Volunteers in the cyber war

As part of our “weekend read” section, here is a piece by Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo at The Guardian looking at the hacker volunteers, fighting what they consider a white hat action against Russia.

‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia | Ukraine | The Guardian

Here is the other side of that story by Brian Stone at TechRepublic:

Cybercriminals are targeting Ukrainian sympathizers, what can you do to remain safe? | TechRepublic

Last year’s Reith Lectures, delivered by Professor Stuart Russell, founder of the Centre for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence, at the University of California, Berkeley, examined how, in the future, AI would be shaping our lives.

He had an episode looking at AI and warfare:

The radio shows are still available through BBC Sounds or iPlayer and are worth listening to – especially the one above in the light of the Russia Ukraine conflict and the announcement that a disgraced facial recognition company is willing to let Ukraine use the technology:

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles

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