On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to the Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale...
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(BPRW) AFROTECH™ Wants To Ensure International Innovators Gain Access To Game-Changing Career, Networking, And Funding Opportunities
(Black PR Wire) The annual AFROTECH™ Conference is designed to expose Black professionals to innovation and wealth-building opportunities within sectors that include AI, marketing and advertising, cybersecurity and risk, product and design…
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The Unnerving Future of A.I.-Fueled Video Games
Game designers have used artificial intelligence since the 1980s. But digital characters demonstrating self-awareness is a far cry from the ghosts chasing Pac-Man.
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What to Know About the Hack at Tea, an App Where Women Share Red Flags About Men
A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a fast-growing app for women to share details of men they might date.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
Maybe they should change the button to say, “I am a robot”? On Friday, OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent, which can perform multistep tasks for users, proved it can pass through one of the Internet’s most common security checkpoints by clicking Cloudflare’s anti-bot verification—the same checkbox that’s supposed to keep automated programs like itself at bay....
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Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according to a Russian lawmaker and pro-Ukrainian hackers, was the result of a cyberattack, it was widely reported. The airline, Aeroflot, said it cancelled about 40 flights following a “technical failure.” An online departure board for...
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(BPRW) Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s DevCon Atlanta a success for students and employers
(Black PR Wire) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) recently hosted DevCon Atlanta, a four-day regional conference centered on professional development for college freshmen and sophomores from public and private historically Blac…
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(BPRW) Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr. Installed as 126th President of the NMA
(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO – The National Medical Association (NMA), the largest and oldest organization representing the interests of Black physicians and their patients in the United States, inducted Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., MD as its 126th president …
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Citing New Rules, Meta Says It Will End Political Ads in E.U.
Meta said political advertising would end in October, citing a forthcoming E.U. regulation that it said presented “unworkable requirements.”
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After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions: A new group, likely comprised of some of the same members, has already taken its place. The new group calls itself Chaos, in recognition of...