Welcome to the era of fakery. The widespread use of instant video generators like Sora will bring an end to visuals as proof.
AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents
Scraping the open web for AI training data can have its drawbacks. On Thursday, researchers from Anthropic, the UK AI Security Institute, and the Alan Turing Institute released a preprint research paper suggesting that large language models like the ones that power ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude can develop backdoor vulnerabilities from as few as 250...
Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users
Discord says that hackers made off with images of 70,000 users’ government IDs that they were required to provide in order to use the site. Like an increasing number of sites, Discord requires certain users to provide a photo or scan of their driver’s license or other government ID that shows they meet the minimum...
Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak
AI bubble talk is in the air, and among the chorus of voices warning of an AI-fueled market bubble (which includes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos) is the Bank of England, which warned on Wednesday that global financial markets could face a sharp correction if investor sentiment turns negative on AI. The...
Salesforce says it won’t pay extortion demand in 1 billion records breach
Salesforce says it’s refusing to pay an extortion demand made by a crime syndicate that claims to have stolen roughly 1 billion records from dozens of Salesforce customers. The threat group making the demands began their campaign in May, when they made voice calls to organizations storing data on the Salesforce platform, Google-owned Mandiant said...
Synology caves, walks back some drive restrictions on upcoming NAS models
If you were considering the purchase of a Synology NAS but were leery of the unreasonably high cost of populating it with special Synology-branded hard disk drives, you can breathe a little easier today. In a press release dated October 8, Synology noted that with the release of its latest Disk Station Manager (DSM) update,...
Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.
In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into moving their applications to the top of the pile with embedded instructions.
Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions
In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.
U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.
Cows Wear High-Tech Collars Now
The wearables help dairy farmers gather more data so their animals are happier and produce more milk.