Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Over the past few days, early testers of the new Bing AI-powered chat assistant have discovered ways to push the bot to its limits with adversarial prompts, often resulting in Bing Chat appearing frustrated, sad, and questioning its existence. It has argued with users and even seemed upset that...
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Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than 400 malicious packages were recently uploaded to PyPI (Python Package Index), the official code repository for the Python programming language, in the latest indication that the targeting of software developers using this form of attack isn’t a passing fad. All 451 packages found recently by security firm Phylum contained...
Microsoft will forcibly remove Internet Explorer from most Windows 10 PCs today
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Internet Explorer 11 was never Windows 10’s primary browser—that would be the old, pre-Chromium version of Microsoft Edge. But IE did continue to ship with Windows 10 for compatibility reasons, and IE11 remained installed and accessible in most versions of Windows 10 even after security updates for the browser ended in June...
Ford Will Build a U.S. Battery Factory With Technology From China
Ford’s $3.5 billion plant in Michigan will draw on technology from CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s No. 1 maker of electric-car batteries.
Why Are You Seeing So Many Bad Digital Ads Now?
Scrolling past ads has rarely been enjoyable. But in recent months, people say the experience seems so much worse.
This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I. Image Generators
Artists want to be able to post their work online without the fear “of feeding this monster” that could replace them.
Happiness or Success? Salesforce’s Marc Benioff Doesn’t Want to Choose.
The chief executive, under pressure from activist investors, seeks to do well and do good — but his options are narrowing.
Beyond Silicon Valley, Spending on Technology Is Resilient
Despite an uncertain outlook, corporations plan to continue investing in their digital projects — a source of stability for the economy.
~11,000 sites have been infected with malware that’s good at avoiding detection
Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images) Nearly 11,000 websites in recent months have been infected with a backdoor that redirects visitors to sites that rack up fraudulent views of ads provided by Google Adsense, researchers said. All 10,890 infected sites, found by security firm Sucuri, run the WordPress content management system and have an obfuscated...
Apple releases iOS 16.3.1 and other updates with fix for “actively exploited” bug
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple is releasing minor updates to all of its major software platforms today to address one high-priority security vulnerability and to fix a handful of other device- and service-specific issues. The iOS 16.3.1, iPadOS 16.3.1, and macOS 13.2.1 updates all patch an “actively exploited” arbitrary code execution vulnerability in WebKit/Safari, and a...