March 17, 2026 The first part of this two-part article described a verification crisis driven by the rapid acceleration of AI‑generated disinformation. By 2026, disinformation campaigns have evolved from human‑crafted narratives into automated, multimodal, and coordinated AI systems capable of manipulating public opinion, destabilizing institutions, and contaminating AI training pipelines – effectively eroding trust in […]

March 17, 2026 The global information ecosystem has entered a verification crisis driven by the rapid acceleration of AI‑generated disinformation. By 2026, disinformation campaigns have evolved from human‑crafted narratives into automated, multimodal, and coordinated AI systems capable of manipulating public opinion, destabilizing institutions, and contaminating AI training pipelines – effectively eroding trust in digital content. […]

February 24, 2026 AI has been the most dominant technology theme for several years now. It seems to get even more attention recently as the race to AI dominance heats up and more collateral damage is left in its wake. I believe there are more folks like me who are on the fence regarding the […]

February 24, 2026 AI has been the most dominant technology theme for several years now. It seems to get even more attention recently as the race to AI dominance heats up and more collateral damage is left in its wake. I believe there are more folks like me who are on the fence regarding the […]

February 12, 2026 Each January for the last 10 years I have happily accepted an invite to attend the Annual Cybersecurity Forum that is co-sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and the School of Public Policy. This annual gathering of academics, and industry and policy leaders is organized by professors Lawrence […]

January 27, 2026 We have all been bombarded over the last few years about the race to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and super AGI and how it is a race that must be won. It was reported recently that the timeline to AGI is tightening, and according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, the window for […]

May 9, 2025 Early in 2024 I met Ms. Vergara-Cobos at a conference where we shared some information about our recent respective work activities. She disclosed to me about her work leading a research study at the World Bank that focused on how cybersecurity impacts the growth of developing countries. This struck me as a […]

February 19, 2025 At the beginning of each year, for the past 10 or more years, I am excited to get the invite from my friend Larry Gordon to make the trek to the University of Maryland to attend the annual, day long forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective. This […]