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What does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.

The AI industry has a new buzzword: “PhD-level AI.” According to a report from The Information, OpenAI may be planning to launch several specialized AI “agent” products including a $20,000 monthly tier focused on supporting “PhD-level research.” Other reportedly planned agents include a “high-income knowledge worker” assistant at $2,000 monthly and a software developer agent...

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Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree

Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated “malvertising” campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said. The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain unknown, seeded websites with links that downloaded ads from malicious servers. The links led targeted...

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CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities

A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of examples. Their system tackles some types of abstract pattern-matching tasks using only the puzzles themselves, challenging conventional wisdom about how machine learning systems acquire problem-solving abilities. “Can...