National Security in the Age of AI: New risks, updated governance

National Security risks talk with Margaret Hu
January 29, 2025
12:15PM - 1:15PM
Saxbe Auditorium

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2025-01-29 12:15:00 2025-01-29 13:15:00 National Security in the Age of AI: New risks, updated governance Increasingly, AI governance is an important component of National Security strategies. In information warfare, bulk data - webscraped, purchased or hacked - can be weaponized through AI. Critical Infrastructure governance, as designated by the U.S. government, currently does not include practices for safeguarding personal or sensitive data. This gap in the national security strategy, exposes the country, its infrastructure and people to AI-powered attacks. This lecture will explore how digital infrastructure, data privacy and security, and AI governance, will all play an integral role in advancing National Security policy in the age of AI. About the speaker:Margaret Hu is the Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, and Director of the Digital Democracy Lab, at William & Mary (W&M) Law School. She is a Faculty Affiliate with the Global Research Institute and Data Science at W&M, and a Research Affiliate with Pennsylvania State University's Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. Her research focuses on the intersection of civil rights, national security, cyber surveillance, and AI. Fin more on Margaret Hu here. Lunch will be provided at this event. Please register if planning to attend in person at the link found below. Livestream will also be available.  Registration link: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_026GxjGJkIs2Q86  Saxbe Auditorium America/New_York public

Increasingly, AI governance is an important component of National Security strategies. In information warfare, bulk data - webscraped, purchased or hacked - can be weaponized through AI. Critical Infrastructure governance, as designated by the U.S. government, currently does not include practices for safeguarding personal or sensitive data. This gap in the national security strategy, exposes the country, its infrastructure and people to AI-powered attacks. This lecture will explore how digital infrastructure, data privacy and security, and AI governance, will all play an integral role in advancing National Security policy in the age of AI.

 

About the speaker:

Margaret Hu is the Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, and Director of the Digital Democracy Lab, at William & Mary (W&M) Law School. She is a Faculty Affiliate with the Global Research Institute and Data Science at W&M, and a Research Affiliate with Pennsylvania State University's Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. Her research focuses on the intersection of civil rights, national security, cyber surveillance, and AI. Fin more on Margaret Hu here.

 

Lunch will be provided at this event. Please register if planning to attend in person at the link found below. Livestream will also be available. 

 

Registration link: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_026GxjGJkIs2Q86

 

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