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  1. Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos

    "Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.

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  2. Google launches Gemini—a powerful AI model it says can surpass GPT-4

    Google claims Gemini beats GPT-4 in "30 of the 32 widely used academic benchmarks."

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  3. Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

    UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

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  4. New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid”

    Insider report details clash over one board member's criticism in an academic paper.

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  5. Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier

    Schneier: AI will enable a shift from observing actions to interpreting intentions, en masse.

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  6. IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI

    What's the opposite of OpenAI? IBM and Meta devise plan that includes 50 members.

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  7. 1960s chatbot ELIZA beat OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 in a recent Turing test study

    AI chatbot deception paper suggests that some bots (and people) aren't very persuasive.

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  8. Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition

    Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else.

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  9. ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world.

    Examining 365 days with OpenAI's bot: The good, the bad, the ugly—and the productive?

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  10. Sam Altman officially back as OpenAI CEO: “We didn’t lose a single employee”

    Altman addresses Sutskever; Microsoft will serve observer role on new OpenAI board.

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  11. How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US

    China's flagship smartphone maker pulled off the feat despite sanctions.

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  12. 2 municipal water facilities report falling to hackers in separate breaches

    The facilities in Pennsylvania and Texas serve more than 2 million residents.

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  1. Stable Diffusion XL Turbo can generate AI images as fast as you can type

    Even at home, SDXL Turbo can create detailed images with startling speed.

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  2. Amazon unleashes Q, an AI assistant for the workplace

    Aimed at the office, Amazon Q can summarize docs and assist with programming tasks.

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  3. Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs are breaking up over money-losing Apple Card

    Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.

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  4. ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severity score comes under “mass” exploitation

    Easy-to-exploit flaw gives hackers passwords and cryptographic keys to vulnerable servers.

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  5. Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously

    Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.

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  6. Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected

    Chipmaker claims breach had no "material adverse effect."

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  7. New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image

    Given GPU and patience, SVD can turn any image into a 2-second video clip.

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  8. Amazon’s $195 thin clients are repurposed Fire TV Cubes

    Amazon Workspaces Thin Client is a Fire TV Cube with different software.

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  9. Thousands of routers and cameras vulnerable to new 0-day attacks by hostile botnet

    Internet scans show 7,000 devices may be vulnerable. The true number could be higher.

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  10. USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide

    LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?

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  11. 95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board

    OpenAI's future hangs in the balance as staff says they'll join former CEO at Microsoft.

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  12. OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO; Altman may head to Microsoft

    Ilya Sutskever announces regret; 700+ OpenAI employees sign letter asking board to resign.

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  1. Sam Altman reportedly in talks for potential return as OpenAI CEO

    Altman's unpopular firing may be undone—if a deal can be worked out.

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  2. The FCC says new rules will curb SIM swapping. I’m pessimistic

    SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren't likely to change that.

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  3. Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI

    Microsoft CEO "furious"; OpenAI president and 3 researchers resign. COO says "No malfeasance."

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  4. OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as shocked employees hold all-hands meeting

    Details emerge in Sam Altman firing, which blindsided Microsoft and investors.

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  5. “Hallucinating” AI models help coin Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year

    Cambridge: "When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information."

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  6. Ransomware group reports victim it breached to SEC regulators

    Group tells SEC that the victim is in violation for not reporting it was hacked.

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  7. “Make It Real” AI prototype wows devs by turning drawings into working software

    Designer: "I think I need to go lie down."

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  8. Unauthorized “David Attenborough” AI clone narrates developer’s life, goes viral

    "We observe the sophisticated Homo sapiens engaging in the ritual of hydration."

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  9. No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

    Some changes will arrive for non-EU users, too, but not the easy removals.

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  10. The “Windows App” for Mac, iOS, and browsers is a fancy remote desktop, for now

    Microsoft wants you in Windows, whether you're on iPad, Android, or Chrome OS.

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  11. From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artists—and the rest of us

    AI image synthesis is getting more capable at executing ideas, and it's not slowing down.

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  12. Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code

    Many transgressions come from "very large companies that have robust security teams."

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