William Marcellino, The Rise of Generative AI and the Coming Era of Social Media Manipulation 3.0

William Marcellino, The Rise of Generative AI and the Coming Era of Social Media Manipulation 3.0, RAND Corporation, 42 pages, 2023. 

La Chine est visée par ce rapport, dont le sous-titre est "Next-generation chinese astroturfing and coping with ubiquitous AI". "Using existing technology, U.S. adversaries could build digital infrastructure to manufacture realistic but inauthentic (fake) content that could fuel similarly realistic but inauthentic online human personae: accounts on Twitter, Reddit, or Facebook that seem real but are synthetic constructs, fueled by generative AI and advancing narratives that serve the interests of those governments." Mais si les adversaires des USA sont capables de toutes ces manipulations, les USA le sont tout autant. Ce que ne dira jamais le rapport, bien entendu. Si l'IA générative est une menace potentielle pour la sécurité nationale américaine, elle l'est aussi pour les adversaires de l'Amérique. Jeu à armes égales. 

A lire - Vincent J. Carchidi, Should Strategists Worry About the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence?

 Vincent J. Carchidi, Should Strategists Worry About the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence?, Military Strategy Magazine, Vol.9, issue 1, Summer 2023, pp.43-49. 

" There is an unspoken assumption that the wet, fleshy stuff within human (or animal) skulls is unique but replicable, reproducible on silicon substrates. But what if it is not possible to replicate intelligence via artificial means? What if today's “narrow” AI is merely a series of engineering-based workarounds that function as band-aids on the fundamental problems of reproducing intelligence?"

USA - Bill - Proliferation of foreign commercial spyware

USA - Bill to impose sanctions against certain persons engaged in the proliferationor use of foreign commercial spyware, and for other purposes. 118th Congress, 1st Session,  H.R. 5522. Bill introduced by Mr Himes. 

EU - Dual Use Regulation

A lire: Lena Riecke, Unmasking the Term 'Dual Use' in EU Spyware Export Control, European Journal of International Law, Vol. XX No. XX, 1–23, Oxford University Press, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chad039

Abstract: Spyware has been heralded as an essential tool for law enforcement and intelligence operations. However, examples abound of states that use it in a manner that violates human rights as well as undermines democracy and the rule of law. Against this backdrop, the European Union (EU) Dual-use Regulation was recast in 2021. It now makes an effort to control the export of cyber surveillance technologies, including spyware, which it defines as dual use. What narrative is created by framing spyware as ‘dual use’? This article illustrates how the term 'dual use' roots in a distinction between ‘peaceful’ and ‘non-peaceful’, or ‘civil’ and ‘military’ uses, and has gradually become associated with a broader dichotomy between ‘legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’ purposes. Historically, this duality served not only to articulate the risks posed by certain technologies and indicate the rationale for their export control but also to justify their trade. Yet recourse by EU actors to dual use tilts the EU discourse on spyware export control towards state-centric security considerations and commercial interests over human rights. Unmasking how the term transposes a conceptually flawed, deceptive and empty duality to the spyware context, this article shows that the very concept of dual use may undermine human rights safeguards in spyware export control. 

A lire - Report on North Korea's Cybercrimes

A lire: Bruce Klingner, North Korea’s CybercrimesPay for Weapons Programsand Undermine Sanctions, Report 3790, The Heritage Foundation, Asian Studies Center, Septembre 2023, 16 pages, USA. 

A lire - Offensive cyber operations, by Juliet Skingsley

 A lire: Juliet Skingsley, Offensive Cyber Operations, Research Paper, Septembre 2023, Chatham House, 37 pages.  

"hyperbole and militaristic rhetoric, not only on the part of the media and government officials but also within academic circles, continues to hinder a better understanding of the utility and risks of offensive cyber activity". 

UE - Note du Parlement Européen sur la politique de cybersécurité de l'administration américaine

Le Parlement européen vient de publier une courte note (2 pages) faisant l'état des lieux de la politique actuelle de cybersécurité américaine. L'administration Biden se trouve comme les précédentes confrontée à tout un ensemble de risques et menaces, notamment du fait des attaques incessantes contre ses infrastructures. Mais elle doit aussi pallier au niveau de cybersécurité insuffisant dans le secteur privé (80% des infrastructures civiles et militaires sont entre ses mains), et combler les manquements de l'administration de Trump qui n'aurait pas implémenté les recommandations faites par le GAO en 2021 en matière de cybersécurité.  

Gisela Grieger, The US cybersecurity posture under Biden, 2 pages, European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2023.