Hedge 323: AI and Liability

Who should be held liable when AI fails? Who is liable when an AI system “breaks into” a network or system, causing a major breach? Listen in as Tom and Russ discuss two articles covering these topics on this roundtable episode of the Hedge.

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Could the growing deployment of RPKI become a threat to routing stability? To answer that question, we analysed more than 11 years of RPKI and BGP data, measuring how much routing activity can be associated with RPKI-related changes.

 


The LoRa Alliance recently reported that there are 150 million global devices connected by LoRa technology. LoRa is shorthand for Long Range and is a radio technology that sends small bits of data over long distances using little battery power.

 


Today, powerful, widely available AI tools allow users to easily generate or alter photorealistic images to a degree that was difficult to imagine just a few years ago.

 


In 2025, Edgebeam Wireless was formed to take advantage of the unused spectrum of TV stations. The business is a partnership between the E.W. Scripps Company, Gray Media, Nexstar Media Group, and Sinclair.

 


Get ready for new gTLDs like .prompt, .dns, and even brands like .tiktok. Among the most sought-after names is .agent, which drew 13 applicants.

Best of the Hedge: 18, Programming Skills for Network Engineers

Network engineers do not need to become full-time coders to succeed–but some coding skills are really useful. In this episode of the Hedge, David Barrosso (you can find David’s github repositories here), Phill Simonds, and Russ White discuss which programming skills are useful for network engineers.

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