British Library experienced a ransomware-related hack, prompting scrutiny and lessons.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-22
British Library ransomware
British Library hack lessons for the UK: ransomware is a national security issue, a national response is required, policy mitigations are available, and more
Ciaran's Crispy Cogitations · 2024-01-22 · #10
Scammers used a voice clone of Paddric's daughter to target Paddric in a financial scam.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
scammers Paddric
James Block published a damning critique of Signature Bank on his newsletter Dirty Bubble Media.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
James Block Signature Bank
An interview with crypto skeptic James Block, whose damning critique of Signature Bank on his newsletter, Dirty Bubble Media, became the best short call of 2023
Bloomberg · 2024-01-21 · #10
Criminals are using AI-driven deepfakes and voice cloning to conduct financial scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
criminals scammers
OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot that mimicked presidential hopeful Dean Phillips.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
OpenAI developer of a chatbot mimicking Dean Phillips
A September 2023 survey of 3,000+ game developers found 84% were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
game developers generative AI
A September 2023 survey of 3,000+ game developers: 84% were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI and 35% were impacted by layoffs
The Verge · 2024-01-21 · #12
Nightshade lets artists 'poison' AI models that attempt to train on their artwork without permission.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
Nightshade AI models artists' artwork
Nightshade, a free tool letting artists “poison” AI models that attempt to train on their artwork without permission, is now available to download on Mac and PC
VentureBeat · 2024-01-21 · #7
A European Commission official said finding common language with China will be difficult.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-21
European Commission official China
Generative AI and how to regulate the tech dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies
Nikkei Asia · 2024-01-21 · #3
Sam Biddle criticizes X's paid calling as unreliable and subject to arbitrary bans (tweet).
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-20
Sam Biddle @samfbiddle X paid calling service reliability account bans
Rie Kudan, this year's Akutagawa Prize winner, reveals that about 5% of her book quoted verbatim sentences generated by ChatGPT.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-20
Rie Kudan ChatGPT book
Author Rie Kudan, this year's winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, reveals that ~5% of her book “quoted verbatim the sentences generated by” ChatGPT
The Daily Beast · 2024-01-20 · #23
Google denies 404 Media's report that Google was 'boosting' an AI-written article, calling the report misleading and saying the writer sorted news by date rather than relevance.
denied 1 article 2024-01-20
Google 404 Media AI-written article
Google says 404 Media's report claiming Google is “boosting” AI-written article is misleading since the writer sorted news content by date rather than relevance
Search Engine Roundtable · 2024-01-20 · #22
Critics alleged AMD removed the 'Diffused in Taiwan' labels to appease China.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-20
critics AMD China
AMD says it removed the country of diffusion labels from all new CPUs and APUs, after criticism that it removed the “Diffused in Taiwan” labels to appease China
Tom's Hardware · 2024-01-20 · #20
AI technologies (including deepfakes and voice cloning) are being used to help criminals carry out financial scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-20
AI deepfakes voice cloning financial scams criminals
Rembrand inserts AI-generated virtual product placements into video podcasts, often undetected, to supplement host-read ads.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Rembrand video podcasts
Some video podcasts are using AI-generated product placements from a company called Rembrand to supplement their typical host-read ads
Bloomberg · 2024-01-19 · #14
Cold River is described as a Russia-linked hacking group.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Cold River Russia
Google's TAG says Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity and using new tactics, like data-stealing malware, to cause more disruption
TechCrunch · 2024-01-19 · #34
Toufi Saliba said his respect for Meta increased after watching Yann LeCun speak at the Davos panel.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Toufi Saliba Meta
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF
Washington Post · 2024-01-19 · #29
Yann LeCun stated that Meta has practiced open research and promoted open-source AI platforms, and that a consensus is emerging that open-source AI platforms are inevitable and beneficial.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Yann LeCun Meta open research open source AI platforms
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF
Washington Post · 2024-01-19 · #29
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum express concern about AI-driven misinformation and potential job displacement.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
World leaders AI-powered misinformation job displacement
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF
Washington Post · 2024-01-19 · #29
Former and current employees describe Twitch as having alienated its top creators, damaging creator relationships.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Twitch top creators
Former and current Twitch employees describe how Twitch never understood what its users wanted, failed to go mainstream, alienated its top creators, and more
Fast Company · 2024-01-19 · #26
Employees describe Twitch as having failed to go mainstream and achieve broader mainstream adoption.
failed 1 article 2024-01-19
Twitch
Former and current Twitch employees describe how Twitch never understood what its users wanted, failed to go mainstream, alienated its top creators, and more
Fast Company · 2024-01-19 · #26
Manta Network reported that all funds remain safe despite the DDoS attack and withdrawal delays.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Manta Network all funds
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack as it issued its MANTA token on January 18, leading to longer-than-expected withdrawal times; all funds remain safe
CoinDesk · 2024-01-19 · #11
The DDoS incident during the token issuance led to longer-than-expected withdrawal times for users.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Manta Network withdrawals
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack as it issued its MANTA token on January 18, leading to longer-than-expected withdrawal times; all funds remain safe
CoinDesk · 2024-01-19 · #11
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack during the issuance of its MANTA token on January 18, causing service disruption.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Manta Network MANTA token
Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack as it issued its MANTA token on January 18, leading to longer-than-expected withdrawal times; all funds remain safe
CoinDesk · 2024-01-19 · #11
A judge at the award ceremony praised Rie Kudan's winning book as 'flawless.'
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
one of the judges Rie Kudan's winning book
Author Rie Kudan reveals that about 5% of her winning book quoted verbatim sentences generated by ChatGPT.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-19
Rie Kudan winning book ChatGPT
Max Schrems criticized the FISA/TADPF 'court' system, asserting it is 'not even a court.'
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Max Schrems FISA/TADPF court system
A look at the US Data Protection Review Court, authorized in October 2022 to resume US-EU data transfers and which issues secret rulings, raising privacy fears
Politico · 2024-01-18 · #32
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71 million email addresses linked to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset to its breach notification service.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Have I Been Pwned Naz.API dataset
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71M email addresses tied to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-18 · #17
Netflix says it will not support its iPad app on the Apple Vision Pro AR/VR platform.
denied 1 article 2024-01-18
Netflix iPad app on Apple Vision Pro
Netflix is not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or support its iPad app on the AR/VR platform, and says users can watch Netflix in the browser
Bloomberg · 2024-01-18 · #15
Google's Threat Analysis Group reports Cold River is employing new tactics, including data-stealing malware, to cause greater disruption.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Cold River data-stealing malware
Google's Threat Analysis Group reports that Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-18
Cold River