Meta announces Make-A-Video, which generates video from text September 30, 2022 Using a text description or an existing image, Make-A-Video can render video on demand. https://bit.ly/3E9htAK Read more
Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement lacks crosswalks, checkboxes, Google September 29, 2022 Cloud giant says its verification tool doesn't challenge or profile users. https://bit.ly/3rlTeri Read more
Serious vulnerabilities in Matrix’s end-to-end encryption are being patched September 28, 2022 Previously overlooked flaws allow malicious homeservers to decrypt and spoof messages. https://bit.ly/3dXwfQi Read more
We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets September 28, 2022 In the world's first operating system interview, Linux tells all about Windows, Torvalds, and its favorite distro. https://bit.ly/3BLZIES Read more
Better than JPEG? Researcher discovers that Stable Diffusion can compress images September 27, 2022 Lossy compression bypasses text-to-image portions of Stable Diffusion with interesting results. https://bit.ly/3SA6m7W Read more
Apps can pose bigger security, privacy threat based on where you download them September 27, 2022 Same app, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany. https://bit.ly/3BNk8x9 Read more
Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns September 26, 2022 Distributed denial-of-service attacks are also likely to increase, advisory says. https://bit.ly/3r7p4s3 Read more
Darth Vader’s voice will be AI-generated from now on September 26, 2022 Using Respeecher, Lord Vader will live on as a digital voice generated by voice synthesis. https://bit.ly/3xTXRg6 Read more
Starlink is getting a lot slower as more people use it, speed tests show September 23, 2022 Starlink capacity limits hit users—SpaceX says more satellites will make it faster. https://bit.ly/3fgK6Sf Read more
Artist receives first known US copyright registration for generative AI art September 22, 2022 Registration of AI-assisted comic comes amid fierce online debate about AI art ethics. https://bit.ly/3BZwKTk Read more
AI model from OpenAI automatically recognizes speech and translates it to English September 22, 2022 "Whisper" open source model may become a building block in future speech-to-text apps. https://bit.ly/3dHQMrY Read more
Fearing copyright issues, Getty Images bans AI-generated artwork September 21, 2022 Getty sidesteps potential legal problems from unresolved rights and ethics issues. https://bit.ly/3BZiCt6 Read more
The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight September 21, 2022 As DDoSes continue to innovate, their attacks grow ever bigger. https://bit.ly/3BZ3fkm Read more
Artist finds private medical record photos in popular AI training data set September 21, 2022 LAION scraped medical photos for AI research use. Who's responsible for taking them down? https://bit.ly/3UweQin Read more
$35M fine for Morgan Stanley after unencrypted, unwiped hard drives are auctioned September 20, 2022 "Astonishing failures" over a 5-year span. https://bit.ly/3DHawqC Read more
Comcast promises huge boost to cable upload speeds by end of 2023 September 20, 2022 Full Duplex DOCSIS expected in 2023 but won't be available to everyone at first. https://bit.ly/3DGm64Y Read more
Nvidia’s powerful H100 GPU will ship in October September 20, 2022 Nvidia's "Hopper" AI chip is in full production, eight major vendors shipping products soon. https://bit.ly/3DBS82h Read more
Deepfake audio has a tell and researchers can spot it September 20, 2022 With deepfake audio, that familiar voice on the other end of the line might not even be human. https://bit.ly/3Shd82b Read more
AI software helps bust image fraud in academic papers September 19, 2022 Proofig and ImageTwin software help detect fudged "Western blot" image data in academic papers. https://bit.ly/3eQPVFF Read more
Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked September 19, 2022 Harassment site is down for now after hacker gains access to admin account. https://bit.ly/3S6DZhw Read more
Artists begin selling AI-generated artwork on stock photography websites September 16, 2022 Using software that creates art on demand, some artists attempt to cash in on AI-generated content. https://bit.ly/3xqsdGT Read more
Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here are the basics September 16, 2022 “I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach,” intruder says on Slack. https://bit.ly/3BkpU9r Read more
Trojanized versions of PuTTY utility being used to spread backdoor September 15, 2022 Threat actor has connections to hackers backed by North Korean government. https://bit.ly/3xrGtPw Read more
Microsoft Teams stores cleartext auth tokens, won’t be quickly patched September 15, 2022 Electron-based Teams apps can be easily mined for tokens and used for phishing. https://bit.ly/3xoEz28 Read more
Ukraine’s cyberwar chief sounds like he’s winning September 15, 2022 Yurii Shchyhol gives a rare interview about the state of the online conflict with Russia. https://bit.ly/3dkZPiv Read more
China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content September 14, 2022 Baidu's ERNIE-ViLG text-to-image model prevents users from creating political images. https://bit.ly/3UbQSJ6 Read more
Breach of software maker used to backdoor as many as 200,000 servers September 13, 2022 Hack of FishPig distribution server used to install Rekoobe on customer systems. https://bit.ly/3qzBSHe Read more
Artist uses AI to extract color palettes from text descriptions September 13, 2022 New technique uses an image synthesis model and some JavaScript to work its magic. https://bit.ly/3d6jL8U Read more
Meta spins off PyTorch Foundation to make AI framework vendor neutral September 12, 2022 PyTorch, which powers Tesla Autopilot and 150K other projects, will join the Linux Foundation. https://bit.ly/3BAL4kY Read more
Flooded with AI-generated images, some art communities ban them completely September 12, 2022 Smaller art communities are banning image synthesis amid a wider art ethics debate. https://bit.ly/3RSlXPQ Read more
Nvidia’s flagship AI chip reportedly 4.5x faster than the previous champ September 09, 2022 Upcoming "Hopper" GPU broke records in its MLPerf debut, according to Nvidia. https://bit.ly/3RPby7A Read more
Runway teases AI-powered text-to-video editing using written prompts September 09, 2022 Promotional video suggests future video editing could be as easy as writing a suggestion in a box. https://bit.ly/3B6fpGt Read more
Feds claw back $30 million of cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers September 08, 2022 Blockchain analysis keeps getting better. Expect more seizures to come. https://bit.ly/3d6xHiV Read more
With Koe Recast, you can change your voice as easily as your clothing September 08, 2022 New AI tool alters the style and timbre of your voice, concealing your vocal identity. https://bit.ly/3Rx3ngn Read more
Ukraine is under attack by hacking tools repurposed from Conti cybercrime group September 07, 2022 Researchers from Google and IBM see unprecedented blurring of lines. https://bit.ly/3AYNJ6l Read more
New wave of data-destroying ransomware attacks hits QNAP NAS devices September 07, 2022 DeadBolt has already infected thousands of QNAP storage devices this year. https://bit.ly/3eyMlA9 Read more
Chrome patches high-severity 0-day, its 6th this year September 06, 2022 Security hole exists in a browser component known as Mojo. https://bit.ly/3ALAlm8 Read more
With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again September 06, 2022 AI image synthesis goes open source, with big implications. https://bit.ly/3KSm8IT Read more
Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021 September 01, 2022 Group that pulled off successful attack on PyPI has humble origins. https://bit.ly/3ehINC7 Read more
No GPUs for you: US blocks sales of AI chips to China and Russia September 01, 2022 Government aims to "keep advanced technologies out of the wrong hands." https://bit.ly/3cEFF2w Read more