ChatGPT users are figuring out the location of photos using o3's image-analyzing capabilities paired with its web search functionality, raising privacy concerns
even when it shouldn't OpenAI : OpenAI o3, o4-mini, and o3-mini Usage Limits on ChatGPT and the API Aman Gupta / Livemint : ChatGPT's latest image trend? How Redditors are turning usernames into viral...
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response
A local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. Mastodon: @glynmoody@mastodon.social . Bluesky:...
How the FBI and Mandiant caught hacker Jesse Kipf, who sold access to systems he broke into and hacked Hawaii's death registration system to fake his own death
Jesse Kipf was a prolific hacker who sold access to systems he hacked, had contacts with a notorious cybercrime gang … Mastodon: @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange Mastodon: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @...
US officials: China is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure; 2023 victims include a Hawaii water utility, a West Coast port, and a pipeline
A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say X: @matt_schrader_ , @ericgeller , @nakashimae , @rc_greenway , and @nakashimae X: Matt Schr...
How live-action YouTube kids channels Vlad and Niki, Like Nastya, and Kids Diana Show, with a total of ~300M subscribers, are building global franchises
R.T. Watson / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @dangrover , @wsj , and @thevirginiagen1 See also Mediagazer Tweets: Dan Grover / @dangrover : There was a popular Medium article ~3y ago about same phenom...
How live-action YouTube kids channels Vlad and Niki, Like Nastya, and Kids Diana Show, with a total of ~300M subscribers, are building global franchises
Vlad, Niki, Diana and Nastya party on yachts, ride in Ferraris and travel the world. Their massive audience of fellow kids can't get enough. Tweets: @dangrover , @wsj , and @thevirginiagen1 Tweets: D...
An analysis of the usage of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in 25 US states and DC finds that only 13 have enough usage to benefit from exposure notification
A year ago, engineers built apps to track potential virus exposure. Our research shows the impact has been mixed—but there's still potential. Tweets: @techreview , @pathcheck_fnd , @charlesmok , @fab...
Instagram appears to more often flag photos of plus-size bodies, as experts believe its content moderation AI equates more skin with excessive nudity
In 2018, influencer Katana Fatale was in Hawaii in an outdoor shower, and the light was just right. — She set her phone on a chair, set the timer, and took this photo. Tweets: @racebaitr , @buzzfeed...
Researchers name Nigerian cybercriminal group, Scattered Canary, as one of the sources of recent unemployment and Cares payout scams using identify theft data
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @lilyhnewman Tweets: Lily Hay Newman / @lilyhnewman : the secret service warned about rising pandemic unemployment fraud and the nigerian BEC group “scattered canary...
Investigation: several staff members of the Chan-Zuckerberg family office have made allegations of assault, sexual harassment, and more, against other staff
KAUAI, Hawaii — One minute before midnight on December 29, 2017, one of Mark Zuckerberg's personal staffers got a phone call.