Researchers suggest that using “synthetic” data, created by AI systems to train LLMs, could lead to the rapid degradation of AI models and a collapse over time
In April this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asked during … Lindsay Clark / The Register : AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output Tech Xplore : Using AI to train AI: Model colla...
Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts
About this report Google's 2024 Environmental Report provides … Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Google's emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand The Keyword : Our 2024 Environmenta...
OpenAI says its board can hold back the release of an AI model even if OpenAI's leadership says it's safe, and announces a new internal safety advisory group
The study of frontier AI risks has fallen far short of what is possible and where we need to be. Ina Fried / Axios : OpenAI touts ‘scientific approach’ to measure catastrophic risk Matthias Bastian / ...
Signal says it has added support for privacy-focused cryptocurrency MobileCoin to let users send and receive money, starting in the UK on iOS and Android
Testing your first payment — Sending your first payment Bruce Schneier / Schneier on Security : Signal Adds Cryptocurrency Support Stephen Diehl : Et tu, Signal? Liam Tung / ZDNet : Signal messaging...
Twitter says hackers accessed the DM inbox of up to 36 of the 130 high profile accounts targeted in last week's attack
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Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong PYMNTS.com : Apple, Google At Odds On iPhone Security Flaws Tied To Attacks Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google stands by iOS vulnerability r...
Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Firstpost Tech : Apple hits back at Google, accusing it of creating a ‘false impression’ of ‘mass exploitation’ around iPhone exploits A...
Microsoft announces ElectionGuard, an open source platform for securely handling voting data, available this summer with a pilot during the 2020 elections
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AP says it is “not currently doing fact-checking work for Facebook”, after Snopes said it also stopped; both leave possiblity for future collaboration open
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : Tweets: @db and @daveleebbc See also Mediagazer Tweets: @db : There's just two left fact-checking in the US: @Factcheckdotorg & @Politifact. How long before they leave t...
Bitcoin transactions tied to real purchases and email addresses used by Russian spies in Mueller's indictments show the limits of the cryptocurrency's anonymity
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