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Effective, fast, and unrecoverable: Wiper malware is popping up everywhere
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Over the past year, a flurry of destructive wiper malware from no fewer than nine families has appeared. In the past week, researchers cataloged at least two more, both exhibiting advanced codebases designed to inflict maximum damage. On Monday, researchers from Check Point Research published details of Azov, a previously unseen...
China bans AI-generated media without watermarks
Enlarge / An unmarked AI-generated image of China’s flag, which will be illegal in China after January 10, 2023. (credit: Ars Technica) China’s Cyberspace Administration recently issued regulations prohibiting the creation of AI-generated media without clear labels, such as watermarks—among other policies—reports The Register. The new rules come as part of China’s evolving response to...
Amazon Studios Debuts AWS-Powered Virtual Production Mega Stage
(Black PR Wire) CULVER CITY, California — Amazon Studios today announced the opening of Stage 15, its new virtual production stage, and formation of the new Amazon Studios Virtual Production (ASVP) department. The stage combines two
They’re Taking Jigsaw Puzzles to Infinity and Beyond
In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms.
Can ChatGPT Make This Podcast?
OpenAI’s new chatbot is a coder, a teacher, a potential Google killer, and … a friend?
Tell Us How Your Family Uses Alexa
We want to hear about the creative or surprising ways your household uses digital assistants. Find Alexa creepy? Tell us about that, too.
Inside the Frantic Texts Exchanged by Crypto Executives as FTX Collapsed
A group chat including crypto leaders shows Binance’s Changpeng Zhao accusing FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried of orchestrating trades to destabilize the industry.
Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft’s Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge
Ms. Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has staked an ambitious trustbusting agenda on a case that may be difficult to win.
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease
Enlarge / This is John. He doesn’t exist. But AI can easily put a photo of him in any situation we want. And the same process can apply to real people with just a few real photos pulled from social media. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) If you’re one of the billions of people...