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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Researchers from West Virginia University, Marshall University, and Florida International University are exploring the cybersecurity needs of artificial intelligence technologies with a $1.75 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Professor and Chairman of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Anurag Srivastava, said the AI-CRAFT project is intended to develop ways to secure the emerging technology. Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly and being pushed into larger real-time applications.

Our goal is to look at what those are, and how do I defend myself if someone is trying to hack into or make the AI behave in a way it is not supposed to behave? Srivastava said.

The teams are building the artificial intelligence systems while engineering security and safety as they are deployed. The complexity results from the evolution from simple calculation systems used a decade ago to the addition of millions of data points as AI systems are taught to think like the human brain.

Look at this from a new point of view now; what is the attack vector now? Srivastava asked. Can someone reverse engineer the AI? Can someone poison the AI so it behaves in a way it should not?

AI technologies have quickly grown from application in autonomous cars to use in very lifelike robots and vital systems like public utilities. The research also includes developing secure data practices, access controls, and continuous monitoring to assess the security and usefulness of AI systems.

Especially those that will be used to operate critical systems like robots or the power grid, Srivastava said.

On the academic side, students will have many hands-on opportunities in labs and training platforms, designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving cybersecurity industry.

Other than solving this problem for complex systems like a power grid, robotics, or autonomous cars, our goal is also to teach it because this is also a new topic, Srivastava said.

Officials from WVU, Marshall University, and the U.S. Department of Defense will break ground on the new Institute for Cyber Security in Huntington on May 17.

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A team of researchers from the IMDEA Software Institute, Carlos III University of Madrid and NEC Laboratories Europe has introduced a novel framework that promises to improve the efficiency and practicality of verifiable computation. The research, detailed in the paper 'Modular Sumcheck Proofs with Applications to Machine Learning and Image Processing,' addresses the scalability and modularity challenges faced by both general proof systems and solutions tailored to specific applications in artificial intelligence and image processing.

Verifiable computation comprises a family of cryptographic techniques that provide an unforgeable guarantee that some third party, such as a company or a cloud server, has performed correct processing of a user's data. Proving that an image or a video has been edited, that a prediction made by artificial intelligence comes from an audited model, or that only customer-provided data has been used in a creditworthiness decision are some examples of what these techniques enable. In addition, verifiable computation is compatible with data privacy, so that, for example, the algorithms used by the server in the calculation are kept confidential.

Verifiable computation provides integrity, fairness and privacy, essential properties in applications that outsource data processing tasks. Within the possible solutions, there are general proof systems, such as those used in some blockchain, which have scalability problems when dealing with computations with large amounts of data. On the other hand, solutions designed specifically for these applications are more efficient, but often incompatible with each other, making it difficult to scale them up or integrate them into larger data processing chains.

Researchers have introduced a new framework aimed at bridging this gap by combining the performance advantages of custom solutions with the versatility of general-purpose test systems. At its core is a modular approach to verifiable computation of sequential operations, which is based on a new cryptographic primitive known as VE (Verifiable Evaluation Scheme).

The researchers demonstrate the practical application of their framework in artificial intelligence by proposing a novel VE adapted to convolution operations, capable of handling multiple interconnected input and output channels. 'Our protocol can be easily integrated into a data processing chain to enable full verification of, for example, predictions made by convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which are the basis of most artificial intelligence models,' says David Balbs, PhD student at IMDEA Software and researcher of this study. In addition, the paper also presents new VEs for image processing, which allow efficient verification of editing or retouching, including operations such as cropping, blurring, rescaling and other more complex operations.

The team has produced a prototype application of its testing systems that is a significant improvement on existing techniques. 'Our benchmarking shows that our proofs are five times faster to generate and ten times faster to verify than the best existing solutions so far, in addition to introducing theoretical innovations in the algorithms,' explains Damien Robissout, research programmer at Institute IMDEA Software and also co-author of the study.

These results not only improve the efficiency and scalability of cryptographic proof systems but also open up new possibilities for ensuring the integrity, fairness and privacy of data processing tasks in various applications of artificial intelligence and image processing. The application generated in the study is open source and its modular nature paves the way for its extension and integration into various tools within a data processing chain. In this way, the researchers clear the way for versatile and robust deployment of verifiable computation in applications as diverse as financial ethics, personal data protection or artificial intelligence regulation, among others.

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Europe faces challenges in the adoption of artificial intelligence, including regulatory barriers and a shortage of skilled professionals. The Next Generation EU has committed 4.4 billion to AI initiatives, with two Southern European countries leading the way.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the global economic landscape, emerging as a pivotal force in the digital domain and driving innovation across various sectors.

By 2030, AI is expected to have injected more than 11 trillion into the global economy, according to industry forecasts. It's anticipated that AI and robotics will jointly spark the creation of around 60 million new jobs globally by 2025, underscoring the critical importance of digitalisation in propelling economic growth.

In a concerted effort to match global tech leaders, the European Union is intensifying its push to integrate and advance AI, with a particular emphasis on bolstering digital infrastructure and capabilities across its member states.

However, despite these optimistic projections, challenges persist.

Velina Lilyanova, a researcher at the European Parliamentary Research Service, has highlighted Europe's slow AI adoption in critical sectors such as healthcare and public administration.

"Europe has a weakness in this respect," she claims in her recent study entitled Investment in Artificial Intelligence in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans.

Lilyanova points out that Europe faces several challenges that hinder broader AI uptake, including regulatory barriers, trust issues, a shortage of digital skills, and low levels of company digitalisation.

"Member States need to address these barriers to facilitate widespread uptake," she stated, emphasising the need for regulatory reforms, enhancing digital skills, and boosting company digitalisation.

The European Commission has laid out ambitious goals for 2030: aiming for 90% of EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to achieve at least a basic level of digital intensity and for 75% of EU companies to adopt technologies like cloud computing, AI, and big data.

Investment strategies in AI vary significantly among EU member states, ranging from direct research and development (R&D) funding to indirect support via business and public service digitalisation, as detailed by Lilyanova.

Spain's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) specifically allocates funds to strengthen AI development, aiming to position the country as a leader in AI scientific excellence and innovation. The plan focuses on developing AI tools and applications in the Spanish language to enhance productivity in the private sector and efficiency in public administration.

Italy's Strategic Programme on AI (2022-2024), aligning with the broader EU AI strategy, aims to make Italy a global hub for AI research and innovation by enhancing skills and attracting leading AI talents.

Denmark is leveraging its strong R&D ecosystem and high digital intensity among SMEs to enhance its national digital strategy, incorporating AI to improve public administration through reforms.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has conducted an exhaustive analysis of AI-related funding across EU countries.

According to a 2023 study by Papazoglu et al. , the Next Generation EU (NGEU) instrument and its Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) account for 70% of total investments in digital transformation.

Specifically, of the 116.8 billion allocated by the NGEU RRF for the "Digital Decade", 4.376 billion is earmarked for AI projects.

A breakdown of national investments reveals Italy as the frontrunner, planning 1.895 billion to AI-related projects. Spain follows with 1.2 billion. Together, the two Southern European nations represent 71% of the total investments allocated to AI-related projects within NGEU RRF.

Denmark leads on a relative basis, dedicating 8.7% of its Digital RRF budget to AI projects. followed by Spain at 6.4%, and Ireland at 5.2%.

European countries are allocating an average of nearly 3% of their digitalisation funds to AI projects.

Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Austria are at the lower end, committing less than 1% of their RRF budgets to AI-related projects.

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Joe Rogan has warned that it will be "game over for the human race" should robot sex dolls become more convincingly human-like in their development.

The implications of advancing artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot-button topic in recent years. In Hollywood, for example, everyone from actors to writers, production teams, and maybe even directors are seemingly at risk of being replaced by AI.

In January, the Concept Art Association and the Animation Guild surveyed 300 entertainment industry leaders and discovered that three-fourths expected AI to abolish, reduce or merge positions at their companies. Researchers estimated that approximately 204,000 jobs will be negatively impacted by the shift before 2026roughly 20 percent of industry roles.

During a recent episode of his podcast, Rogan went elsewhere in his own predictions as he discussed the possible impact of robot sex dolls on the human population.

Experts have previously predicted that robots will one day be so advanced they will have the ability to love and suffer. People have spoken of having relationships with AI-created personas but the current generation of so-called "sexbots," although uncannily lifelike in appearance, nevertheless are not sentient.

However, with technology constantly evolving, Rogan told his podcast guestswriter and stand-up comic Francis Foster and political commentator Konstantin Kisinthat he foresees a dip in human reproduction rates caused by sex robots.

"I think what's gonna get us is the robot sex dolls," Rogan told his guests. "In America, the amount of men that are single is very high. The amount of men that haven't had sex in over a year is very high. And there are a lot of people that are just locked into their computers, and they're just on their computer all the time, it's super, super common.

"If something came along that allowedwith these exponential increases in technologywhat you're seeing with these AI programs now, really stunning visuals that they can create in seconds. In minutes, they could have like a short film. It's crazy what they can do now.

"If they can do that with a physical moving object, like if they can get a real humanoid object that has perfect features and is your girlfriend and is warm and sweet and gives you everything you want from a human, it's game over. It's game over for the human race."

"Like, if I was artificial intelligence, I wouldn't kill everybody. I would just let them die off," the former Fear Factor host went on. "The most humane way to do it is to let them realize that they're unnecessary and there's no need to have kids when you can f*** your Jennifer Lopez robot and that's what they would do.

"They would just live with their robots and no one would have real relations anymore. It would go away so quick. Then they would start having robot babies so women that want kids, you'd just have a robot baby since you can't have a regular baby they'd just give you this baby. This baby will stay a baby forever," he said.

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The cryptocurrency industry continues to display a bearish price action, resulting in top tokens hovering close to their important support levels. Furthermore, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) category has recorded a significant correction of 3.53% in valuation within the past day.

Top AI tokens experience a strong rising bearish sentiment in their respective portfolio, indicating a negative outlook for these tokens in the coming time. Thinking of investing in AI tokens? In this article, we have covered the in-depth price forecasts of the top 4 AI tokens for this week.

The NEAR price had started the year positively by adding over 245% and achieving the $9 mark. However, it lost 30% in valuation. Since then, the Near Protocol price has repeatedly failed to break out of its important resistance level at $7.685, indicating a strong liquidation point for the AI leader at that level.

Moreover, the Near Protocol token has lost 6.83% within the past 24 hours and 1% over the past 30 days, indicating a weak price action. Positively, it has a Year-to-Date (YTD) return of 89.56% in value, indicating a positive outlook for this AI token in the long-term perspective.

The technical indicator, MACD, displays a constant decline in the green histogram, indicating weak buying and selling pressure for the altcoin in the crypto industry. Furthermore, the averages show a high possibility of a bearish convergence, suggesting a negative price action this week.

If the market pushes the price above the resistance level of $7.685, the bulls will regain momentum and prepare to test its upper resistance level of $9 during the upcoming weeks. However, bearish price action may pull the price toward its low of $6.225.

The RNDR price continues to display a neutral trend by trading in a closed range between $7.10 and $8.985 for about three weeks, indicating weak buying and selling pressure for the AI token in the crypto space.

Moreover, the Render price has lost 15% within the past seven days and 29.08% over the past 30 days, highlighting a bearish outlook for the altcoin during the upcoming week.

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) shows a constant flatline in its 1D time frame chart, suggesting a weak price action for the RNDR token. Moreover, the averages display a bearish crossover, suggesting the price may continue losing value this week.

If the bulls regain momentum, the RNDR price will attempt to test its upper high of $8.98 by the coming weekend. Conversely, if the bears continue to dominate the market, it will plunge and test its lower support level of $7 in the coming time.

After recording a low of $0.1388 in February, the GRT price regained momentum and recorded a jump of 256.62% in value before facing rejection at the resistance level of $0.4950. After this, the bulls lost momentum, traded under a bearish influence, and recorded a correction of 53.23%.

Since then, The Graph price has been trading in a closed range between $0.2315 and $0.2950. Moreover, the EMA 50-day acts as a resistance to the price chart, indicating a strong bearish influence for the altcoin in the industry.

The MACD displays a constant decline in the green histogram, highlighting an increase in the selling pressure in the crypto space. Furthermore, the averages show a bearish convergence, indicating a negative outlook for the altcoin this week.

If the market experiences a bullish reversal in the chart, the GRT price will prepare to test its resistance level of $0.3550 in the coming time. Negatively, if the bears continue to dominate the market, it will plunge and test its crucial support level of $0.2315.

The Theta price constantly fails to break out of its resistance level at $2.430, indicating a liquidity point at that level. Moreover, the EMA 50-day acts as a resistance to the price chart, highlighting a strong bearish influence. The Theta Network token has recorded a correction of 23.17% over the past 30 days.

The technical indicator, MACD, shows a constant flatline in the chart with its averages displaying a high possibility of a bearish convergence, highlighting a weak buying and selling pressure for the THETA Network token in the cryptocurrency market.

If the bulls regain momentum, the Theta Network price will prepare to test its upper resistance level of $3.050 during the upcoming week. However, bearish price action may pull the price toward its lower support level of $1.800.

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Monday released safety and security guidelines for critical infrastructure, a move that comes just days after the Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a safety and security board focused on the same topic. The guidelines for critical infrastructure owners and operators also fulfills CISAs obligations under the Biden administrations October executive order on artificial intelligence.

The guidelines are meant to address both the opportunities made possible by artificial intelligence for critical infrastructure which spans 16 sectors, including farming and information technology and the ways it could be weaponized or misused. CISA instructs operators and owners of critical infrastructure to govern, map, measure, and manage their use of the technology, incorporating the National Institute of Standards and Technologys AI risk management framework.

Based on CISAs expertise as National Coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience, DHS Guidelines are the agencys first-of-its-kind cross-sector analysis of AI-specific risks to critical infrastructure sectors and will serve as a key tool to help owners and operators mitigate AI risk, CISA Director Jen Easterly in a statement.

The guidelines emphasize a range of steps, including understanding the dependencies of AI vendors that operators might be working with and inventorying AI use cases. They also encourage critical infrastructure owners to create procedures for reporting AI security risks and continually testing AI systems for vulnerabilities.

Opportunities related to AI span categories including operational awareness, customer service automation, physical security, and forecasting, according to the guidelines. At the same time, the new document also warns that AI risks to critical infrastructure could include attacks facilitated with AI, attacks aimed at AI systems, and failures in AI design and implementation, which could lead to potential malfunctions or other unintended consequences.

AI can present transformative solutions for U.S. critical infrastructure, and it also carries the risk of making those systems vulnerable in new ways to critical failures, physical attacks, and cyber attacks. Our Department is taking steps to identify and mitigate those threats, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.

DHS has been especially active in recent months on artificial intelligence, most notably with the release of its AI roadmap in March. Earlier this month, the department announced that Office of Management and Budget alum Michael Boyce would lead its AI Corps, a group of 50 experts in the technology that the agency aims to hire through 2024. The department also brought on technology company executives including Sam Altman of OpenAI and Sundar Pichai from Alphabet to assist with its new board focused on AI and critical infrastructure.

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The Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity webinar was conducted by IBM on 23rd April 2023 for one hour which depicted the importance of cybersecurity in todays era of AI (Artificial Intelligence). The webinar gave an overview of how threat detection can be done and data security can be increased.

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Cybersecurity in AI entails safeguarding data integrity, protecting models from adversarial attacks, preserving privacy, ensuring transparency, and deploying AI-based threat detection. Robust encryption, access controls, and privacy-preserving techniques like differential privacy are crucial. Adversarial training and model explainability enhance resilience against attacks and promote trust. Ethical considerations such as fairness and accountability are paramount. Compliance with regulations like GDPR and HIPAA mitigates legal risks. Continuous monitoring and updates are vital to counter evolving threats. By addressing these aspects, organizations bolster the security of AI systems, fostering trust and safeguarding against cyber threats in an increasingly AI-driven world.

In our increasingly digitized world, the intersection of Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) presents both unprecedented challenges and unparalleled opportunities. This webinar is a unique opportunity to get some valuable perspective on the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity applied to the AI space. Whether youre a senior manager, IT professional, security engineer, or simply interested in expanding your knowledge of cybersecurity, this event can help you navigate cybersecurity challenges in the era of artificial intelligence.

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ROME Adding to what was already a busy papal schedule for 2024, the Vatican confirmed Friday that Pope Francis will participate, in person, in a G7 summit scheduled for the southern Italian region of Puglia June 13-15.

According to a statement from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the pope will take part in a session of the G7 summit dedicated to artificial intelligence, a subject of mounting concern to this papacy.

The popes participation will mark the first time a pontiff has taken part in a G7 summit, which has been meeting on a regular basis since 1975 and is considered the most important annual gathering of the leaders of the major Western powers.

The Pontifical Academy for Life organized a summit in 2020 along with major global technology firms such as Microsoft and IBM, which produced a document known as the Rome Call for AI Ethics. More recently, Francis devoted his messages both for the 2024 World Day of Peace and also the World Day of Social Communications to the theme of artificial intelligence.

We carried a movement forward from the base, now the pope at the G7 will speak to governments, said Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

The Rome Call is premised in part on what the document calls algorethics, meaning an ethical code for the digital age.

Signatories committed to request the development of an artificial intelligence that serves every person and humanity as a whole; that respects the dignity of the human person, so that every individual can benefit from the advances of technology; and that does not have as its sole goal greater profit or the gradual replacement of people in the workplace, the document says.

Italian Father Paolo Benanti, an advisor to both the Vatican and the Italian government on AI issues, said the Rome Call for AI ethics demonstrates the wisdom of religions on the subject, so that a future of peace and prosperity can be assured for humanity.

In this context, the participation of the pope at the G7 in Puglia is of great importance, Benanti said.

The G7 summit brings together the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, as well as the European Union.

This year Italy holds the rotating presidency of the G7. It will mark the fifth time the summit has been held in Italy, with the most recent coming in Genoa in 2001, when the body was still known as the G8 with the participation of Russia.

Im convinced that the presence of His Holiness will give a decisive contribution to the definition of a regulatory, ethical and cultural framework for artificial intelligence, Meloni said in a video statement announcing the popes presence.

Last Wednesday, Pope Francis met the CEO of Cisco Systems, Chuck Robbins, who was in the Vatican to sign on to the 2020 Rome Call for AI Ethics.

Robbins said at the time that the Rome Call principles align with Ciscos core belief that technology must be built on a foundation of trust at the highest levels in order to power an inclusive future for all.

Recently, Paglia announced that a group of leaders of Asian religions will meet in Hiroshima, Japan, in July, in order to sign the Rome Call for AI Ethics. That summit follows a similar event in 2022 when Jewish and Muslim leaders signed on to the document.

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Pope Francis will take part in the upcoming G7 session on Artificial Intelligence under Italys presidency of the group.

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The Holy See Press Office on Friday confirmed that Pope Francis will intervene in the G7 Summit in Italys southern Puglia region in the session devoted to Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The confirmation of the Holy Fathers participation in the Summit, which will take place from June 13 to 15 at Borgo Egnazia in Puglia, follows the announcement made by Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.

"This is the first time in history that a pontiff will participate in the work of a G7," she said, adding that the Pope would attend the "outreach session" for guest participants at the upcoming Group of Seven industrialised nations meeting.

The Summit foresees the participation of the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.

"I heartily thank the Holy Father for accepting Italy's invitation. His presence honours our nation and the entire G7," Meloni explained, emphasizing how the Italian government intends to enhance the contribution given by the Holy See on the issue of artificial intelligence, particularly with the "Rome Call for AI Ethics of 2020," promoted by the Pontifical Academy for Life, in a process "that leads to the concrete application of the concept of algorithmic ethics, namely giving ethics to algorithms."

"I am convinced," she added, "that the Pope's presence will provide a decisive contribution to defining a regulatory, ethical, and cultural framework for artificial intelligence, because on this ground, on the present and future of this technology, our capacity will once again be measured, the capacity of the international community to do what another Pope, Saint John Paul II, recalled on October 2, 1979, in his famous speech to the United Nations."

"Political activity, whether national or international, comes from man, is exercised by man, and is for man," Meloni quoted.

Pope Francis dedicated his Message for the 57th World Day of Peace on 1 January 2024 to Artificial Intelligence and Peace urging humanity to cultivate wisdom of the heart which, he says, can help us to put systems of artificial intelligence at the service of a fully human communication.

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