Ransomware attacks are becoming less common in state and local government, according to new survey results, but successful attacks grow more costly.| StateScoop
Sophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor’s in anthropology at Wagner College and master’s in media innovation from Northeastern University.| StateScoop
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Researchers from Stanford and Princeton University finely tuned a large language model to help Santa Clara County, California, meet a strenuous state mandate.| StateScoop
New survey results from the Center for Internet Security found that all types of attacks against government agencies increased in frequency last year.| StateScoop
A new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center shows that local election offices are adopting .gov domains for their websites, but only slowly.| StateScoop