Chinmayi Sharma, Cybersecurity and Technology Fellow at the Strauss Center, recently published an article in Lawfare entitled “The Chaos at OpenAI is a Death Knell for AI Self-Regulation.”
“For decades, technology companies were shielded from accountability… This underscores the conclusion the security community came to long ago: Industry incentives are not only inadequate to foster strong cybersecurity; they are often contrary to the goals of strong cybersecurity. It doesn’t pay to slow down development in the interest of secure design. The same lesson applies to AI—when industry incentives and the public interest are misaligned, even the best-intentioned companies cannot resist the yoke of market drivers. “
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Deborah Chu, former Cyber Clinic student with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently featured inWall Street Journal Opinion piece "How to Serve Your Country if You Aren't in the Military." The article sought out student views on public service beyond the military. In the face of coordinated and state-backed cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure,...
Francesca Lockhart, Program Lead of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently interviewed by podcast hosts and UT Austin faculty Professor Stephanie Holmsten and Professor Jen Moon in an episode of "The Other Side of Campus" on "Classroom to Cyberspace: Teaching Public Service Through Cybersecurity." The conversation focused on Professor Lockhart's background with the...
Two Texas Cybersecurity Clinic students, Deborah Chu and Meera Hatangadi, were awarded theTexas Cybersecurity Clinic Excellence Award in honor of their performance in the Spring 2025 - Fall 2025 cohort of the Clinic. This award is made possible through the generosity of Socium Solutions. The Strauss Center for International Security and Law extends special thanks to Tam Nguyen, Chief Executive...