Academia and the “AI Brain Drain”
2026-03-13T19:23:42Z•bd8f0fb2993155c6c9c35652d60006f39a33e3b042d066dfaa7cbdb7b2ee5bea
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What happened
Collection of Schneier Blog posts (Mar 2026) covering multiple high-impact security and policy items: massive AI industry spending and a resulting “brain drain” from academia; Apple announcing iPhone/iPad approval to handle NATO classified information out-of-the-box; national AI policy debates in Canada and Big Tech influence; concerns about jailbreaking US-made F-35 software and dependence on US vendors; discovery of a new cross-layer Wi‑Fi exploit called “AirSnitch” that enables full bidirectional MitM across SSIDs and network segments; geopolitical cyber-operations including reports that IS
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- 2026-03-13T19:23:42Z
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