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Aug 22 • 9 months ago

Is the AI bubble about to pop? Sam Altman is prepared either way.

"Someone will lose a phenomenal amount of money," says CEO while fundraising at record prices. ...

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Aug 14 • 9 months ago

Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

Opinion: Theatrical testing scenarios explain why AI models produce alarming outputs—and why we fall for it. ...

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Aug 12 • 9 months ago

Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes

The tendency to ask AI bots to explain themselves reveals widespread misconceptions about how they work. ...

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Aug 12 • 9 months ago

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

Exploits allow for persistent backdooring when targets open booby-trapped archive. ...

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Aug 09 • 9 months ago

Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked

An encryption algorithm can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in. ...

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Aug 08 • 9 months ago

Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files

Running JavaScript from inside an image? What could possibly go wrong? ...

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Aug 08 • 9 months ago

It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing

Most companies downsizing office space say it's because of hybrid work. ...

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Aug 07 • 9 months ago

Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

Disclosure comes two months after Google warned the world of ongoing spree. ...

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Aug 07 • 9 months ago

Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect

Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier social-engineering attacks. ...

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Aug 05 • 10 months ago

Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco

Stopping people from falling for phishing attacks isn't working. So what are organizations to do? ...

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Aug 04 • 10 months ago

AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

The allegations are the latest to accuse Perplexity of improper web crawling. ...

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Aug 01 • 10 months ago

At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race

A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb. ...

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