Sometime around 2010, sophisticated malware known as Flame hijacked the mechanism that Microsoft used to distribute updates to millions of Windows computers around the world. The malware—reportedly jointly developed by the US and Israel—pushed a malicious update throughout an infected network belonging to the Iranian government. The lynchpin of the “collision” attack was an exploit...
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What Is ‘Jagged Intelligence’ and How Can It Reframe the AI Debate?
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.
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That Meeting You Hate May Keep A.I. From Stealing Your Job
As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.
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(BPRW) TikTok Bolsters Micro-Series Content with First-of-its-kind Partnership with HOORAE
(Black PR Wire) TikTok and HOORAE recently announced a trailblazing partnership to bring new, exclusive micro-series content to TikTok and PineDrama. Available free and ad-supported, the collaboration launches later this month with Screen Time, produced b…
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Amazon Buys Globalstar for $10.8 Billion, Movingto Expand Its Satellite Internet Service
The e-commerce giant is buying Globalstar, a satellite communications company, as it aims to expand its own satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Man Held in Attack on OpenAI Chief’s Home Had List of A.I. Leaders, Officials Say
The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman’s home had written at length about the threat of A.I.
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Elon Musk, Who Owns X, Appears to Post on TikTok
A verified account with the @elonmusk handle also recently showed up on Instagram, as the billionaire prepares to take his rocket company SpaceX public.
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The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race
China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems. The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.
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(BPRW) Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s The Pitch a success on campus
(Black PR Wire) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) hosted its successful signature pitch competition on the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) campus with 100 of its students recently. D…
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Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO
The device burned an exterior gate of the house in San Francisco, the police said, and it was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home. The authorities arrested a suspect.