A new wave of AI-powered scams is targeting companies by impersonating their most trusted leaders – the CEO, the CFO, and other senior executives. Cybercriminals are now using generative AI tools to create hyper-realistic video and audio deepfakes of company executives to trick lower-level employees into handing over millions of dollars in cash, critical data,
Science is National Security: Lessons from the AI+ Science Summit
At the AI+ Science Summit in Washington, D.C., the panel “Science is National Security” brought together thought leaders from government, industry, and the innovation economy to address a quietly radical thesis: scientific leadership has become the essential pillar of twenty first century power, as crucial to a nation’s security as the traditional tools of statecraft.
Guest Post: Illuminating
The cascade of consequences that followed in the aftermath of the recent Coldplay Concert scandal, in which Andy Byron, the CEO of Astronomy, was caught on Kiss-Cam embracing a woman not his wife (and who was at the time also an executive at the same company), represents a very high-profile example of
Privacy regulatory priorities for 2025–26
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its privacy regulatory priorities for 2025–26, including use of advertising technology, including pixel tracking, and the application of AI technology in ways that could ‘erode’ information access and privacy rights.
The OAIC will focus on sectors and technologies that compromise rights and create power
AI and competition law: increasing risks of collusion?
Co-authored by Adriaan Lourens, Candidate Attorney
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping market dynamics and challenging regulators to reconsider how competition law should evolve in response. The use of AI and algorithmic tools raise potential risks under competition law, including the possibility of facilitating collusion between competitors. This creates a complex challenge for competition authorities, who
The Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025: What Financial Services Companies Need to Know
On July 29, 2025, Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Justice (R-WV) introduced the Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025. The act targets the offshoring of call center operations, imposes new disclosure rules for customer service interactions, and ties federal funding eligibility to domestic operations. Oversight of foreign call centers is not a
Case Study: AI+ Life Sciences – Data, Discovery, and the Future of Health
Case Study: AI+ Life Sciences – Data, Discovery, and the Future of Health
At the AI+ Science Summit, one panel stood out for its blend of bold vision and ground-level clarity: “Case Study – AI+ Life Sciences.” Moderated by SCSP’s Karina Barao, the discussion brought together top minds, Kathryn Wang (Sandbox AQ), Johnny Yu (Tahoe
Guest Post: When Fraud Leads to Fraud
In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams considers the potential D&O liability and insurance implications of a class action lawsuit Meta’s social media platform users recently brought against the company alleging that advertisements on the company’s sites enabled a stock manipulation scheme. Sarah is Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead
Powering Innovation at the Intersection of AI & Science Highlights from the AI+ Science Summit
A Bold National Investment in AI and Science
David McDonald framed the conversation by highlighting the scale and ambition of the NSF’s AI Institutes program over 500 million dollars invested in 40 plus centers nationwide, designed to accelerate scientific discovery through AI. These institutes span disciplines and blend academic, government, and industry partnerships to create
Fireside Chat: Frontiers & Foundations – A Conversation with Jack Clark, Co-founder of Anthropic
At the AI+ Science Summit in Washington, D.C., the Fireside Chat: Frontiers & Foundations brought together Jack Clark, co-founder and Head of Policy at Anthropic, and Ylli Bajraktari, CEO and President of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), for a wide-ranging discussion on the state and future of large language models (LLMs) and AI’s transformative potential.
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