Why FedRAMP Authorization and CMMC Level 2 Are Now Table Stakes for GovCon AI

https://blog.procurementsciences.com/psci_blogs/why-fedramp-authorization-and-cmmc-level-2-are-now-table-stakes-for-govcon-ai

#HackerNews #FedRAMP #CMMC #GovCon #AI #Compliance #Cybersecurity

Alongside my colleagues, Associate Professor Francis Tyers from Indiana University Bloomington and E.M. L., from Mozilla Data Collective, we're delighted to be presenting a Special Session at Interspeech 2026 in Sydney in September 2026 on:

Safeguarding Synthetic #Speech: Ethical, Technical and Legal perspectives

You can see the Special Session website at:

https://safeguardingsyntheticspeech.org/

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There are some outstanding Special Sessions this year, and I've taken the liberty of listing them - and their organisers. Do consider submitting to the #CfP - it's rare that #Interspeech makes it to Australia and we all want to make the most of it.

#Indigenous voices in Speech Sciences and Technology

Website at: https://indigenousvoicesinterspeech.github.io/

Brought to you by Dr. Cat Kutay, Prof. Janet Wiles, A/Prof Celeste Rodríguez Louro, Dr. Ben Hutchinson, and Daan van Esch

ECT-SpeechAI: #Explainability for #Compliance and #Trust in Speech AI

Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/ect-speechai2026

Brought to you by Dr. Xiaoliang Wu, Sarah Kiden, Poppy Welch, Assistant Professor Sneha Das, Assistant Professor Zhengjun Yue, Dr. Sarenne Wallbridge, Assistant Professor Jennifer Williams, PhD

Challenges in Speech Data Collection, Curation and Annotation

Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/speech-data-cca/home

Brought to you by Mostafa Shahin, Tunde Szalay, Thomas Schaaf, Ahmed Ali, Jingyao (Jennifer) Wu, Mengyue Wu, Professor Tan Lee, Professor Mark Liberman, Professor Carlos Busso, A/Prof Beena Ahmed

Post-Training of Speech Foundation Models

Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/ptsfm

Brought to you by Yang Xiao, Xiangyu Zhang, Ziyang Ma, Siyi Wang, Jiaheng Dong, Professor Eng Siong Chng, Dr Ting Dang

CHILDSPACE: Child Home Interaction and Language Dynamics: Speech, Psychology, Affect, Computation and Environments

Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/childspace-interspeech-2026/home

Brought to you by Dr Kaveri Sheth, Dr Alejandrina Cristia, A/Prof Beena Ahmed, Assistant Professor Meg Cychosz, Dr Ting Dang, Kaya de Barbaro, Professor Carol Espy-Wilson, Rebecca Holt, Professor Herman Kamper, Marvin Lavechin, Assistant Professor Jialu Li, Ph.D., Professor Okko Rasanen, Professor Odette Scharenborg, Mostafa Shahin.

Pacific Voices 2026: Speech Science and Technology for Languages of the Pacific Ocean

Website at: https://speechresearch.auckland.ac.nz/events/pacificvoices2026/

Brought to you by: Associate Professor Peter Keegan, Dr Jesin James, Dr Isabella Shields, Dr Satwinder Singh, Dr Rolando Coto-Solano.

Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology

Website at: https://sites.google.com/view/is-queer-trans/home

Brought to you by: Robin Netzorg, Nina Markl, Cliodhna Hughes, Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.

Speech AI for All: Challenging Deficit-based approaches to Speech Science and Technology

Website at: https://sites.google.com/aimpower.org/speechai4all-at-interspeech/home

#SpeakingTogether

@nathan @davidrevoy @dansup @index @Affekt @ploum

My opinion re: #ActivityPub compliance is that any #FOSS project is free to implement AS/AP in any way they want, with any level of #compatibility.

#Compliance is absolute best-practice, but a project has full choice here. It's all FOSS freedom. No blame should be put towards these projects where they follow their own path.

Highly encouraging compliance is among the duties of the Grassroots standardization process that exists in the ecosystem.

🤖 OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT usage policy, banning professional medical, legal, and financial advice. ⚖️

The move aligns with the EU AI Act and U.S. FDA guidance to prevent misuse and ensure responsible AI deployment. 🌍

🔗 https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605044915

#TechNews #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Policy #Ethics #Privacy #Compliance #Regulation #AIGovernance #Safety #Trust #Innovation #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

🤖 OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT usage policy, banning professional medical, legal, and financial advice. ⚖️

The move aligns with the EU AI Act and U.S. FDA guidance to prevent misuse and ensure responsible AI deployment. 🌍

🔗 https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605044915

#TechNews #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Policy #Ethics #Privacy #Compliance #Regulation #AIGovernance #Safety #Trust #Innovation #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

IP Blocking the UK Is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety Act

https://prestonbyrne.com/2025/11/06/the-ofcom-files-part-2-ip-blocking-the-uk-is-not-enough-to-comply-with-the-online-safety-act/

#HackerNews #IPBlocking #OnlineSafety #Act #Compliance #Cybersecurity #UK #InternetPolicy

We found support for the associations most frequently cited in the literature: #conscientiousness <-> #compliance, and #neuroticism <-> #perceivedRisk. Other associations that are only occasionally seen in the literature were less strongly indicated, and there were some novel discoveries.
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A colleague keeps mentioning we're going into audit season. Every single time, I have to fight back the urge to reply with "Duck season!"

#infosec #compliance #wabbits

If you're a #FediAdmin I'd really recommend checking out this guide on the Online Safety Act by @iftas

https://about.iftas.org/2025/07/30/navigating-the-uk-online-safety-act/

#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#Compliance#Moderation#Fediverse#Mastodon

If you're a #FediAdmin I'd really recommend checking out this guide on the Online Safety Act by @iftas

https://about.iftas.org/2025/07/30/navigating-the-uk-online-safety-act/

#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#Compliance#Moderation#Fediverse#Mastodon

New blog post: When Root Meets Immutable: OpenBSD chflags vs. Log Tampering

Started as curiosity about "dead" kernel code, ended up solving real-world log tampering problems. Sometimes the best security features are hiding in plain sight.

https://rsadowski.de/posts/2025/openbsd-immutable-system-logs/

#OpenBSD#InfoSec#BSD#Compliance

New blog post: When Root Meets Immutable: OpenBSD chflags vs. Log Tampering

Started as curiosity about "dead" kernel code, ended up solving real-world log tampering problems. Sometimes the best security features are hiding in plain sight.

https://rsadowski.de/posts/2025/openbsd-immutable-system-logs/

#OpenBSD#InfoSec#BSD#Compliance

Less positively, Meta is rejecting #interoperability requests from non-messaging services, and business-focused services 🤨

Thank you @EUCommission for committing (at the end of today's #compliance workshop) to further explore the geolocalisation obstacles #Meta is imposing on #DMA #interoperability for #NIICS! And good work @Amandine for raising the problem so clearly 👏

Thank you @EUCommission for committing (at the end of today's #compliance workshop) to further explore the geolocalisation obstacles #Meta is imposing on #DMA #interoperability for #NIICS! And good work @Amandine for raising the problem so clearly 👏

Less positively, Meta is rejecting #interoperability requests from non-messaging services, and business-focused services 🤨

💭 Goodbye AWS: How We Kept ISO 27001, Slashed Costs by 90%

｢ It was clear that American cloud providers couldn’t fully shield us from US government jurisdiction. Under the CLOUD Act and FISA, our European customer data was potentially exposed, regardless of the server’s physical location. This undermined our GDPR promises ｣

https://medium.com/@accounts_73078/goodbye-aws-how-we-kept-iso-27001-slashed-costs-by-90-914ccb4b89fc

#aws #eu #compliance #digitalsovereignty #cloud