The use of hostages’ Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts to livestream attacks and issue death threats is a new tactic, experts said.
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What if We Could All Control A.I.?
Researchers at Anthropic asked roughly 1,000 Americans to write rules for their A.I. chatbot. The results could be a model for future kinds of A.I. governance.
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Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool
Enlarge (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Before last week, owners of certain Mazda vehicles who also had a Home Assistant setup could create some handy connections for their car. A glimpse at some of Home Assistant’s Mazda data potential, before it was removed. (credit: Phish / CX70 Forum) One CX60 driver had a charger that would only...
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How ‘A.I. Agents’ That Roam the Internet Could One Day Replace Workers
Researchers are transforming chatbots into online agents that play games, query websites, schedule meetings, build bar charts and do more.
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Top FTX Executive Says Sam Bankman-Fried Used Customer Money for ‘Excess’ Spending
Nishad Singh, testifying at Mr. Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, said FTX customer deposits were used to buy luxury real estate and to pay athletes like Tom Brady and Steph Curry for endorsement deals.
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Australia Fines X for Not Providing Information on Child Abuse Content
The service formerly known as Twitter told Australian regulators that its automated detection of abusive material had declined after Elon Musk bought it.
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In Israel-Hamas War, Truth and Fiction Is Hard to Discern on Social Media
Social media is full of false and misleading posts. The rise in A.I. is making it worse. And the trust in traditional news sources has declined.
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Biden, Trolling Trump, Joins Truth Social: ‘Converts Welcome’
The Biden campaign is in search of any edge with voters who could be persuaded to his side.
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Actively exploited Cisco 0-day with maximum 10 severity gives full network control
Enlarge / Cables run into a Cisco data switch. (credit: Getty Images) Cisco is urging customers to protect their devices following the discovery of a critical, actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that’s giving threat actors full administrative control of networks. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to create an account on the affected device...
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Microsoft Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal
The megadeal could strengthen Microsoft’s standing in the video game industry, after a year and a half of negotiations with regulators around the world.