Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) On Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board that consists of 22 members pulled from the tech industry, government, academia, and civil rights organizations. But given the nebulous nature of the term “AI,” which can apply to...
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UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) If you build a gadget that connects to the Internet and sell it in the United Kingdom, you can no longer make the default password “password.” In fact, you’re not supposed to have default passwords at all. A new version of the 2022 Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PTSI) is...
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Account compromise of “unprecedented scale” uses everyday home devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Authentication service Okta is warning about the “unprecedented scale” of an ongoing campaign that routes fraudulent login requests through the mobile devices and browsers of everyday users in an attempt to conceal the malicious behavior. The attack, Okta said, uses other means to camouflage the login attempts as well, including the...
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In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade
The spending that the industry’s giants expect artificial intelligence to require is starting to come into focus — and it is jarringly large.
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Racist AI Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.
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How to Claim Your Part of a $5.6 Million Ring Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.
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‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.
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TikTok on the Clock, Tesla’s Flop Era and How NASA Fixed a ’70s-Era Space Computer
“A clock is ticking on one of America’s most famous apps.”
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U.S. Investigating Tesla Recall of Autopilot
The National Highway Safety Administration also released an analysis of crashes involving the system that showed at least 29 fatal accidents over five and a half years.
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Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said. The vulnerability resides in WordPress Automatic, a plugin with more than 38,000 paying customers. Websites running the WordPress content management system use it to incorporate content from...