Enlarge (credit: DuckDuckGo) On Thursday, DuckDuckGo unveiled a new “AI Chat” service that allows users to converse with four mid-range large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Mistral in an interface similar to ChatGPT while attempting to preserve privacy and anonymity. While the AI models involved can output inaccurate information readily, the site...
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(BPRW) ORISE is Accepting Applications for FBI Counterterrorism Forensic Science Research Unit Chemical Analysis of Primary Explosives Program
(Black PR Wire) OAK RIDGE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is currently accepting applications for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counterterrorism Forensic Science Research Unit (CFSR…
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(BPRW) ORISE Is Accepting Applications for FBI Counterterrorism Forensic Science Research Unit Visiting Scientist Program
(Black PR Wire) OAK RIDGE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is currently accepting applications for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counterterrorism Forensic Science Research Unit (CFSR…
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Russian agents deploy AI-produced Tom Cruise narrator to tar Summer Olympics
Enlarge / A visual from the fake documentary “Olympics Has Fallen” produced by Russia-affiliated influence actor Storm-1679. (credit: Microsoft) Last year, a feature-length documentary purportedly produced by Netflix began circulating on Telegram. Titled “Olympics have Fallen” and narrated by a voice with a striking similarity to that of actor Tom Cruise, it sharply criticized the...
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(BPRW) Fathers Incorporated Launches PoppaUniversity.com Ahead of Father’s Day
(Black PR Wire) ATLANTA – For Father’s Day, forget the tie, lawn equipment or new tool for the toolbox, give Dad the gift of free advice, endless dad jokes, resources and a virtual AI-powered confidant name Sage the Owl, to help him level up on…
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OpenAI Whistle-Blowers Describe Reckless and Secretive Culture
A group of current and former employees is calling for sweeping changes to the artificial intelligence industry, including greater transparency and protections for whistle-blowers.
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As China’s Internet Disappears, ‘We Lose Parts of Our Collective Memory’
The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.
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Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, a group of former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees published an open letter calling for AI companies to commit to principles allowing employees to raise concerns about AI risks without fear of retaliation. The letter, titled “A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence,” has so far been signed...
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London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack
Enlarge A ransomware attack that crippled a London-based medical testing and diagnostics provider has led several major hospitals in the city to declare a critical incident emergency and cancel non-emergency surgeries and pathology appointments, it was widely reported Tuesday. The attack was detected Monday against Synnovis, a supplier of blood tests, swabs, bowel tests, and...