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Meta announces Make-A-Video, which generates video from text

Using a text description or an existing image, Make-A-Video can render video on demand. https://bit.ly/3E9htAK

Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement lacks crosswalks, checkboxes, Google

Cloud giant says its verification tool doesn't challenge or profile users. https://bit.ly/3rlTeri

Serious vulnerabilities in Matrix’s end-to-end encryption are being patched

Previously overlooked flaws allow malicious homeservers to decrypt and spoof messages. https://bit.ly/3dXwfQi

We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets

In the world's first operating system interview, Linux tells all about Windows, Torvalds, and its favorite distro. https://bit.ly/3BLZIES

Better than JPEG? Researcher discovers that Stable Diffusion can compress images

Lossy compression bypasses text-to-image portions of Stable Diffusion with interesting results. https://bit.ly/3SA6m7W

Apps can pose bigger security, privacy threat based on where you download them

Same app, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany. https://bit.ly/3BNk8x9

Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns

Distributed denial-of-service attacks are also likely to increase, advisory says. https://bit.ly/3r7p4s3

Darth Vader’s voice will be AI-generated from now on

Using Respeecher, Lord Vader will live on as a digital voice generated by voice synthesis. https://bit.ly/3xTXRg6

Starlink is getting a lot slower as more people use it, speed tests show

Starlink capacity limits hit users—SpaceX says more satellites will make it faster. https://bit.ly/3fgK6Sf

Artist receives first known US copyright registration for generative AI art

Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. https://bit.ly/3BZwKTk

AI model from OpenAI automatically recognizes speech and translates it to English

"Whisper" open source model may become a building block in future speech-to-text apps. https://bit.ly/3dHQMrY

Fearing copyright issues, Getty Images bans AI-generated artwork

Getty sidesteps potential legal problems from unresolved rights and ethics issues. https://bit.ly/3BZiCt6

The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight

As DDoSes continue to innovate, their attacks grow ever bigger. https://bit.ly/3BZ3fkm

Artist finds private medical record photos in popular AI training data set

LAION scraped medical photos for AI research use. Who's responsible for taking them down? https://bit.ly/3UweQin

$35M fine for Morgan Stanley after unencrypted, unwiped hard drives are auctioned

"Astonishing failures" over a 5-year span. https://bit.ly/3DHawqC

Comcast promises huge boost to cable upload speeds by end of 2023

Full Duplex DOCSIS expected in 2023 but won't be available to everyone at first. https://bit.ly/3DGm64Y

Nvidia’s powerful H100 GPU will ship in October

Nvidia's "Hopper" AI chip is in full production, eight major vendors shipping products soon. https://bit.ly/3DBS82h

Deepfake audio has a tell and researchers can spot it

With deepfake audio, that familiar voice on the other end of the line might not even be human. https://bit.ly/3Shd82b

AI software helps bust image fraud in academic papers

Proofig and ImageTwin software help detect fudged "Western blot" image data in academic papers. https://bit.ly/3eQPVFF

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

Harassment site is down for now after hacker gains access to admin account. https://bit.ly/3S6DZhw

Artists begin selling AI-generated artwork on stock photography websites

Using software that creates art on demand, some artists attempt to cash in on AI-generated content. https://bit.ly/3xqsdGT

Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here are the basics

“I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach,” intruder says on Slack. https://bit.ly/3BkpU9r

Trojanized versions of PuTTY utility being used to spread backdoor

Threat actor has connections to hackers backed by North Korean government. https://bit.ly/3xrGtPw

Microsoft Teams stores cleartext auth tokens, won’t be quickly patched

Electron-based Teams apps can be easily mined for tokens and used for phishing. https://bit.ly/3xoEz28

Ukraine’s cyberwar chief sounds like he’s winning

Yurii Shchyhol gives a rare interview about the state of the online conflict with Russia. https://bit.ly/3dkZPiv

China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content

Baidu's ERNIE-ViLG text-to-image model prevents users from creating political images. https://bit.ly/3UbQSJ6

Breach of software maker used to backdoor as many as 200,000 servers

Hack of FishPig distribution server used to install Rekoobe on customer systems. https://bit.ly/3qzBSHe

Artist uses AI to extract color palettes from text descriptions

New technique uses an image synthesis model and some JavaScript to work its magic. https://bit.ly/3d6jL8U

Meta spins off PyTorch Foundation to make AI framework vendor neutral

PyTorch, which powers Tesla Autopilot and 150K other projects, will join the Linux Foundation. https://bit.ly/3BAL4kY

Flooded with AI-generated images, some art communities ban them completely

Smaller art communities are banning image synthesis amid a wider art ethics debate. https://bit.ly/3RSlXPQ

Nvidia’s flagship AI chip reportedly 4.5x faster than the previous champ

Upcoming "Hopper" GPU broke records in its MLPerf debut, according to Nvidia. https://bit.ly/3RPby7A

Runway teases AI-powered text-to-video editing using written prompts

Promotional video suggests future video editing could be as easy as writing a suggestion in a box. https://bit.ly/3B6fpGt

Feds claw back $30 million of cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers

Blockchain analysis keeps getting better. Expect more seizures to come. https://bit.ly/3d6xHiV

With Koe Recast, you can change your voice as easily as your clothing

New AI tool alters the style and timbre of your voice, concealing your vocal identity. https://bit.ly/3Rx3ngn

Ukraine is under attack by hacking tools repurposed from Conti cybercrime group

Researchers from Google and IBM see unprecedented blurring of lines. https://bit.ly/3AYNJ6l

New wave of data-destroying ransomware attacks hits QNAP NAS devices

DeadBolt has already infected thousands of QNAP storage devices this year. https://bit.ly/3eyMlA9

Chrome patches high-severity 0-day, its 6th this year

Security hole exists in a browser component known as Mojo. https://bit.ly/3ALAlm8

With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again

AI image synthesis goes open source, with big implications. https://bit.ly/3KSm8IT

Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021

Group that pulled off successful attack on PyPI has humble origins. https://bit.ly/3ehINC7

No GPUs for you: US blocks sales of AI chips to China and Russia

Government aims to "keep advanced technologies out of the wrong hands." https://bit.ly/3cEFF2w