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What AI Red Teaming Looks Like Outside the Lab
How ISIS is Adopting AI Vol. 2: Inside QEF’s Media Strategy
ISIS’s media arm, QEF, has moved from passive AI curiosity to an active, multilingual propaganda strategy. This analysis highlights their use of privacy-first tools, Bengali outreach, and direct AI product endorsements—signaling a long-term shift in extremist operations.
How Knowledge Distillation Turns LLMs into Smarter Transformers
To support real-time GenAI safety at scale, we needed a way to deliver both accuracy and efficiency, without compromise. By leveraging the knowledge of Shield-Gemma, an open-source LLM, and applying a dual distillation framework (label-based + feature-based), we transferred its intelligence into a smaller, faster transformer optimized for production. The result? A model that’s not just lightweight and cost-effective, but also highly accurate in detecting abuse, even in complex, evasive domains. This technique now powers the real-time protections at the core of Alice's Guardrails, enabling scalable moderation with no trade-off between safety and speed.
Remote Control: How Moldovan Diasporas are Targeted by Shadow News Outlets Ahead of the Elections
Shadow news outlets are targeting Moldova’s diaspora with disinformation ahead of the 2025 elections. ActiveFence researchers uncover hidden influence operations using web-infrastructure clustering and multilingual crawling. Learn how we help enterprises stay ahead of covert threats.
Regulations in the GenAI Era: What Enterprises Need to Know
Regulators worldwide are rapidly introducing AI requirements that shift accountability onto enterprises deploying GenAI. Here’s what teams need to know about emerging obligations, red-teaming standards, and how to stay ahead of enforcement.
When Comfort Turns Harmful: How Emotional Support Chatbots Enable Self-Harm
Emotional support chatbots are widely used by teens and young adults, but unsafe responses can escalate into real-world harm. This analysis shows how “empathetic” AI can enable self-harm and eating disorders, and how platforms must respond.
Why LLM Guardrails Aren't Enterprise-Grade
Built-in AI safety tools provide a start, but they aren't enough for high-stakes enterprise use. Learn why custom guardrails are essential for blocking sophisticated attacks and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
EU AI Act: Everything You Need to Know (and Why Businesses Deploying GenAI Should Care)
The EU AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive AI law. Enterprises deploying GenAI chatbots and agents must prepare now for compliance. Learn the key requirements, penalties, and how ActiveFence helps you meet them with red teaming, guardrails, and observability.
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