AI, Project Glasswing, and the Changing Institutional Economics of Bugs
On April 7, Anthropic published a 244-page system card for a model that will not be made generally available for now. Claude Mythos Preview, the company’s newest frontier model, is “capable of identifying and then exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in every…
Fake Cybersecurity: The FCC Router Ban
On March 23, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Memorandum and Order banning the import of “covered” consumer-grade networking hardware. The decision demonstrates once again how the Trump administration’s economic nationalism and its use of “national security” claims…
What Everyone Is Missing About Anthropic and the Pentagon
On February 27th, President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s technology after the company refused the Pentagon’s demand to allow lawful use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Much of the…
Beyond Borders: How Threat Intelligence Provenance Can Save Global Cybersecurity From Geopolitical Fragmentation
In mid-January 2026, the Chinese government allegedly announced a sweeping ban on cybersecurity software from more than a dozen U.S. and Israeli firms, including industry giants like Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and Check Point. The stated reason: concerns that foreign…
Did an AI application really “bully” a human?
There is a battle over the reputation of advanced AI applications going on in the news. Two worldviews conflict: Are we unleashing dangerous forces that threaten humanity? Or are we just making computers and software do a lot of new…
Don’t Renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) was enacted during a period of heightened anxiety over massive state-sponsored breaches and the burgeoning threat of global ransomware. Its architects envisioned a nationwide “digital neighborhood watch,” where private companies and…
From Substitution to Augmentation: Rethinking AI in Warfare
Roughly two thousand years ago, the full combat load of a Roman legionary weighed approximately 100 pounds (45 kg). Remarkably, modern militaries exhibit a similar pattern. U.S. Army soldiers still carry around 45 kg in full combat gear, while South…
“Indigenous” Web Browsers in India: Who Benefits?
Across all three terms, the Modi government has tried to position India as a global technology hub. The state’s strategy involves pursuing self-reliance or “Atma Nirbharta.” The self-reliance strategy is being taken forward through a two-pronged approach — reducing the…
A Review of the Draft Report of the California Working Group on AI Frontier Models
In September 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom asked prominent researchers at Stanford, UC Berkeley and the Carnegie Endowment to prepare a report to help the State develop responsible guardrails for the deployment of Generative AI. Gov. Newsom’s action followed in the…
OpenAI’s manifesto: Neo-mercantilism Enters Global AI Governance
It was probably inevitable, given the current world situation. In a filing with the US Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Trump administration’s “AI Action Plan,” OpenAI played the geopolitical card, urging the U.S. government to ban its…