DeepMind's AlphaDev, an AI for discovering better algorithms, devised a C++ sorting algorithm that is up to 70% faster; ISO has since added the algorithm to C++
DeepMind's AlphaDev, an AI for discovering enhanced algorithms, devised new C++ sorting algorithms that are up to 70% faster and have been added to the language
The AI-generated algorithms are already being used by millions of developers. — DeepMind's run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues.
TikTok, Amazon, and others struggle to adopt China's livestream ecommerce model in the US, as experts blame differences between US and Chinese consumer behavior
Selling over livestreams is a $40 billion business in China. But Americans just aren't responding.
Porn creators in Germany face fines and imprisonment as regulators use AI to spot porn not protected by age verification tech on social media and messaging apps
Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences. Tweets: @mikestabile and @gadgetlab ...
Twitter's AI ethics researchers rushed to publish a moderation bias study on arXiv in October 2022, deciding their prospects under Elon Musk would be too murky
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The 2020 EncroChat hack led by French and Dutch police is facing growing legal challenges across Europe and the fallout could have global implications for E2EE
Matt Burgess / Wired : Tweets: @wired Tweets: @wired : “What we're seeing is that policing authorities and law enforcement authorities are effectively normalizing a policing pract...
A look at 2022's worst breaches, leaks, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and digital takeovers, including at least two Twilio breaches
A look at the fintech startups serving small and large US-based cannabis retailers in an industry dominated by cash, as Visa, Mastercard, and others steer clear
and it's a nuisance for business owners and buyers. Fintech players are entering the fray. https://www.wired.com/...
New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the English Wikipedia page for the Russo-Ukrainian war, could be used to create models to detect disinfo
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Google says it is using its most powerful large language model PaLM to help robots from Alphabet X spinout Everyday Robots understand complex human commands
The machine learning technique that taught notorious text generator GPT-3 to write can also help robots make sense of spoken commands.
An interview with NIST mathematician Dustin Moody on the agency's recently selected “quantum-resistant” encryption algorithms
I got this question from a friend this week: Jenna Inouye / eSecurityPlanet : New Quantum-safe Cryptography Standards Arrive None Too Soon Tweets: Will Cathcart / @wcathcart : Grea...
Interview with NIST's Dustin Moody on the agency's recently selected encryption algorithms and why they're designed to withstand future quantum hacking threats
The NIST's “quantum-resistant” encryption standards, picked via contest, were designed to keep everybody one step ahead of hacking by quantum computers.
Ukrainian officials say they stopped an attack on an energy facility with help from ESET and Microsoft, and identified a new variant of the Industroyer malware
Ukrainian officials said they stopped an attack on an energy facility with the help of researchers from ESET and Microsoft.
Google researchers found a watering hole attack in August exploiting a macOS zero-day and targeting Hong Kong pro-democracy sites; Apple patched on September 23
“The nature of the activity and targeting is consistent with a government backed actor,” the Google researchers say. Source: The Keyword .
Google researchers found a watering hole attack in August exploiting a macOS zero-day and targeting Hong Kong pro-democracy sites; Apple patched on September 23
“The nature of the activity and targeting is consistent with a government backed actor,” the Google researchers say. Source: The Keyword .
Interview with DeSnake, the self-proclaimed co-founder of dark web market AlphaBay taken down by the DOJ in 2017, on relaunching, security, and more
DeSnake apparently eluded the DOJ's takedown of AlphaBay. The admin talked to WIRED about his return—and the resurrection of the notorious underground marketplace. Tweets: @howell...
New study says encouraging consensus among data labelers from diverse backgrounds can lead to better AI for detecting misogyny and harassment on social media
Khari Johnson / Wired : Tweets: @onlinesosorg and @gadgetlab Tweets: OnlineSOS / @onlinesosorg : Researchers in Denmark tried a new approach to training AI to delete misogyny, hir...
A look at CaliberAI, a company that develops a tool for detecting potentially libelous claims, which may be particularly valuable for short-staffed newsrooms
Q&A: Evelyn Douek, a lecturer and Ph.D. student at Harvard studying online speech regulation, on why a “proportional” approach to online speech is a good thing
Major platforms' policies aren't actually inspired by the First Amendment. This legal scholar says that's a good thing. Tweets: @gadgetlab , @mantzarlis , @wired , @jilliancyork ,...
Margaret Mitchell, co-lead of Google's Ethical AI team, says she has been fired; Google says an employee conduct review confirmed multiple policy violations
Margaret Mitchell, the co-lead of Google's Ethical AI team, says that the company has fired her following an investigation into her use of corporate email.