Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have uncovered yet another supply chain attack targeting an open source code repository, showing that the technique, which has gained wide use in the past few years, isn’t going away anytime soon. This time, the repository was PyPI, short for the Python Package Index, which is the official software repository...
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Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies
Enlarge / A computer-generated gavel hovers over a laptop. (credit: Getty Images) Some artists have begun waging a legal fight against the alleged theft of billions of copyrighted images used to train AI art generators and reproduce unique styles without compensating artists or asking for consent. A group of artists represented by the Joseph Saveri...
(BPRW) Howard University Graduate and Karsh STEM Scholar Named in Eighth Cohort of Schwarzman Scholars
(Black PR Wire) Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships, recently announced its eighth cohort which includes Howard University graduate Cameryn Burnette. Burnette was selected from among an initial poo
ChatGPT has investors drooling, but can it bring home the bacon?
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) When ChatGPT—the ingenious, garrulous, and occasionally unhinged chatbot from OpenAI—was asked this week how much the company behind it is worth, its responses included: “It is likely that its worth is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more.” Microsoft, which is rumored to be weighing a $10 billion...
An aviation expert explains how the FAA’s critical NOTAM safety system works
Enlarge / An air traffic control tower is seen at JFK airport on January 11 in New York City. (credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Late in the evening of Jan. 10, 2023, an important digital system known as NOTAM run by the Federal Aviation Administration went offline. The FAA was able to continue getting necessary...
Meta sues “scraping-for-hire” service that sells user data to law enforcement
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Meta said it’s suing “scraping-for-hire” service Voyager Labs for allegedly using fake accounts, proprietary software, and a sprawling network of IP addresses to surreptitiously collect massive amounts of personal data from users of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social networking sites. “Defendant created and used over 38,000 fake Facebook user accounts...
Third-party Twitter clients stopped working, and nobody’s sure why
Enlarge / Many third-party Twitter clients, apps the social network has been seeking to diminish since 2012, are suddenly not working, with no update or outreach from Twitter. (credit: Nathan Coppen/Getty Images) Tweetbot, Twiterrific, Echofon, and other third-party Twitter clients have failed to work for many people since late Thursday night, and the social network...
Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder of FTX, Responds to Fraud Charges
The disgraced founder of the crypto exchange FTX denied that he stole anyone’s money and said customers could still get their deposits back.
Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It.
OpenAI’s new chatbot is raising fears of cheating on homework, but its potential as an educational tool outweighs its risks.
Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I.
As a new chatbot wows the world with its conversational talents, a resurgent tech giant is poised to reap the benefits while doubling down on a relationship with the start-up OpenAI.