims to ensure that technology enhances human creativity rather than just replacing it. The decision follows the rise of songs created by AI and the Academy engaged in, in extensive research in consultations to establish these guidelines.
The eligibility of works partially created with AI for Grammy nominations will depend on the submissions, but given the increasing use of AI and music, it is expected that some AI generated songs will be considered on digital cxl. We have an article looking at a new solution to conserving, endangered and vulnerable species. Northern Kenya is working towards developing Africa's largest landscape wide IOT conservation network with the help of the emerging LoRaWAN iot sensor technology.
com on Security Boulevard, we have an article looking at how many enterprises are underprepared for Mitre attack techniques. According to a Cardinal Ops report, which covered more than 4,000 detection rules, and approximately 1 million log sources found that enterprises lack detection for over 75% of all mire attack techniques. com.
com we have an article looking at the slow progress of finops. A survey conducted by Cloud Bolt found that while 98% of respondents worked for companies within ops teams, only one in 500 have claimed to achieve any real value from them so far. com and that's today's text.
Strong news recap.
