Enlarge / An iteration of what happens when your site gets shut down by a DDoS attack. Threat actors loyal to the Kremlin have stepped up attacks in support of its invasion of Ukraine, with denial-of-service attacks hitting German banks and other organizations and the unleashing of a new destructive data wiper on Ukraine. Germany’s...
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Pivot to ChatGPT? BuzzFeed preps for AI-written content while CNET fumbles
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot typewriter-journalist hard at work. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, an internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal revealed that BuzzFeed is planning to use ChatGPT-style text synthesis technology from OpenAI to create individualized quizzes and potentially other content in the future. After the news hit, BuzzFeed’s...
University of Texas Will Offer Large-Scale Online Master’s Degree in A.I.
Amid a boom in new tools like ChatGPT, the Austin campus plans to train thousands of students in sought-after skills in artificial intelligence.
TikTok’s New Defense in Washington: Going on the Offense
Keeping its head down has not paid off for the company, which now faces regulatory pressure on many fronts. So it is starting to speak out.
Deepfakes for scrawl: With handwriting synthesis, no pen is necessary
Enlarge / An example of computer-synthesized handwriting generated by Calligrapher.ai. (credit: Ars Technica) Thanks to a free web app called calligrapher.ai, anyone can simulate handwriting with a neural network that runs in a browser via JavaScript. After typing a sentence, the site renders it as handwriting in nine different styles, each of which is adjustable...
Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent
The company, which announced plans to lay off 10,000 workers last week, had warned that was facing a significant slowdown in the growth of its sales.
Microsoft Outlook and Teams Are Back Online After Morning Outages
The widely used Microsoft Teams and Outlook email services were unavailable for thousands of users early Wednesday.
Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It.
Your email address has become a digital bread crumb for companies to link your activity across sites. Here’s how you can limit this.
Meta to Reinstate Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts
Meta said the suspensions of Donald Trump’s accounts would be lifted “in the coming weeks,” with measures in place to discourage repeat offenses. Twitter reinstated Mr. Trump last year.
Ukraine’s Scientists Receive a Funding Lifeline From Abroad
The Simons Foundation in New York is providing annual grants to the country’s chemists, biologists, physicists and mathematicians.