George T. Whitesides

Two members of Congress have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at better protection against so-called AI distillation attacks.

The proposal is called the AI Cyber Defense Act, introduced by Republican Representative Pat Harrigan and Democratic Representative George Whitesides.

Distillation is when one model is used to train another.

It can be legitimate research, but sponsors say it can also reproduce protected capabilities without the same development costs.

A new bipartisan House bill would, quote, charge the federal government with developing formal guidance for defending AI models against distillation attacks, end quote.

Named the AI Cyber Defense Act and shared exclusively with CyberScoop ahead of release, it is sponsored by representatives Pat Harrigan of North Carolina and George Whitesides of California.

It would urge NIST to, quote, develop voluntary industry standards and best practices for preventing distillation attacks from foreign entities including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

In an interview, Harrigan told Cyberscoop that it is incredibly expensive for the US AI industry to maintain its 6-12 month lead over other countries and distillation attacks give other parties an incentive to copy other models while keeping their own spending low.

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You know, as these conversations tend to go, I got linked up with George Whitesides, who's now a member of Congress, but at the time was just wound down his time at Virgin Galactic and was very interested in fire.

And a couple of folks in the venture capital world, like Gabe Kleiman and Bill Clerico.

And we kind of came together and realized, well, we've got to do it ourselves.

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invent it because I was drunk that people are funny people make for great stories a new story for you guys about a Politician that actually does a lot of rounds around here in Santa Clarita as well congressman George Whitesides is backing bipartisan legislation that's aimed at bringing film and television production jobs back into the United States including right here in Santa Clarita.

The proposed Motion Picture Television and Entertainment Revitalization Act would offer a 20% federal tax credit on qualifying American labor costs for film and television productions.

The additional incentives that would bring up the credit up to 30%.

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I live in California, so my, my, my vote at the top of the ticket doesn't really matter, but I do live in a purple district, so my vote for the House of Representatives, uh, it was Garcia against, um, in 2024, Garcia against our, our current, uh, congressman, uh, George Whitesides.

That one was an easy one for me, too.

Uh, George Whitesides has, has worked across the aisle.

He's gotten some things done.

Um, he's been able to bring projects, important projects w- uh, uh, like, uh, uh, wildfire safety.

Politico reports that the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is demanding federal inquiries into the amount of taxpayer money used to furnish a television ad blitz propping up President Donald Trump ahead of the midterms.

It is, of course, Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who's poised to lead the panel If we win the majority in November, joined California Democratic Rep. George Whitesides, who they both sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office, where we don't have anyone, and to the Office of Special Counsel.

And it asked the GAO to investigate the source accounts and total amount of taxpayer funds used by the executive office of the president to produce and distribute this advertisement across major television markets and official White House social media channels.

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Congressman George Whitesides has introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting kids from AI chatbots that act too much like real people.

I'm totally for this.

The Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act would require chatbots used by minors to default to acting like tools, not friends, romantic partners, therapists, or other human relationships.

The FCC chair sees nothing unusual.

Representatives Jamie Raskin and George Whitesides ask the Government Accountability Office and the Office of Special Counsel to determine whether the three ads now airing during NFL and college football broadcasts, including the twenty twenty-four campaign spot Final Battle, violate federal law.

CNBC reports the White House moved twenty million in the Department of Homeland Security funds to pay for them.

Public Citizen filed complaints with FCC.