The breach exposed patient names, postal addresses, dates of birth, health diagnoses, and medication information from Cencora's systems.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-05-26 — 2024-05-27
Cencora patient names postal addresses dates of birth health diagnoses medications
Filings: US pharmaceutical company Cencora notified ~500K individuals since learning about a data breach in February 2024 that exposed health diagnoses and more
TechCrunch · 2024-05-26 · #17
Cencora notified roughly 500,000 individuals after learning of a February 2024 data breach affecting patient information.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-05-26 — 2024-05-27
Cencora ~500000 individuals
Filings: US pharmaceutical company Cencora notified ~500K individuals since learning about a data breach in February 2024 that exposed health diagnoses and more
TechCrunch · 2024-05-26 · #17
Cencora's data breach was discovered or occurred in February 2024.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-05-26 — 2024-05-27
Cencora February 2024
Filings: US pharmaceutical company Cencora notified ~500K individuals since learning about a data breach in February 2024 that exposed health diagnoses and more
TechCrunch · 2024-05-26 · #17
Google says the vast majority of its AI Overviews provide high-quality information and asserts many viral negative examples were from uncommon queries or doctored, rebutting widespread criticism.
denied 2 articles 2024-05-25 — 2024-05-26
Google AI Overviews viral examples
Google says the vast majority of AI Overviews provide high-quality information and many of the viral examples have been uncommon queries or have been doctored
Business Insider · 2024-05-25 · #1
The lawsuits allege Activision, Meta, and Daniel Defense groomed the Robb Elementary shooter and pushed him to acquire an AR-15-style weapon.
rumored 2 articles 2024-05-25 — 2024-05-26
Activision Meta Daniel Defense Robb Elementary shooter AR-15-style weapon
Two lawsuits filed on behalf of the Uvalde shooting victims allege Activision, Meta, and the gunmaker, Daniel Defense, are responsible for “grooming” the gunman
Washington Post · 2024-05-25 · #3
Social media users report Google's AI Overviews producing strange or potentially harmful suggestions (e.g., advising glue on pizza or to eat rocks).
confirmed 2 articles 2024-05-25 — 2024-05-26
Google's AI Overviews
Google says it is “taking swift action” to remove AI Overviews on certain queries “where appropriate under our content policies”
The Verge · 2024-05-25 · #2
Taiwan frames TikTok as one battle in a broader effort against China's disinformation.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-05-18 — 2024-05-19
Taiwan TikTok China
Despite banning TikTok on government devices, Taiwan isn't considering a US-style ban, saying the app is just one battle in a war against China's disinformation
New York Times · 2024-05-18 · #19
Attackers used a voice clone and public YouTube footage to impersonate Mark Read and set up the video meeting via Microsoft Teams as part of the attempted scam.
failed 2 articles 2024-05-11 — 2024-05-12
criminals voice clone public YouTube footage Microsoft Teams
Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives
Financial Times · 2024-05-11 · #7
Criminals attempted a deepfake scam targeting WPP CEO Mark Read by arranging a Microsoft Teams video meeting with his senior executives; the attack was unsuccessful.
failed 2 articles 2024-05-11 — 2024-05-12
criminals Mark Read WPP WPP senior executives Microsoft Teams
Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives
Financial Times · 2024-05-11 · #7
Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old who died by suicide in 2022, was one of a growing number of teens targeted by financial sextortion.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-05-04 — 2024-05-05
Jordan DeMay financial sextortion
Biden is expected to sign the REPORT Act next week; the bipartisan bill targets child sextortion online through new CSAM reporting requirements and more
NBC News · 2024-05-05 · #12
Google and Apple lock passkey credentials into their platforms to capture users and create platform lock-in.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-04-27 — 2024-04-28
Google Apple passkeys platforms
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers
Firstyear's blog-a-log · 2024-04-27 · #3
Google and Apple have made the user experience of passkeys worse than that of password managers.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-04-27 — 2024-04-28
Google Apple passkeys password_managers
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers
Firstyear's blog-a-log · 2024-04-27 · #3
Multiple Apple users report being logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and being forced to reset their password before logging back in.
rumored 2 articles 2024-04-27 — 2024-04-28
Apple users Apple ID multiple devices
A number of Apple users say they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and forced to reset their password before logging back in
9to5Mac · 2024-04-27 · #1
Sources say Meta weighed using copyrighted online data for AI training even if that could invite lawsuits.
rumored 2 articles 2024-04-06 — 2024-04-07
Meta copyrighted online data lawsuits
Sources: Meta debated buying a publisher like Simon & Schuster for AI training data and weighed using copyrighted online data even if that meant facing lawsuits
New York Times · 2024-04-06 · #2
Wiz found and detailed two critical architecture flaws in generative AI models uploaded to Hugging Face that put customer data at risk; the issues have since been fixed.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-04-06 — 2024-04-07
Wiz Hugging Face generative AI models
Wiz details two now-fixed security issues on the Hugging Face AI platform that put customer data at risk, as Hugging Face partners with Wiz to improve security
Infosecurity · 2024-04-06 · #4
Sources say Google also transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text for its uses.
rumored 2 articles 2024-04-06 — 2024-04-07
Google YouTube videos
Sources: OpenAI transcribed 1M+ hours of YouTube videos through Whisper and used the text to train GPT-4; Google also transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text
New York Times · 2024-04-06 · #1
Sources allege OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored internal corporate policies, altered rules, and discussed skirting copyright law.
rumored 2 articles 2024-04-06 — 2024-04-07
OpenAI Google Meta corporate policies copyright law
Sources: OpenAI transcribed 1M+ hours of YouTube videos through Whisper and used the text to train GPT-4; Google also transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text
New York Times · 2024-04-06 · #1
Sources report OpenAI transcribed over 1 million hours of YouTube using Whisper and used the resulting text to train GPT-4.
rumored 2 articles 2024-04-06 — 2024-04-07
OpenAI GPT-4 YouTube videos
Sources: OpenAI transcribed 1M+ hours of YouTube videos through Whisper and used the text to train GPT-4; Google also transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text
New York Times · 2024-04-06 · #1
Microsoft engineer Andres Freund accidentally discovered malicious backdoor code in versions of the XZ Utils compression tool.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-31 — 2024-04-01
Andres Freund Microsoft XZ Utils compression tool malicious code
Microsoft engineer Andres Freund accidentally found the malicious code in versions of the XZ Utils compression tool, likely preventing thousands of infections
Security Boulevard · 2024-03-31 · #2
Palmer used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters during his campaign.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-09 — 2024-03-10
Jason Palmer AI-generated texts AI-generated emails AI-generated avatar voters
Jason Palmer, who beat Joe Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus, used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters
Wall Street Journal · 2024-03-09 · #21
Trump flips his prior stance on TikTok, acknowledging the app's appeal to younger voters.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-09 — 2024-03-10
Donald Trump TikTok
Jason Palmer defeated Joe Biden in the American Samoa Democratic caucus.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-09 — 2024-03-10
Jason Palmer Joe Biden American Samoa Democratic caucus
Jason Palmer, who beat Joe Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus, used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters
Wall Street Journal · 2024-03-09 · #21
TikTok appeals to younger voters, a point noted in coverage of Trump's shift.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-09 — 2024-03-10
TikTok younger voters
Trump posted on Truth Social denouncing Facebook as a 'true Enemy of the People' and saying he does not want Facebook doing better.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-09 — 2024-03-10
Donald Trump Facebook
Musk uses the Microsoft paper (which said GPT-4 showed 'sparks' of AGI) to argue that GPT-4 is AGI.
rumored 2 articles 2024-03-02 — 2024-03-03
Elon Musk GPT-4 AGI
Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit repeatedly cites a contentious paper by Microsoft's research lab, which said GPT-4 showed “sparks” of AGI, to argue that GPT-4 is AGI
New York Times · 2024-03-03 · #3
Sam Altman warns that 'the attacks will keep coming.'
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-02 — 2024-03-03
Sam Altman
Memos: OpenAI execs reject Musk's claims, say OpenAI is committed to benefiting humanity and has yet to achieve AGI; Altman says the “attacks will keep coming”
Axios · 2024-03-02 · #3
OpenAI executives reject Elon Musk's claims about the company.
denied 2 articles 2024-03-02 — 2024-03-03
OpenAI executives Elon Musk
Memos: OpenAI execs reject Musk's claims, say OpenAI is committed to benefiting humanity and has yet to achieve AGI; Altman says the “attacks will keep coming”
Axios · 2024-03-02 · #3
OpenAI says it has not yet achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI).
denied 2 articles 2024-03-02 — 2024-03-03
OpenAI AGI
Memos: OpenAI execs reject Musk's claims, say OpenAI is committed to benefiting humanity and has yet to achieve AGI; Altman says the “attacks will keep coming”
Axios · 2024-03-02 · #3
Security researchers create an AI worm in a test environment that can spread automatically between generative AI agents via an adversarial self-replicating prompt and is capable of stealing data or spreading malware.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-03-02 — 2024-03-03
Security researchers AI worm generative AI agents
Researchers create an AI worm that can spread between generative AI agents via an “adversarial self-replicating prompt”, which can steal data or spread malware
Wired · 2024-03-02 · #1
SPEC invalidates 2,600 benchmark results for some Intel Xeon CPUs.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-02-18 — 2024-02-19
SPEC 2,600 benchmark results Intel Xeon CPUs
SPEC invalidates 2,600 benchmark results for some Intel Xeon CPUs, saying their compiler artificially inflated the results of its benchmark by as much as 9%
PCWorld · 2024-02-19 · #12