03Mar/25

Negotiation as representation – by Giacomo Buoncompagni

03/03/2025CommunicationCommunication, Negotiation, Propaganda, Trump, USAMarco Lombardi

Whether or not it is an ‘interlude’, as many European media say, the meeting a few hours ago between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the newly elected Donald Trump in front of reporters in the Oval Office turned a possible negotiation into a spectacle.

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18Gen/25

From Data to Division 5 of 5: Artificial intelligence – by Daniele M. Barone

18/01/2025TechnologyAI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, SecurityMarco Lombardi

The Half-Measure of Human-Grounded AI Ethics. Within the context outlined thus far, as argued by Coeckelbergh and Sætra, the debate carried on by LLMs ongoing development seems to be between two main point of view: the Marxist concept of “technological determinism” and the “technological instrumentalism” or “technical orthodoxy”.

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16Gen/25

SPOTREP. The Los Angeles wildfires: an alternative perspective – Emilio Palmieri

16/01/2025SecurityLos Angeles, Security, USAMarco Lombardi

Huge fires have been devastating Los Angeles for days. The damage is enormous. What do we know? What don’t we know? What to think?

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13Gen/25

L’impegno del Puntland contro le milizie jihadiste – by G. Frinchillucci

13/01/2025SecurityISIS, Puntland, Somalia, TerrorismMarco Lombardi

Il 31 dicembre 2024, Mohamed Baari Shire, giovane Vicepresidente del Parlamento del Puntland, è stato bersaglio di un attacco complesso condotto dai militanti affiliati all’ISIS. L’operazione, che comprendeva esplosioni suicide e assalti armati, è stata respinta con successo dalle Forze di Sicurezza del Puntland. Sebbene l’attentato non abbia raggiunto il suo obiettivo primario, ha confermato la portata e l’organizzazione della minaccia jihadista nella regione.

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09Gen/25

New Orleans and Las Vegas Trump Hotel attacks: food for thought regarding military service and terrorist violence – by Maria Alvanou

09/01/2025TerrorismISIS, Jabbar, Military, New Orleans, PTSD, USAMarco Lombardi

The New Orleans and Las Vegas Trump Hotel attacks should both bring to the attention of experts the issue of war veteran’s post-traumatic stress and the connection between military service and extremist ideologies.

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08Gen/25

SPOTREP: The New Orleans terror attack – by Emilio Palmieri

08/01/2025TerrorismISIS, Jabbar, New Orleans, SpotRep, USAMarco Lombardi

WHAT WE KNOW(SALT report) – Size. An armed individual, self-proclaimed as an ISIS-affiliated operative, wearing a military fatigue, driving a rented pick-up truck packed with explosives (meant to be a VBIED[1]).    

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07Gen/25

New Orleans Truck Attack: How Terrorists Exploit Smart Technologies – by Eleonora Ristuccia & Alessandro Bolpagni

07/01/2025TerrorismJabbar, New Orleans, New Technology, Technology, USAMarco Lombardi

On January 1, 2025, former US Army soldier Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar drove a pickup truck on Bourbon Street, in the heart of New Orleans, killing 14 people and injuring 35 more. According to Lyonel Myrthil, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent, Jabbar had visited the city twice prior to the attack.

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02Gen/25

From Data to Division 4 of 5: Artificial intelligence – by Daniele M. Barone

02/01/2025SecurityAI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, SecurityMarco Lombardi

Mimicking a Moral Course for LLMs. The first way to stem LLMs from a conversation driving to inappropriate content are the so-called “guardrail messages,” as “I’m sorry, I cannot generate inappropriate or offensive content” or “As a large language model, I cannot … ”.

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