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AI software helps bust image fraud in academic papers
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AI software helps bust image fraud in academic papers

Enlarge / Colorized photo image of a Western blot test result. (credit: Getty Images) Scientific publishers such as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and Taylor & Francis have begun attempting to detect fraud in academic paper submissions with an AI image-checking program called Proofig, reports The Register. Proofig, a product of an Israeli...

Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked
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Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked

(credit: xxdigipxx) The head of Kiwi Farms, the Internet forum best known for organizing harassment campaigns against trans and non-binary people, said the site experienced a breach that allowed hackers to access his administrator account and possibly the accounts of all other users. On the site, creator Joshua Moon wrote: The forum was hacked. You...

Artists begin selling AI-generated artwork on stock photography websites
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Artists begin selling AI-generated artwork on stock photography websites

Enlarge / A selection of AI-generated artwork that can be licensed through Shutterstock. (credit: Shutterstock.com) Seeking ways to “monetize” AI-generated art, some artists have already begun submitting their AI-generated pieces to stock photography websites like Shutterstock. Searches for “AI generated” or “Midjourney” (a popular image synthesis service) produce thousands of results on the site. In...

Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here’s what’s known
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Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here’s what’s known

Enlarge / The Uber ride-sharing app is seen on a mobile phone. (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Uber employees on Thursday discovered that huge swaths of their internal network had been accessed by someone who announced the feat on the company Slack channel. The intruder, who sent screenshots documenting the breach to The New...