Theresa Payton, the first female Chief Information Officer for the White House during the Bush administration, says Trump's AI push could have enormous economic impact if the right guidelines are set. President Donald Trump's recent AI announcement has the potential to jumpstart a technological "renaissance" in the United States and serve as a strong declaration, similar to former President John F. Kennedy's pledge to put a man on the moon, according to a top former White House information technology (IT) official. During a speech at the White House, Trump announced that Softbank, OpenAI and Oracle have joined forces for Stargate, a project to build data centers in the U.S. for powering AI. The initial investment for the project will be 100 billion, with plans to expand to 500 billion over the next four years. The first data center built under the initiative will be in Texas, and it will eventually expand to other states. Speaking with Fox News Digital, Theresa Payton, the first female White House Chief Information Officer during President George W. Bush's administration, says the news, which Trump calls the "largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history," has her attention.

Scottsdale resident Payton Bock and her mother DeLynne joined'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the incident and broader concerns surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence. An Arizona family is speaking out to raise awareness surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence after they were allegedly targeted by a fake ransom call in which scammers used voice-cloning as bait. Viral TikToker Payton Bock and her mother DeLynne recalled the harrowing incident during "Fox & Friends First," detailing how the "life-changing" scam impacted their family. "It was super scary," DeLynne told Todd Piro Tuesday. "My husband actually took the phone call, and I was outside. He came out with this man on speakerphone using all kinds of foul language, screaming and yelling, saying that my daughter had hit him in a vehicle accident situation."

DEEPFAKE AI-generated people will be among us by 2024 and will be nearly impossible to detect, a former White House official has warned. Pictures created by artificial intelligence, increasingly smart chatbots and sophisticated deepfake videos are already becoming hard to discern from reality. The technology is only going to become more advanced - with rapid developments already smoothing out the edges and finessing the programmes. Red flags are already being raised - as some imagery created by AI can already be almost indistinguishable from the real thing apart from a few telltale inconsistencies. The pictures at the top of this article are near perfect recreations of people's faces, created using the AI driven system Generated.Photos.

Payton predicted that "AI poisoning" will be something to be concerned about in 2021. As Towards Data Science notes, a "poisoning attack happens when the adversary is able to inject bad data into your model's training pool, and hence get it to learn something it shouldn't." In solidly built AI models, Payton noted, "your [AI] coach should be self-learning and contextually aware and almost become a black box to the engineer" once it gets up and running. "My prediction is that, as we're implementing more AI, hackers will hack in and change that algorithm undetected, so that the AI will do things not initially in the design," she said. "AI is going to be cybercriminals' weapon of choice, to help them crack into more accounts, networks and data stores."

Speaking at The Wall Street Journal's virtual CIO Network Summit event on Tuesday, Rep. Jim Langevin (D., R.I.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, said he is taking an "all hands on deck approach" to prepare for possible cyber retaliation against the U.S. "We have to be realistic and understand that as we impose sanctions--we take actions--there could be blowback here," said Rep. Langevin. In preparing for possible cyberattacks, Rep. Langevin said, "private companies also have a role to play." He said they should be implementing testing procedures to back up and restore data, instituting multifactor authentication on devices connected to their networks, ensuring software is up-to-date and patching known vulnerabilities. Theresa Payton, founder and CEO of Fortalice Solutions and former CIO of the White House under President George W. Bush, said companies should consider locking accounts after two or three failed login attempts. "During challenging times such as these, the Russian operatives could be using password spraying attacks, recycling passwords from past password data dumps [and] using artificial intelligence" to access corporate networks, Ms. Payton said at the CIO Network Summit event.

Nov 1st, 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the greatest football player of all time, #34, Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears. The #BIZ with Beard & Bald Podcast was blessed to spend time with Walter's son, Jarrett Payton, this week to discuss his dad as a player, father, friend, and the impact he had on the world. Jarrett shares with us the motivational wisdom of his father, living with the Payton name, being there for his dad at the end of his life, and what it meant to induct his dad into the NFL Hall of Fame. Jarret reveals Walter's true feelings about not getting the ball to score in the Super Bowl, his impact on racial boundaries, who is the GOAT, and some touching and private moments that have never been shared before. Jarrett discusses his own success and journey and how his father's encouragement and guidance, even in death, have helped mold him into the successful entrepreneur, father, husband, and man he is today.