Ryan Lovelace

Washington, D.C.

National Security Reporter at Washington Times

National Security Reporter @WashTimes | Author, Search and Destroy, Regnery | 2017 @NovakFellows | Formerly ALM, @dcexaminer

Articles

New pope raises concern about AI overhaul of life on earth

2 days ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Concerns about an artificial intelligence revolution have animated the initial days of the first American pope — including how he chose the name Leo XIV. The pope told the College of Cardinals he selected the papal name Leo XIV “mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution.” He said Saturday he sees a similar challenge emerging now from AI.
Microsoft tells Congress it created ‘a new state of matter’

3 days ago | flipboard.com | Ryan Lovelace

7 hours agoElon Musk's regulatory troubles have begun to melt away in Trump's second termThe Trump administration has halted some regulatory matters involving Musk's companies and fired people from agencies investigating Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink. Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s regulatory problems have started to fade into the past. Since the start of the second Trump administration, …8 hours agoI've had T-Mobile for 10 years, but I just canceled my account. Here's whyTMO no mo.
House lawmakers privately consider rewriting cyber info-sharing policy

3 days ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are considering changes to the processes for information sharing between national security agencies and cyber firms. The lawmakers met privately last week to discuss new policy with officials from the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Microsoft tells Congress it created 'a new state of matter'

3 days ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Microsoft is doubling down on its assertion to have created a “new state of matter,” detailing its work in testimony to Congress.
Congress digs into China's alleged theft of America's AI secrets

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

House lawmakers are worried that Chinese thieves are stealing America’s artificial intelligence secrets, boosting confidential info from the leading labs building top technology. Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, said Wednesday that China is refusing meaningful protections to safeguard U.S. intellectual property and is racing ahead in the contest for AI supremacy.
Cyber agency warns oil and gas sector targeted by hackers

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

America’s top domestic cyber agency is sounding the alarm that hackers are targeting oil and gas infrastructure and taking advantage of poor security techniques. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Tuesday in an alert that cyberattackers are going after industrial control systems and supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
Burgum: 'Build, baby, build' data centers to win AI race versus China

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is pushing for the construction of new data centers to fuel America’s artificial intelligence ambitions in competition against China.
Anthropic firm urges more aggressive export controls before advanced AI emerges

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

Artificial intelligence safety company Anthropic wants the U.S. to impose stronger export controls on advanced semiconductors to stop China from achieving advanced artificial intelligence first. Anthropic believes breakthrough AI technology will emerge in the next few years and thinks export controls are necessary to slow China from racing ahead for the powerful technology.
Nvidia founder Huang: 'Every job will be changed' by AI

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

- The Washington Times - Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang is urging Washington to prepare for artificial intelligence to upend the global economy. Mr. Huang told the Hill & Valley Forum of policymakers and technologists on Capitol Hill the disruption caused by AI advances will be creative and turbulent. “New jobs will be created, some jobs will be lost, every job will be changed,” Mr. Huang said Wednesday.
Tech moguls flock to Washington to kick-start American reindustrialization efforts versus China

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Ryan Lovelace

- The Washington Times - Tech leaders and government officials are gathering in Washington on Wednesday to develop plans to reindustrialize America for an increasingly tense competition with China.