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Worse, despite abundant examples of authoritarian aggression and worldwide terror attacks, nearly 1 in 5 Americans seem to be confused about where the real threats to their liberty are actually emanating from. According to the UT Austin study, a growing number of Americans thought that the intelligence community represented a threat to civil liberties: 17 percent in 2022, up from 12 percent in 2021. A nontrivial percentage of Americans feel that the intelligence community is an insidious threat instead of a valuable protector in a dangerous world—a perspective that jeopardizes the security and prosperity of the United States and its allies. https://lnkd.in/eczjjW-U

The Cambridge Disinformation Summit has been thought provoking on many levels. I’ve learned a lot from international researchers over the past two days. I continue to be interested in investigating the social or psychological traits of troops that increase their vulnerability to information warfare exploitation. What weaknesses and fears exist? What causes psychological vulnerabilities? Malevolent actors may be able to influence decision-making processes by exploiting these vulnerabilities. So far, I have heard some speakers mention these vulnerabilities to manipulation techniques: anger, fear, lack of education, emotions, polarization, past traumas, abuse, pain, distrust in organizations, beliefs/values, the need for community, paranoia, preexisting conspiracy theories, suspicions, and prejudices. Thanks to the DISARM Foundation, I have a framework to work from. Time to red-team! #disinformation #propaganda #informationwarfare #newsliteracy #influence #vulnerability #military #trolls #bots #trust #transparency #exploitation #disarm #misinformation #informationoperations

DARE TO THINK, DARE TO ACT (敢想敢干) According to interviews with the FBI, from a #counterintelligence perspective, this is the most aggressive period they have ever seen of Chinese activity. One official stated, “The system is blinking red right now.” There is almost every day a front-page story about Chinese activity in and around the U.S. homeland. But most of these stories are very compartmentalised and focus on only a piece of a broader issue. Some of these stories are about #cybersec, some of them are about #espionage, and some are about Chinese police stations in cities like New York. "We felt it was important to pull all of those different threads together into one study, and to examine the breadth of Chinese action." https://lnkd.in/gAbB7nrW #dod #nationalsecurity #chinatech #nationaldefense #gangofFour

A year after the Wagner Group’s mutiny in 2023, have we learned how to counter such groups? Our latest Working Paper by Matthew Lauder looks at the rise and fall of the group – arguably Russia’s most powerful, successful, and valuable foreign policy tool of the contemporary era. Over the course of its history, the Wagner Group grew from a small band of war fighters into a vast and evolving network of organizations, conducting political, economic, and military operations around the globe. To counter the Wagner Group and similar organizations, it is essential to conceptualize and deal with them as non-hierarchical, decentralized, and dynamic organized crime or terrorist networks. This requires simultaneous and synchronized targeting at all levels of the organization.  Read the whole analysis and a full list of recommendations here: https://lnkd.in/dSevKc83

Our TASM (Terrorism and Social Media) colleagues have released their Call for Papers for the 2024 International TASM Conference at Swansea University, UK, 18-19 June 2024. For full details and to access the Call for Papers, visit the website: https://www.tasmconf.com/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The TASM conference will bring together a range of researchers, policy-makers and practitioners, from a number of different countries and disciplinary backgrounds. It will be hosted at the Great Hall on Swansea University’s Bay Campus on 18-19 June 2024. As well as keynote presentations from leading experts, attendees will also have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of breakout sessions. The first day of the conference will focus on extremist and terrorist use of online platforms. Topics to be considered include: uses of new technologies and Web3; current trends in uses of gaming platforms and visual media; and, polluted information and malign influence campaigns. Day two will focus on questions of response, including: evaluations of regulatory regimes; uses of AI to identify extremist and terrorist content; and, respecting human rights, including free speech, privacy and transparency.

Just 45 days left until the #Connexions24 Conference! Get ready for engaging discussions as we join forces against online disinformation, polarization, and extremism. Explore our website for details on this year's experts and conference highlights. Together, let's shape a resilient global information landscape! #TexasAI

𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐄 Do you want to delve deep into the theory of relativity via 𝐓𝐢𝐤-𝐓𝐨𝐤? 🙃 Do you aspire to gain a profound understanding of cryptography on 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦? 🤐 Are you looking to immerse yourself in the field of psychology through 𝐗 (𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫)? 😫 Do you aim to become an expert about the Israeli-Palestinian #conflict via 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚? It's ridiculous to think that such a huge topic can be covered in even a series of posts. There are things that are too deep, too broad, to try to touch them on social networks. Forming an opinion superficially can lead you to mistakenly support #terrorism, so it's important to critically evaluate your beliefs and #actions. 𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐌? If you really want to form an opinion, start researching yourself. 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬! 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬! #standwithisrael #bringthemhomenow

Here are the questions that everyone should ask themselves: From which year to which year Palestine belonged to Palestinians? (the answer has to be in years) Do Hamas leaders want to kill all Jews and destroy Israel? (your answer should rely on their own words and not your interpretations) Why in 2005 Israel completely and unilaterally left Gaza, not leaving in Gaza not a single Israeli, neither civilian nor soldier? If Palestinians existed before the 60-ies, why didn't they create a Palestinian state from 1948 to 1967 when West Bank and Jerusalem belonged to Jordan and Gaza belonged to Egypt? #middleeast #education #strategy #future #sustainability

Some key takeaways from my latest research that impact across a large number of sectors that are adopting AI systems: 1. LLMs are designed with safety features for content moderation and bias reduction. 2. They excel in common scenarios but have limitations in understanding specialized, nuanced topics. 3. Critical sectors require insights into high-impact, low-probability events, which LLMs may not fully address. 4. There is a trade-off in LLMs between general reliability and handling specialized edge cases. 5. Enhancing LLM capabilities to recognize and address specialized needs is crucial, without compromising safety and ethics. #LLMSafety #AIethics #MachineLearning #DataBias #EdgeCaseAnalysis #ArtificialIntelligence #TechInnovation #DigitalResponsibility #CounterTerrorismTech #MedicalAI #InformationSystems #AIandSociety #TechGuardrails #HighImpactAI #FutureOfAI