Enlarge / There’s been a lot of AI news this week, and covering it sometimes feels like running through a hall full of danging CRTs, just like this Getty Images illustration. (credit: Grandfailure via Getty Images) It’s been a wildly busy week in AI news thanks to OpenAI, including a controversial blog post from CEO...
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Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees. Meta disclosed the lapse in early 2019. The company said that apps for connecting to various Meta-owned social networks had logged user passwords in plaintext...
Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”
Enlarge / A screen capture of AJ Smith doing his Eleanor Rigby duet with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode through the ChatGPT app. (credit: AJ Smith / Getty Images) OpenAI’s new Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) of its ChatGPT AI assistant rolled out to subscribers on Tuesday, and people are already finding novel ways to use it,...
Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch
Enlarge / An updated onboarding screen for Recall, with clearly visible buttons for opting in or out; Microsoft says Recall will be opt-in by default and can even be removed from PCs entirely. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft is having another whack at its controversial Recall feature for Copilot+ Windows PCs, after the original version crashed and...
Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails
Enlarge / Dr. John Timmer, Jeff Ball, Joanna Wong, and Lee Hutchinson discussing infrastructure and the environment. (credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images) Last week, Ars Technica Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher and I made the westerly trek to sunny San Jose, California, to kick off an event titled “Beyond the Buzz: An Infrastructure Future with GenAI and What...
Memphis rapper Young Dolph knew there was no love in the streets. His murder trial confirmed he was right.
“It’s just like I gotta move right … The rap game ain’t nothing but the streets. What’s in the rap game? Supposed to be rappers, supposed to be street n—. In the streets, I ain’t never trust nobody … I know I got people that don’t like me. Plenty of ’em. This ain’t just started....
He’s Dead, Jim. DEAD! Giorgia Meloni Ends ‘Little Macron’ After He Tries Picking a Fight With Her (Watch)
He’s Dead, Jim. DEAD! Giorgia Meloni Ends ‘Little Macron’ After He Tries Picking a Fight With Her (Watch)
Eric Adams, New York City’s 2nd Black mayor ever, has been criminally indicted
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaking at Gracie Mansion. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)Mayor Eric L. Adams, the second Black mayor of New York City, now faces an unprecedented legal battle as he becomes the first sitting mayor in the city’s modern history to be indicted on federal criminal charges. The...
Eric Adams, New York City’s 2nd Black mayor ever, has been criminally indicted
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaking at Gracie Mansion. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out)Mayor Eric L. Adams, the second Black mayor of New York City, now faces an unprecedented legal battle as he becomes the first sitting mayor in the city’s modern history to be indicted on federal criminal charges. The...

