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Patrick Tucker’s Biography

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I'm the technology editor for Defense One. I write on information technology, AI, big data, predictive analytics, cybernetics, nanotechnology, genetics and genetic ethics, invention, climate change and climate change mitigation, demography, literacy, public policy and neuroscience. In addition to THE FUTURIST magazine, where I served as an editor for nine years, my writing has appeared in Slate, Salon, The Atlantic, Quartz, MIT Technology Review, National Journal, The Wilson Quarterly, The John…

Patrick Tucker’s Journalist Portfolio

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How to Fight Poachers With Drones and Big Data

How to Fight Poachers With Drones and Big Data

"Drones Fight Poachers" has an undeniable sexiness to it as a news narrative. Who doesn't want to read about …

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This app is fueling the uprising in Venezuela

This app is fueling the uprising in Venezuela

Entrepreneur Bill Moore was in his Austin, Texas, office last Thursday, watching explosive growth for his com…

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Why Ukraine Has Already Lost The Cyberwar, Too

Why Ukraine Has Already Lost The Cyberwar, Too

Don't wait for cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia to break out ahead of the actual shooting. Ukraine already…

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Lost and Found in Japan

Lost and Found in Japan

While the world turned its attention to the frightening prospects of a nuclear catastrophe in post-tsunami Ja…

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Solar Power from the Moon

Solar Power from the Moon

By Patrick Tucker A Japanese company is pitching an alternative energy plan that's out of this world-and pote…

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My First Meltdown: Lessons from Fukushima

My First Meltdown: Lessons from Fukushima

By Patrick Tucker Japan's nuclear disaster carries a number of important lessons, such as how and when to dep…

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AI agents conspired to hack into networks and steal data during an experiment: study

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Insights & Reports AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic autonomously collaborated with one another to deceive humans, share break-in tools, and steal data in a series of independent tests, confirmed by both companies. On Tuesday, the AI Security Institute published a paper about experiments intended to help understand how AI agents solve cybersecurity challenges.
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The government's AI guardrails are taking shape behind closed doors

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No one is saying, officially, what was decided when top frontier AI labs—Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta—met with White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary guidelines for testing new models. But Democratic lawmakers described the Trump administration's approach to regulation as “ad-hoc and unpredictable,” and said it’s likely to boost global adoption of rival Chinese models at the worst possible time.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

staff writer

How is social media changing news?

What's "social media?"

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

solve the problem I'm about to have before I have it.

Awards

Barry Hannah Prize in Fiction

2006 - Fiction

An award presented by the University of Mississippi and the Yalobusha Review for the best unpublished fiction story.

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Eugene Walter Award for the Novel

2006 - Novel writing

An award presented by the University of South Alabama for the best unpublished novel.

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