Christina Ayiotis
@christinaayiotis.bsky.social
Mom, Cook, Cyber/AI/Privacy Lawyer, World Traveler, Cross-Pollinator, Continuous Learner (MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ONLY)
“Chrome’s new agentic browsing protections include user alignment critic, expanded origin-isolation capabilities, and user confirmations.” www.securityweek.com/google-forti...
Google Fortifies Chrome Agentic AI Against Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks
Google is introducing new security protections for prompt injection to keep users safe when using Chrome agentic capabilities.
www.securityweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Chrome’s new agentic browsing protections include user alignment critic, expanded origin-isolation capabilities, and user confirmations.” www.securityweek.com/google-forti...
“Gartner has recommended that enterprises block use of AI browsers until the associated risks can be adequately managed.” www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gartner...
Gartner Calls For Pause on AI Browser Use
Gartner has called for organizations to block today’s AI browsers on security concerns
www.infosecurity-magazine.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“Gartner has recommended that enterprises block use of AI browsers until the associated risks can be adequately managed.” www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gartner...
“Though a state AI law moratorium was not included in the NDAA, Trump shared plans to issue an executive order that would do the same.” statescoop.com/state-ai-law...
State AI law moratorium omitted from 2026 defense bill, but Trump is preparing 'ONE RULE' executive order | StateScoop
Though a state AI law moratorium was not included in the NDAA, Trump shared plans to issue an executive order that would do the same.
statescoop.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Though a state AI law moratorium was not included in the NDAA, Trump shared plans to issue an executive order that would do the same.” statescoop.com/state-ai-law...
Judge Scott Schlegel:
“Existing rules prohibiting electronic devices might extend to wearable tech, though enforcement is difficult when the device looks like eyewear.” open.substack.com/pub/judgesch...
“Existing rules prohibiting electronic devices might extend to wearable tech, though enforcement is difficult when the device looks like eyewear.” open.substack.com/pub/judgesch...
The Silent Counsel: When AI Glasses Walk Into Court
Two scenes from the wild set the table for a problem the justice system hasn’t named yet.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Judge Scott Schlegel:
“Existing rules prohibiting electronic devices might extend to wearable tech, though enforcement is difficult when the device looks like eyewear.” open.substack.com/pub/judgesch...
“Existing rules prohibiting electronic devices might extend to wearable tech, though enforcement is difficult when the device looks like eyewear.” open.substack.com/pub/judgesch...
“they & others .. borrowing so much to build out AI data centers .. $1.2T will be borrowed over the next three years by just a few AI giants — that if the products they support don’t perform as planned, the losses could be so big they would rock the economy.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | ‘Circularity’ is a flashing warning for the AI boom
Wall Street’s buzzword for investors was known as “round-tripping” during the dot-com years.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“they & others .. borrowing so much to build out AI data centers .. $1.2T will be borrowed over the next three years by just a few AI giants — that if the products they support don’t perform as planned, the losses could be so big they would rock the economy.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“Palo Alto Networks’ broad security portfolio, acquisition strategy, extensive installed base & robust distribution channels .. company to beat in the AI security platforms race. Competitors can close .. gap w/ AI innovation & AI services’ native controls” www.gartner.com/en/documents...
AI Vendor Race: Palo Alto Networks Is the Company to Beat in AI Security Platforms
Gartner Research on AI Vendor Race: Palo Alto Networks Is the Company to Beat in AI Security Platforms
www.gartner.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“Palo Alto Networks’ broad security portfolio, acquisition strategy, extensive installed base & robust distribution channels .. company to beat in the AI security platforms race. Competitors can close .. gap w/ AI innovation & AI services’ native controls” www.gartner.com/en/documents...
“increasing # of browsers .. experimenting w/ agentic features that will take actions on your behalf .. booking tickets or shopping for different items. However .. agentic capabilities also come w/ security risks that could lead to loss of data or money.” techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/g...
Google details security measures for Chrome's agentic features | TechCrunch
Google details how it is enacting security guardrails before rolling out agentic capabilities on Chrome.
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“increasing # of browsers .. experimenting w/ agentic features that will take actions on your behalf .. booking tickets or shopping for different items. However .. agentic capabilities also come w/ security risks that could lead to loss of data or money.” techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/g...
Reposted by Christina Ayiotis
PHOTOS: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit northeastern Japan tonight, injuring multiple people and triggering tsunami alerts and evacuation orders for thousands of residents.
Photos: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocks Japan's northeast
The quake injured multiple people and triggered tsunami alerts and evacuation orders for thousands of residents.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
PHOTOS: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit northeastern Japan tonight, injuring multiple people and triggering tsunami alerts and evacuation orders for thousands of residents.
“Security experts working for British intelligence warned on Monday that large language models may never be fully protected from ‘prompt injection,’ a growing type of cyber threat that manipulates AI systems into ignoring their original instructions.” therecord.media/prompt-injec...
UK intelligence warns AI 'prompt injection' attacks might never go away
A top technologist at the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre said “there’s a good chance” that prompt injection attacks against AI will never be eliminated, and he warned of the related risks of em...
therecord.media
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“Security experts working for British intelligence warned on Monday that large language models may never be fully protected from ‘prompt injection,’ a growing type of cyber threat that manipulates AI systems into ignoring their original instructions.” therecord.media/prompt-injec...
“Within 24 hours of CVE-2025-55182 being disclosed .. multiple threat actors linked to China attempting to exploit the bug – .. same time frame that saw the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) release its own warning.” www.cyberdaily.au/security/129...
React2Shell: Dozens breached, tens of thousands vulnerable, including 500+ in Australia
Analysts warned CVE-2025-55182 could be a dangerous vulnerability – sadly, they were right, as Chinese hackers enjoy a field day of exploitation.
www.cyberdaily.au
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“Within 24 hours of CVE-2025-55182 being disclosed .. multiple threat actors linked to China attempting to exploit the bug – .. same time frame that saw the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) release its own warning.” www.cyberdaily.au/security/129...
“Takaichi .. advocating for the creation of a dedicated signals intelligence agency .. legal authority to intercept communications, arguing that Japan needs these tools to detect & counter attempts by foreign powers to manipulate public opinion ..” www.aspistrategist.org.au/takaichi-has...
Takaichi has a mandate to tackle hybrid threats. Australia offers her a model | The Strategist
The Japanese public’s strong confidence in their new—and first female—prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, gives her government a window to strengthen Japan’s approach to hybrid threats. To do so, her gove...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Takaichi .. advocating for the creation of a dedicated signals intelligence agency .. legal authority to intercept communications, arguing that Japan needs these tools to detect & counter attempts by foreign powers to manipulate public opinion ..” www.aspistrategist.org.au/takaichi-has...
“Russia blocked several major Western online services in recent weeks, including WhatsApp, Snapchat, FaceTime and the gaming platform Roblox, in what authorities describe as an effort to protect national security and ‘public morality.’ “ therecord.media/russia-bans-...
Russian kids revolt as Kremlin bans Roblox, other popular apps
The ban on Roblox has drawn a sharp backlash from the platform’s roughly 18 million monthly Russian users — mostly children and teenagers — who have launched social-media campaigns and video petitions...
therecord.media
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“Russia blocked several major Western online services in recent weeks, including WhatsApp, Snapchat, FaceTime and the gaming platform Roblox, in what authorities describe as an effort to protect national security and ‘public morality.’ “ therecord.media/russia-bans-...
" .. intentions to sign an #EO to curb state-level #AI laws w/ an eye toward spurring innovation .. order will put into place 'ONE RULE' that aims to preempt any state-level 'approvals' required to develop and deploy AI technologies." iapp.org/news/a/us-pr... @iapp.bsky.social
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iapp.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
" .. intentions to sign an #EO to curb state-level #AI laws w/ an eye toward spurring innovation .. order will put into place 'ONE RULE' that aims to preempt any state-level 'approvals' required to develop and deploy AI technologies." iapp.org/news/a/us-pr... @iapp.bsky.social
"Paramount has gone hostile in its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago." apnews.com/article/para...
Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix
Paramount has gone hostile in its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Paramount has gone hostile in its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago." apnews.com/article/para...
"Algorithmic media companies exploit the difference between our attentional instincts and aspirations. In so doing, they make it harder for us to become who we might wish to be." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o... @nytimes.com @ezraklein.bsky.social
Opinion | Pay Attention to How You Pay Attention
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Algorithmic media companies exploit the difference between our attentional instincts and aspirations. In so doing, they make it harder for us to become who we might wish to be." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o... @nytimes.com @ezraklein.bsky.social
“outcomes .. strategic choice .. accelerate .. development of AGI based on the trade-off between the perceived benefits of securing a first-mover advantage .. perceived risks, such as developing an uncontrolled or unaligned AGI, misuse by non-experts ..” www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Competition and Cooperation in the Race to AGI
Technology companies worldwide are racing to develop artificial general intelligence but there are risks that extend well beyond market or geopolitical competition. A new model allows policymakers to ...
www.rand.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“outcomes .. strategic choice .. accelerate .. development of AGI based on the trade-off between the perceived benefits of securing a first-mover advantage .. perceived risks, such as developing an uncontrolled or unaligned AGI, misuse by non-experts ..” www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
“There are crucial differences between prompt and SQL injection which – if not considered – can undermine mitigations.” www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/pr...
Prompt injection is not SQL injection (it may be worse)
There are crucial differences between prompt and SQL injection which – if not considered – can undermine mitigations.
www.ncsc.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“There are crucial differences between prompt and SQL injection which – if not considered – can undermine mitigations.” www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/pr...
"The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars." www.wired.com/story/netfli...
Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity
The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars." www.wired.com/story/netfli...
“Australia was one of the first countries to pass a nationwide law to address those concerns. Last December, it set 16 as the minimum age for social media accounts, meaning hundreds of thousands of younger children would lose theirs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/w... @nytimes.com
A Grand Social Media Experiment Begins in Australia
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“Australia was one of the first countries to pass a nationwide law to address those concerns. Last December, it set 16 as the minimum age for social media accounts, meaning hundreds of thousands of younger children would lose theirs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/w... @nytimes.com
“LLMs .. trained to imitate the outward forms of human speech — the sounds & sequences of .. words we say — but they’re not capable of understanding the subjective thoughts & experiences behind those words. They’re not designed to even try” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... @washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Let’s not idolize AI. That’s an age-old mistake.
In every generation, some advanced piece of machinery comes to seem like a model of the human mind.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“LLMs .. trained to imitate the outward forms of human speech — the sounds & sequences of .. words we say — but they’re not capable of understanding the subjective thoughts & experiences behind those words. They’re not designed to even try” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... @washingtonpost.com
“In an open letter to the prime minister, the group calls on the government to require social media platforms to offer an option to ‘opt in’ to algorithms, and give Australians the autonomy to turn them on and off.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
How would your social feed look if you controlled what you saw?
Sexual violence prevention group Teach Us Consent is pushing for Australians to have the choice to "opt-in" to social media algorithms.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“In an open letter to the prime minister, the group calls on the government to require social media platforms to offer an option to ‘opt in’ to algorithms, and give Australians the autonomy to turn them on and off.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
“The defence ministers of Japan and Australia have expressed concern during their scheduled talks in Tokyo on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
Japan and Australia urge calm after Chinese radar locks onto Japanese jets
Japan formally protests the incident, calling it "an extremely regrettable" and dangerous act that "exceeded the scope necessary for safe aircraft operations".
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“The defence ministers of Japan and Australia have expressed concern during their scheduled talks in Tokyo on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
“ .. what began as a well-defined CRM has grown to become a central repository for sensitive data .. minor mistakes, like over-permissioned accounts or unclear visibility into which users have access to sensitive data, can result in critical vulnerabilities.” www.scworld.com/resource/sal...
Salesforce security in a shared-responsibility world: Catching misconfigurations and drift before they become breaches
The Salesforce instance is the soft hidden underbelly of many otherwise well-protected organizations. Here's how to make sure your Salesforce security posture doesn't make you go belly-up.
www.scworld.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“ .. what began as a well-defined CRM has grown to become a central repository for sensitive data .. minor mistakes, like over-permissioned accounts or unclear visibility into which users have access to sensitive data, can result in critical vulnerabilities.” www.scworld.com/resource/sal...
“The standard advice is to hold off, but most retirees claim the benefit as soon as they can, at age 62.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Should You Really Wait Till 70 to Take Social Security?
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“The standard advice is to hold off, but most retirees claim the benefit as soon as they can, at age 62.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Reposted by Christina Ayiotis
Column: Social media users — most of them women — have been talking about “weaponized incompetence”: when a person sidesteps responsibilities by acting unable or unsure how to handle a task, by delaying or doing it poorly.
Guest column | ‘Weaponized incompetence’ can harm relationships. Here’s how to counter it.
Here’s what to do if you think your partner is ducking their responsibilities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Column: Social media users — most of them women — have been talking about “weaponized incompetence”: when a person sidesteps responsibilities by acting unable or unsure how to handle a task, by delaying or doing it poorly.