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Major AI companies form group to research, keep control of AI

Enlarge / The four companies say they launched the Frontier Model Forum to ensure “the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models.” (credit: Financial Times) Four of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence companies have formed a group to research increasingly powerful AI and establish best practices for controlling it, as public anxiety and...

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Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix

Enlarge (credit: AMD) A recently disclosed bug in many of AMD’s newer consumer, workstation, and server processors can cause the chips to leak data at a rate of up to 30 kilobytes per core per second, writes Tavis Ormandy, a member of Google’s Project Zero security team. Executed properly, the so-called “Zenbleed” vulnerability (CVE-2023-20593) could...

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Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm

Enlarge (credit: Evgen_Prozhyrko via Getty) For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security properties for vulnerabilities. But now it’s finally getting a public airing thanks to a small group of researchers in...