Attackers are exploiting a major weakness that has allowed them access to the NPM code repository with more than 100 credential-stealing packages since August, mostly without detection. The finding, laid out Wednesday by security firm Koi, brings attention to an NPM practice that allows installed packages to automatically pull down and run unvetted packages from...
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Nvidia hits record $5 trillion mark as CEO dismisses AI bubble concerns
On Wednesday, Nvidia became the first company in history to reach a $5 trillion market capitalization, fresh on the heels of a GTC conference keynote in Washington, DC, where CEO Jensen Huang announced $500 billion in AI chip orders and plans to build seven supercomputers for the US government. The milestone comes a mere three...
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New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel
Trusted execution environments, or TEEs, are everywhere—in blockchain architectures, virtually every cloud service, and computing involving AI, finance, and defense contractors. It’s hard to overstate the reliance that entire industries have on three TEEs in particular: Confidential Compute from Nvidia, SEV-SNP from AMD, and SGX and TDX from Intel. All three come with assurances that...
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(BPRW) Thrivin’ in Color Drops New Breast Cancer Awareness Month Episode
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI, FL – In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Black PR Wire’s Thrivin’ in Color podcast welcomes a true pioneer in breast cancer advocacy, Reona Berry, co-founder and executive director of the African American Br…
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OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company
The artificial intelligence company said the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.
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Can a Start-Up Make Computer Chips Cheaper Than the Industry’s Giants?
Substrate, a San Francisco company, is trying to take on powerhouses like the Dutch company ASML.
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Elon Musk Challenges Wikipedia With His Own A.I. Encyclopedia
The billionaire launched his A.I.-powered version, Grokipedia, on Monday.
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OpenAI data suggests 1 million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT weekly
An AI language model like the kind that powers ChatGPT is a gigantic statistical web of data relationships. You give it a prompt (such as a question), and it provides a response that is statistically related and hopefully helpful. At first, ChatGPT was a tech amusement, but now hundreds of millions of people are relying...
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Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement
On Monday, Microsoft and OpenAI announced a revised partnership agreement that introduces an independent expert panel to verify when OpenAI achieves so-called artificial general intelligence (AGI), a determination that will trigger major shifts in how the companies share technology and revenue. The deal values Microsoft’s stake in OpenAI at approximately $135 billion and extends the...
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Saudi Arabia, Rich With Oil, Wants to Be Known as the A.I. Exporter
The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power.