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Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix

Enlarge / Two examples of Stable Diffusion-generated artwork provided by Apple. (credit: Apple) On Wednesday, Apple released optimizations that allow the Stable Diffusion AI image generator to run on Apple Silicon using Core ML, Apple’s proprietary framework for machine learning models. The optimizations will allow app developers to use Apple Neural Engine hardware to run...

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Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices

Enlarge Mayors’ offices and courts in Russia are under attack by never-before-seen malware that poses as ransomware but is actually a wiper that permanently destroys data on an infected system, according to security company Kaspersky and the Izvestia news service. Kaspersky researchers have named the wiper CryWiper, a nod to the extension .cry that gets...

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OpenAI invites everyone to test new AI-powered chatbot—with amusing results

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a chatbot exploding forth from squiggly radial lines, as was foretold by the prompt. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) On Wednesday, OpenAI announced ChatGPT, a dialogue-based AI chat interface for its GPT-3 family of large language models. It’s currently free to use with an OpenAI account during a...

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Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data

Enlarge (credit: Hive Social) Hive Social, a social media platform that has seen meteoric growth since Elon Musk took over Twitter, abruptly shut down its service on Wednesday after a security advisory warned the site was riddled with vulnerabilities that exposed all data stored in user accounts. “The issues we reported allow any attacker to...