CIA Considering Cloud Contract Worth ‘Tens of Billions’  Defense One

After six years in a classified commercial cloud built by Amazon Web Services, the CIA wants more commercial cloud capabilities from potentially multiple …

Inside the Pentagon’s Big Plans to Develop Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence  Nextgov

The defense research agency has a list of research areas and a nimble contracting process to help achieve its vision.

Scientists say ‘neuroweapons’ were behind Cuba attacks  Yahoo News

Four scientists shared new research on “neuroweapons” in a Pentagon-sponsored teleconference on Friday.

New documents provide details on NSA relationship with Cyber Command  fifthdomain.com

Documents obtained via FOIA provide some details on the degree to which NSA was involved with the expansion of Cyber Command’s cyber force.

Judge Dodges Legality of NSA Mass Spying, Citing Secrecy Claims  EFF

EFF’s case challenging NSA spying, Jewel v. NSA, has come further than any case trying to end the government’s mass surveillance programs. Our clients have …

Scientists find “mindreading” neurons in some brains  Open Access Government

Scientists identified “mindreading” neurons that allow us to simulate decision-making processes, resconstruct state of mind and predict their intentions.

Facebook’s Edge AI Content Scanning Brings NSA-Style Surveillance And Censorship To The Planet  Forbes

Will the future be Facebook-produced AI algorithms running directly on our phones, monitoring every second of our lives, eliminating encryption, preventing us …

U.S. Diplomats With Mysterious Illness in Cuba Had Inner-Ear Damage, Doctors Say  The New York Times

A report by the first doctors to examine Americans who suffered mystifying symptoms after hearing a high-pitched sound at the embassy in Cuba confirms that …

A terror-designation first; US troops die in Afghanistan; Turmoil atop DHS; Army wants mind-reading AI; And a bit more.  Defense One

In a first, the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization on Monday. The U.S. State Department had …

Government Fights to Trap EFF’s NSA Spying Case in a Catch-22  EFF

The U.S. government admits—and, of course, it’s common knowledge—that the NSA conducts mass, dragnet surveillance of hundreds of millions of Americans’ …