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Tech Tension: Per Reuters, TSMC stopped shipments to Chinese firm @sophgotech following their chip being found on a Huawei processor in a possible breach of export controls, The Wall Street Journal reports a Salt Typhoon Telecom hack might have gotten into JD Vance and Donald Trump's phones. Mark Cuban, not eyeing a The White House cabinet position as he vigorously supports Kamala Harris, per CNBC. Meanwhile, LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman: "Kamala Harris is a better choice for business ... stability ... [is] more important than a 2% cut in a tax rate." Bloomberg : Slowest growth in 6 quarters expected for Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, Amazon in Q3, even if it sits at a pretty 14.7% higher than SPGlobal's S&P 500, be it for slowing AI promises or regulatory hurdles. The White House drops first ever AI NSM (picture from source), setting a policy agenda to integrate AI into the national security apparatus in a manner in line with our democratic values and free from counter-espionage/supply chain vulnerabililty. Quantum tech soon following. CNBC: Delta Air Lines says CrowdStrike’s software cost ~$550 million and 7,000 flight cancellations in an act constituting a breach of contract/negligence in a groundbreaking lawsuit. U.S. officials call overfishing a top maritime-security threat, Joe Biden's admin is now targeting Chinese-flagged vessels in South America, boarding ships off South America's coast in response to this massive extractive fleet. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: Astra, formerly delisted from Nasdaq, triumphantly secures a $44M Department of Defense Defense Innovation Unit contract to advance production capabilities of their low-cost, tactically responsive launch system, Rocket 4. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: The Wall Street Journal reports Boeing is selling the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration-based portions of its space portfolio, following massive losses on Starliner and a need to get back on track. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: The INTELSTAT-33e satellite was reported to have lost power, but upon inspection, the Space Force reported a debris field. The cause of the explosion is under review, but the use of Boeing's designs might put it in a deeper rut. Boeing launched a $19B share sale to shore liquidity and prevent a credit downgrade, bigger than @TMobile's sell-off in 2020. On that note, ATT and Corning strike a $1B deal to break into high-speed internet. Yahoo Finance data on $DJT (now worth more than X) shows investors do not seem to be turned off by Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally, instead buying more of the stock. Per The Wall Street Journal, inflation would also be a key feature of his economic agenda of tarriffs, deportation, and rate-slashing. Senator Sherrod Brown's race exemplifies a broader crypto race, with Dem popularity outshining vested crypto-industry interests in a Tim Scott chairmanship of the banking committee, despite being seemingly bipartisan.

Event Alert! Join Kevin Cirilli and I for an unforgettable fireside chat with the one and only Kara Swisher! This Wednesday, October 30th, we’re diving into a critical conversation on how technology can—and should—be used to *protect* our democracy, not threaten it. As a tech journalist and author with deep Silicon Valley insights, Kara Swisher knows firsthand the transformative and often disruptive power of tech. Her latest bestseller, *Burn Book*, lays bare the influence of today’s tech titans on our society, and at this event, she’ll tackle everything from AI to disinformation in the national security landscape. 📅 **When:** Wednesday, October 30, 2024   🕠 **Time:** Doors open at 6:00 PM EDT, program at 6:30 PM EDT   📍 **Where:** GW School of Media and Public Affairs, Washington, DC This event is FREE and open to the public, but seats are limited! Arrive early and be part of the conversation shaping the future of our digital world. Don’t miss it! #BurnBook #TechForGood #NationalSecurity #DigitalDemocracy #AIandEthics #ResponsibleAI #FutureOfTech The George Washington University Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Society, GWU mtf.tv's meet the future

No (Apple) Vision (Pro) for the Long Term? While hundreds of apps flooded the Vision App Store in the first two months of the device’s launch, only 10 were introduced in September. 9to5Mac and Digg ask: Without apps, how will the Vision Pro survive? Stargazers, get ready: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration call that the sun is now in its solar maximum, the peak of its 11-year cycle, bringing more chances to catch the northern lights. The surge will continue for a year, with Live Science noting potential record-breaking solar storms. With The E.W. Scripps Company, ABC News and BBC all cutting their news division employment this week, Kevin Cirilli has a question: Why won’t legacy media embrace artificial intelligence? This week, Tim Higgins reports for The Wall Street Journal that Elon Musk states the obvious while campaigning with Trump? With as much context as is needed, the quote is as follows: “It’s nice to watch the ‘Mad Max’ movie. But we don’t want to be in the ‘Mad Max’ movie.” Breaking from SEMAFOR: @JusticeDepartment launches a probe into TSMC over allegations it sold AI-ready chips to Huawei, despite a U.S. ban, with AppleInsider contending that it can put Apple iPhone production at risk.Boeing comes to agreement (still needing to be ratified on Wednesday) with @IAM751 (representing 33,000 workers) to end the 5-week strike, according to CNN. CEOs, look out for the future: balance tech-driven efficiency with workforce demands. NOTABLE from Bloomberg: Elon Musk says the pro-Trump @theamericapac will give away $1 million a day to a registered voter in PA until the election in November. @GovernorShapiro, on @NBC "you start flowing this kind of money ... it raises serious questions." @Casio_USA is now making robo-pets! Meet Moflin, the AI-powered furball that’s hypoallergenic, “adorable,” and bonds with you. No shedding, no barking, just pure techy love, per @PopSci. Sign of the times? Chip Inflection Point Divides the $530B Market in Half—> Market demand for artificial intelligence: BOOMING. Consumer demand for personal electronics? Not so much. There’s now two camps of chipmakers… STOCK WATCH: AI FALLOUT —> $50 BILLION WIPED FROM @ASMLcompany AS NON-AI DEMAND SLUMPS. More via CNBC: “Shares in ... ASML fell 16% on Tuesday, after the Dutch company published financial results a day early, issuing disappointing sales forecasts. " We’re excited to interview The New York Times best-selling author Kara Swisher at The George Washington University next week. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mary O’Brien — a leading expert in cyber and artificial intelligence — will guide the conversation on disinformation, election security, and Silicon Valley. From a WSJ exclusive: OpenAI hired Goldman Sachs to navigate negotiations for a Morgan Stanley backed Microsoft buying of a $14B stake in OpenAI, including what governance rights Microsoft has, how much equity they'll own, and their restructuring.

This week in the newsletter: Gavin Newsom sides with Silicon Valley and vetoes safety measures/mandated testing for $100M+ models the first of its kind, arguing that it "applies stringent standards to even the most basic system - so long as a large system deploys it". cc: The Associated Press CNBC Meta is placing a ($5B) bet on glasses to become and replace the smartphone the same way the smartphone did to the computer, and now, @finkd dons $10k glasses (that won't be available until 2027 or even 2030). (image from dpm888.) Kevin Cirilli's been hitting the books (CNET's AI Term Glossary, by Imad Khan). His favorite of the 47 words: anthropomorphism - believing a chatbot is somewhat human. His least favorite: foom - the idea if someone builds AI, it might be too late to save humanity. The Wall Street Journal continues on Foreign Policy reporting with what's essentially a Die Hard movie plot: China and Russia talk about opening a lasers lab (and an adjacent theme park) in Svalbard, Norway, as both seek Arctic trade routes and a regional military presence with climate change. Who edits the editor? Microsoft introduces a new "Correction" feature, having its AI learn from its own errors and self-correct in real time with visually appealing graphics. With 3-27% error rates (per Euronews) and general informational unreliability do you trust it?Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's satellite imagery emerged as a heroic technology in detecting, tracking, predicting, preparing, and responding to Hurricane Helene. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: "The proliferation of commercial imagery continues to aid geopolitical transparency." Per The Washington Post, images from Maxar Technologies and Planet revealed Sarmat (a next-gen strategic missile), detonated before it could clear the silo, indicating failure. Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: United Airlines will add SpaceX's Starlink (which recently passed 4M customers and might pass $6.6B in revenue) in-flight connectivity to 1,000 planes, with free service for customers, Air France to do so with 200 planes. cc: CNBC SpaceNews TechCrunch Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman: RocketLab announced it completed the second spacecraft requested by Varda Space (who demo'd in-space manufacturing of HIV/AIDS therapeutic ritonavir form III and plans to launch in Nov.) Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mary O'Brien: 94% of voters believe AI could influence the election, while 87% believe it to be difficult to discern what is true. Adobe concludes implementing robust safeguards and media/AI transparency guidelines is important, but lacks a strategic consensus. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mary O'Brien: AI now predicts hurricanes faster and better than conventional numerical methods, with Google Deep Mind's Graphcast forecasting the path of Hurricane Lee 3 days earlier. cc: Smithsonian Catastrophic

If you have questions about #AI, its role in content creation, in #disinformation and in #misinformation, ask Kevin Cirilli. Kevin this evening spoke to more than a hundred of my students at The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School. Great conversation and terrific student questions. Kevin launched a fellowship program for young professionals to help them get experience in these critical emerging issues and founded mtf.tv's meet the future https://lnkd.in/eym2WQYa #BusinesSchool #communication

SPACE WATCH: Global Conjunction analysis | Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman is the nation's leading space security and space industry expert. In this week's SPACE WATCH, Feltman previews the key issues at three major space conferences on global security, budgets, and technologies. How many satellites is too many in the sky before there's concerns about crashes? cc: mtf.tv's meet the future; Misty Cook; Maui Space Surveillance Site; MITRE; NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration; SpaceNews; Mary O'Brien; Polina Chubarova; Anna Maag; Brock Dodds; Atlantis Industries, Inc.

SPACE WATCH: Global Conjunction analysis | Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Damon Feltman is the nation's leading space security and space industry expert. In this week's SPACE WATCH, Feltman previews the key issues at three major space conferences on global security, budgets, and technologies. How many satellites is too many in the sky before there's concerns about crashes? cc: mtf.tv's meet the future; Misty Cook; Maui Space Surveillance Site; MITRE; NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration; SpaceNews; Mary O'Brien; Polina Chubarova; Anna Maag; Brock Dodds; Atlantis Industries, Inc.

When my train pulled into Union Station this morning, Bagpipers played “Amazing Grace” with NYPD. Every single person stopped quite literally in their tracks. #neverforget what happened Sept. 12 -- we all came together. Trust me, the old guard media executives will stop at nothing to divide us. Today in NYC, I was reminded to #neverforget how much we have in common. 🇺🇸 It was really humbling to staff and support Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet on the USS Intrepid today where she took time out of her incredibly busy schedule to pack meals for 9/11 Day alongside David Paine and America250 chairwoman Rosie Rios. These leaders walk the walk and show up to #DOYOURPART for our country and our common defense. 🇺🇸 🙌🏻💪🏼cc: Edmund S. Stephanie Reichin Jennifer Burke Labriola Dustin Speakman Britany Thomas Adriene Engstrom Misty Cook

Apple day is going to have to make room for a big week in the intersection of defense and technology (sorry iPhone 16 hopefuls, M4 moguls, Arm, and AAPL investors). - Alan Estevez announced, on behalf of the Us Department Of Commerce, a new interim final rule subjecting quantum, semiconductor, and GAA FET technology and manufacturing tech to export controls. - Mary O'Brien spoke to the tech doomerism and optimism she saw at a cybersecurity conference, bringing perspective to the debate by writing in our column that cybersecurity should be undertaken for sake of technology's limitless benefits. - Mike Bloomberg, Kevin Cirilli's former boss at Bloomberg, was just appointed Chair of the Defense Innovation Board. - Tech could be having its Big Tobacco moment, where founder's visions of borderless digi-lands are clashing against assertions of national sovereignty by governments, according to Tala Michel Issa. Naturally, outside of tech, the future is not stopping for anyone. The NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is revising its solar storm rating system as sun spots and solar flares hit 23-year records, while farmers in northern Nigeria used funds from Google and International Rescue Committee to pre-emptively respond to floods using AI. Stay in arm's length of the future with our newsletter.

This labor day special newsletter marks a monumental shift in mf.tv: Lt. Gen Mary O'Brien will begin posting weekly! Below are selections from this week's newsletter, where you can read her contribution in full: Telegram Messenger CEO Pavel Durov's attempt to make stablecoin transactions a central feature of the app may invite regulation to the crypto space due to his role as an instigator of "culture war", illicit activity on the platform, and a lack of privacy. cc: Sander Lutz, Decrypt Accenture UK & Ireland finds women business leaders are nearly twice as likely as male business leaders to have "tech expertise". The UK leads Europe in tech-savvy boardrooms (23%, a 19% increase over last year), showing the emerging role of tech in business, reports Verdict Apple's pivot away from Samsung Electronics dependence and towards TSMC allowed it to make first party chips. That same move grew demand for TSMC products across a variety of sectors, meaning it may have a bigger market cap than Apple by 2030. cc: The Motley Fool Lt. Gen. Mary O'Brien (Ret.), in her first article with us: "Is [the risk of not mainstreaming responsible AI use education] a risk we're willing to take? I'd rather meet the future knowing we’ve done everything possible to use AI to tip the scales towards a more ... secure future." The SCOPE Act (HB 18), a Texas law requiring companies identify minors and filter content according, just got partially blocked by a federal court for the threat it poses to online free speech, echoing numerous legal battles across the country, per Verge CNBC: Some reservations about the retaliatory measures for businesses and individuals skirting that ban are held by one of voting judge of the panel of Brazil's federal supreme court judges that unanimously agreed to uphold bans on X. NVIDIA and Apple are in talks to potentially invest in OpenAI's fundraising round, to both solidify their stake in the AI race and protect a partner in an increasingly accessible field, reports @cityofthetown and Aaron Tilley of The Wall Street Journal The vibe-cession is everywhere. A The Wall Street Journal survey contends that we might just be at a turning point, showing a 9-point swap between people optimistic and pessimistic about the trajectory of the country and economy and reflecting the most hope since November 2021.