Enlarge The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major gaffe on the company’s part, a researcher said. The new detail was provided in vaguely worded language included in a post Microsoft published...
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OpenAI updates ChatGPT-4 model with potential fix for AI “laziness” problem
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI announced updates to the AI models that power its ChatGPT assistant. Amid less noteworthy updates, OpenAI tucked in a mention of a potential fix to a widely reported “laziness” problem seen in GPT-4 Turbo since its release in November. The company also announced a new GPT-3.5 Turbo model...
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The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers who just hit Microsoft and HPE
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) said Wednesday that Kremlin-backed actors hacked into the email accounts of its security personnel and other employees last May—and maintained surreptitious access until December. The disclosure was the second revelation of a major corporate network breach by the hacking group in five days. The hacking group that...
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(BPRW) Lanny Smoot to Be the First Disney Imagineer Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
(Black PR Wire) Lanny Smoot, a Disney Research Fellow and longtime member of Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He is the first Disney Imagineer to receive this p…
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Apple Overhauls App Store in Europe, in Response to New Digital Law
An E.U. law taking effect in March forced Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store, changes it had long resisted.
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Microsoft, Amazon and Google Face F.T.C. Inquiry Over A.I. Deals
The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.
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The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I.
The office is reviewing how centuries-old laws should apply to artificial intelligence technology, with both content creators and tech giants arguing their cases.
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L.A. County to Pay $5 Million to Election Executive Wrongly Charged With Data Breach
Eugene Yu, the owner of an election software company, was arrested in 2022 on charges of breaching election data. Those charges were dropped weeks later.
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N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says
The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.
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Microsoft cancels Blizzard survival game, lays off 1,900
Enlarge / Blizzard shared this image teasing a now-cancelled game in 2022. (credit: Blizzard Entertainment/Twitter) The survival game that Blizzard announced it was working on in January 2022 has reportedly been canceled. The cut comes as Microsoft is slashing jobs a little over four months after closing its $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition. Blizzard’s game...