On Tuesday, The Associated Press released results from a new AP-NORC poll showing that 60 percent of US adults have used AI to search for information, while only 37 percent of all Americans have used AI for work tasks. Meanwhile, younger Americans are adopting AI tools at much higher rates across multiple categories, including brainstorming,...
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Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
Researchers needed less than 48 hours with Google’s new Gemini CLI coding agent to devise an exploit that made a default configuration of the tool surreptitiously exfiltrate sensitive data to an attacker-controlled server. Gemini CLI is a free, open-source AI tool that works in the terminal environment to help developers write code. It plugs into...
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Apple Is Shutting a Store in China, Its First Closure in the Country
The move speaks to slowing spending by consumers and Apple’s continuing struggles in China, its second-largest market.
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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to the Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale...
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(BPRW) AFROTECH™ Wants To Ensure International Innovators Gain Access To Game-Changing Career, Networking, And Funding Opportunities
(Black PR Wire) The annual AFROTECH™ Conference is designed to expose Black professionals to innovation and wealth-building opportunities within sectors that include AI, marketing and advertising, cybersecurity and risk, product and design…
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The Unnerving Future of A.I.-Fueled Video Games
Game designers have used artificial intelligence since the 1980s. But digital characters demonstrating self-awareness is a far cry from the ghosts chasing Pac-Man.
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What to Know About the Hack at Tea, an App Where Women Share Red Flags About Men
A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a fast-growing app for women to share details of men they might date.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
Maybe they should change the button to say, “I am a robot”? On Friday, OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent, which can perform multistep tasks for users, proved it can pass through one of the Internet’s most common security checkpoints by clicking Cloudflare’s anti-bot verification—the same checkbox that’s supposed to keep automated programs like itself at bay....
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Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported. The airline, Aeroflot, said it cancelled about 40 flights following a “technical failure.” An online departure board for...
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(BPRW) Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s DevCon Atlanta a success for students and employers
(Black PR Wire) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) recently hosted DevCon Atlanta, a four-day regional conference centered on professional development for college freshmen and sophomores from public and private historically Blac…