Torrent of image-based phishing emails are harder to detect and more convincing June 30, 2023 The arms race between scammers and defenders continues. https://bit.ly/46tTRm8 Read more
Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out June 29, 2023 The flight from Musk's Twitter to the "free" fediverse never really took off. https://bit.ly/43koEiJ Read more
Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors June 28, 2023 Brave will allow users to choose which sites can access local network resources. https://bit.ly/3qWE5Qn Read more
Fears grow of deepfake ID scams following Progress hack June 28, 2023 Hackers might seek to do more than extort companies. https://bit.ly/3NRIxce Read more
Casualties keep growing in this month’s mass exploitation of MOVEit 0-day June 27, 2023 The dramatic fallout continues, with as many as 122 organizations now breached. https://bit.ly/3CPGpeJ Read more
Prominent cryptocurrency exchange infected with previously unseen Mac malware June 27, 2023 It's not yet clear how the full-featured JokerSpy backdoor gets installed. https://bit.ly/3PzqJ78 Read more
“Stunning”—Midjourney update wows AI artists with camera-like feature June 23, 2023 Midjourney v5.2 features camera-like zoom control over framing, more realism. https://bit.ly/3r2dh1m Read more
AI-generated Secret Invasion intro angers Marvel artists and fans alike June 21, 2023 Marvel artist: "Unethical, dangerous, and designed solely to eliminate artists' careers." https://bit.ly/43PlGnp Read more
Camera review site DPReview finds a buyer, avoids shutdown by Amazon June 21, 2023 Amazon layoffs were supposed to shut down the 25-year-old site back in April. https://bit.ly/449ghHf Read more
Purely AI-generated songs declared ineligible for Grammy Awards June 20, 2023 "A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any categories." https://bit.ly/44cbwN5 Read more
Millions of Americans’ personal DMV data exposed in massive MOVEit hack June 16, 2023 Over 6.5 million residents of two states affected, impact may potentially widen. https://bit.ly/3CEVr6R Read more
EU votes to ban AI in biometric surveillance, require disclosure from AI systems June 15, 2023 Nonbinding EU draft AI law gets tougher, but it's still open to negotiation. https://bit.ly/3X7juF7 Read more
Russia-backed hackers unleash new USB-based malware on Ukraine’s military June 15, 2023 Shuckworm's relentless attacks seek intel for use in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://bit.ly/443ecg0 Read more
OpenAI rolls out big chatbot API upgrades for developers June 13, 2023 API updates include 4x larger conversation memory for GPT-3.5 and function calling. https://bit.ly/3CrM9uZ Read more
Paul McCartney: AI has enabled a “final” Beatles song June 13, 2023 AI voice-separation tech pioneered for "Get Back" will bring Lennon demo to life. https://bit.ly/3Pbju50 Read more
Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 60 feet away June 13, 2023 Key-leaking side channels are a fact of life. Now they can be done by video-recording power LEDs. https://bit.ly/3Pd2Amv Read more
Nature bans AI-generated art from its 153-year-old science journal June 12, 2023 "The process of publishing ... is underpinned by a shared commitment to integrity." https://bit.ly/3Cru2VW Read more
AI-powered church service in Germany draws a large crowd June 12, 2023 "I was positively surprised how well it worked," said one attendee. https://bit.ly/3N68SBR Read more
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over June 09, 2023 When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes." https://bit.ly/45WgXBt Read more
UK’s plans for “first global summit” on AI safety draw criticism June 08, 2023 Announcement does not include "a single voice from civil society or academia," says critic. https://bit.ly/45RYKoN Read more
Nvidia’s new monster CPU+GPU chip may power the next gen of AI chatbots June 08, 2023 It takes a lot of computing power to pretend to be human. https://bit.ly/42AW9wt Read more
Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware June 07, 2023 Stop downloading or updating Minecraft mods for now, investigators say. https://bit.ly/3IZHuUR Read more
FBI warns of increasing use of AI-generated deepfakes in sextortion schemes June 06, 2023 Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake sex. https://bit.ly/43NyNVo Read more
Redditor creates working anime QR codes using Stable Diffusion June 06, 2023 Image-synthesis technique relies upon QR's natural error-correction properties. https://bit.ly/3MRTQzq Read more
Mass exploitation of critical MOVEit flaw is ransacking orgs big and small June 05, 2023 SQL injection attacks on MOVEit file transfer service likely to get worse. https://bit.ly/3Nc0q5g Read more
Apple avoids “AI” hype at WWDC keynote by baking ML into products June 05, 2023 Apple prefers using "machine learning," or just having AI work in the background. https://bit.ly/3NdeETh Read more
They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft—and unearthed new potential for AI June 04, 2023 A bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills. https://bit.ly/3OVny9o Read more
Air Force denies running simulation where AI drone “killed” its operator June 03, 2023 "We've never run that experiment," says original source, who "misspoke." https://bit.ly/42kwCb4 Read more
Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor June 02, 2023 Hidden code in many Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs. https://bit.ly/3N85ibo Read more
AI-expanded album cover artworks go viral thanks to Photoshop’s Generative Fill June 01, 2023 Generative Fill uses AI to dream up larger versions of famous artwork. https://bit.ly/3qmm7qp Read more