Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft has introduced a GPT-4-based generative AI model designed specifically for US intelligence agencies that operates disconnected from the Internet, according to a Bloomberg report. This reportedly marks the first time Microsoft has deployed a major language model in a secure setting, designed to allow spy agencies to analyze top-secret information...
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Wayve, an A.I. Start-Up for Autonomous Driving, Raises $1 Billion
The London-based developer of artificial intelligence systems for self-driving vehicles raised the funding from SoftBank, Nvidia, Microsoft and others.
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Tensions Rise in Silicon Valley Over Sales of Start-Up Stocks
The market for shares of hot start-ups like SpaceX and Stripe is projected to reach a record $64 billion this year.
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Final Arguments in Google Antitrust Trial Conclude, Setting Up Landmark Ruling
Judge Amit P. Mehta must now decide whether Google violated the law, potentially setting a precedent for a series of tech monopoly cases.
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U.S. Antitrust Case Against Google Is Just the Start
As the Justice Department’s case against Google nears an end, the federal government has more suits in the pipeline trying to rein in Big Tech.
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A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a “global internet” connecting the world has been shattered.
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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering. TunnelVision, as the researchers have named their attack, largely negates the entire purpose and selling...
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New Microsoft AI model may challenge GPT-4 and Google Gemini
Enlarge / Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Inflection AI UK Ltd., during a town hall on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Suleyman joined Microsoft in March. (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft is working on a new large-scale AI language model called MAI-1,...
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These dangerous scammers don’t even bother to hide their crimes
Enlarge (credit: Kuzmik_A/Getty Images) Most scammers and cybercriminals operate in the digital shadows and don’t want you to know how they make money. But that’s not the case for the Yahoo Boys, a loose collective of young men in West Africa who are some of the web’s most prolific—and increasingly dangerous—scammers. Thousands of people are...
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(BPRW) Black PR Wire Celebrates Mothers
(Black PR Wire) Happy Mother’s Day! In recognition of Mother’s Day, Black PR Wire celebrates all mothers and mother figures. Mothers are the backbone of every family. Mothers are their child’s first teacher, therapist, cook, coach a…