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INTERVIEW: Tina Austin, UCLA lecturer: classroom innovations using generative AI

Tina Austin, UCLA lecturer, "I work to ensure my students are educated users of AI, asking touch questions before deciding to use it"

UC Tech News had the opportunity to interview Tina Austin, Regenerative Medicine and Ethics lecturer, UCLA, on cutting edge techniques she has developed using AI for the classroom. She pointed out that the field is advancing so quickly that the…
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NEWS: Damian Luna Joins UC Office of the President to Develop Security Risk Assessment Unit

Damian Luna, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Cyber Risk Assessment Unit Manager

According to the 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45M. This is one reason companies and organizations perform regular security risk assessments, which typically involve identifying, assessing, and…
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NEWS: UC Santa Barbara Leads $20M AI Cybersecurity Initiative

Robot image from 2023 cyberrisk program annual report

UC Santa Barbara is leading a $20 million research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity. This groundbreaking project, Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION), is an effort to bring continuous learning and reasoning of AI to security threats. The project…
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