135. Mic Drop: Oren Etzioni has a way to help us sort fact from AI fiction
Oren Etzioni used to be one of those AI optimists. Now, not so much. In fact, he’s so worried about AI-manipulated content, he created a non-profit, TrueMedia.org, to help ordinary people sort AI fact...
31 Touko 20248min
134. Are autocrats winning the disinformation war?
US adversaries are on a propaganda offensive around the world. Earlier this month, the Council on Foreign Relations in DC convened a discussion about the changing landscape of disinformation campaigns...
28 Touko 202426min
133. Mic Drop: A surprising thing about war games and cyber attacks and why the military can’t trust AI
When the Hoover Institution’s director of war gaming, Jackie Schneider, started organizing war simulations more than a decade ago, she assumed that participants would respond to cyber attacks the same...
24 Touko 202414min
132. Meet the guy who single-handedly took down North Korea’s Internet.
When North Korea hacked Alejandro Caceres, he expected the U.S. government to rush to his defense. When they just shrugged, he took matters into his own hands. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.p...
21 Touko 202427min
131. Mic Drop: Could spoofing satellites become Russia’s new jam?
On the battlefields of Ukraine, Russia has become very adapt at electronic warfare — both jamming GPS satellites and spoofing satellite signals. We explain how it works and its ripple effects beyond t...
17 Touko 20247min
130. A wrinkle in time: GPS jamming in Ukraine and its ripple effects
A story about satellites, electronic warfare, and a team of American techies who MacGyver-ed a way to keep the power flowing in Ukraine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
14 Touko 202423min
129. Mic Drop: LockbitSupp tells us: UK and US have got the wrong guy
In an interview, LockbitSupp, head of the Lockbit cybercrime operation, told us that the U.S., U.K. and Australia have the wrong guy — he’s not Dmitry Khoroshev, the 31-year-old Russian national they’...
10 Touko 20249min
128. Taking aim at Democracy: Russia’s Doppelgänger gang isn’t just targeting elections anymore
In a year that could bring a perfect storm of disinformation, meet Doppelgänger, a Russian-backed group seeking not just to shake up the world’s elections, but its institutions too. Learn about your ...
7 Touko 202425min
