Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Sunday, a report from the South China Morning Post revealed a significant financial loss suffered by a multinational company’s Hong Kong office,…
Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot
Enlarge / Cube with Microsoft logo on top of their office building on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street near Times Square in New York City. (credit: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group…
As if 2 Ivanti vulnerabilities under exploit weren’t bad enough, now there are 3
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Mass exploitation began over the weekend for yet another critical vulnerability in widely used VPN software sold by Ivanti, as hackers already targeting two previous vulnerabilities…
Meta will label AI-generated content from OpenAI and Google on Facebook, Instagram
Enlarge (credit: Meta / Getty Images) On Tuesday, Meta announced its plan to start labeling AI-generated images from other companies like OpenAI and Google, as reported by Reuters. The move…
Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
Enlarge Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware that runs at the firmware level, giving infections access…
Google debuts more powerful “Ultra 1.0” AI model in rebranded “Gemini” chatbot
Enlarge (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google announced that its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, previously called Bard, is now called “Gemini,” renamed to reflect the underlying AI language model Google launched in…
A password manager LastPass calls “fraudulent” booted from App Store
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) As Apple has stepped up its promotion of its App Store as a safer and more trustworthy source of apps, its operators scrambled Thursday to correct…
Report: Sam Altman seeking trillions for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others
Enlarge / OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman walks on the House side of the US Capitol on January 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (credit:…
London Underground is testing real-time AI surveillance tools to spot crime
Enlarge (credit: John Keeble/Getty Images) Thousands of people using the London Underground had their movements, behavior, and body language watched by AI surveillance software designed to see if they were…
Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown
Enlarge / A Flipper Zero device (credit: https://flipperzero.one/) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has identified an unlikely public enemy No. 1 in his new crackdown on car theft: the Flipper…