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AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating

Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2007059&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver

Linux users can't hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006935&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day

"We'll add it to our Outlook reminders..." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006919&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack

GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006797&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft partners with OpenAI-rival Mistral for AI models, drawing EU scrutiny

15M euro investment comes as Microsoft hosts Mistral's GPT-4 alternatives on Azure. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006306&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hackers backed by Russia and China are infecting SOHO routers like yours, FBI warns

Six years on, routers remain a favorite post for concealing malicious activities. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006319&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Cops called after parents get tricked by AI-generated images of Wonka-like event

Dull in-person warehouse for kids doesn't live up to technicolor AI-generated promo images. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006096&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps

Identifiable data included job searches, map directions, "cosplay erotica." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005605&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Tyler Perry puts $800 million studio expansion on hold because of OpenAI’s Sora

Perry: Mind-blowing AI video-generation tools "will touch every corner of our industry." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005529&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Stability announces Stable Diffusion 3, a next-gen AI image generator

SD3 may bring DALL-E-like prompt fidelity to an open-weights image-synthesis model. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005341&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Google’s hidden AI diversity prompts lead to outcry over historically inaccurate images

Inserting depictions of diversity into AI images creates revisionist history, critics say. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005190&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

70,000 AT&T customers are without service across the US

Cause of outage is unknown, but some suspect it's network-to-network "peering." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005172&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

iMessage gets a major makeover that puts it on equal footing with Signal

How Kybers and ratcheting are boosting the resiliency of Apple's messaging app. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005125&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Google goes “open AI” with Gemma, a free, open-weights chatbot family

Gemma chatbots can run locally, and they reportedly outperform Meta's Llama 2. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005035&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users

Reddit user: "It's not just you, ChatGPT is having a stroke." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004783&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

After years of losing, it’s finally feds’ turn to troll ransomware group

Authorities who took down the ransomware group brag about their epic hack. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004713&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Will Smith parodies viral AI-generated video by actually eating spaghetti

Actor pokes fun at 2023 AI video by eating spaghetti messily and claiming it's AI-generated. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004546&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

LockBit ransomware group taken down in multinational operation

Thousands of domains and servers seized from group responsible for thousands of attacks. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004560&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO

If you've posted on Reddit, you're likely feeding the future of AI. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004431&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

New app always points to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy

iPhone compass app made with AI assistance locates the heart of the Milky Way. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004293&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses

Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003936&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Doing DNS and DHCP for your LAN the old way—the way that works

Are you a sysadmin with control issues who needs a weekend project? Look no further! https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001156&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork

Disagreement over security disclosures and bug-fixing priorities led to split. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003602&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nvidia’s “Chat With RTX” is a ChatGPT-style app that runs on your own GPU

Nvidia's local private AI chatbot is a high-profile step toward cloud independence. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003542&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

US says AI models can’t hold patents

Inventors must be human, but there's still a condition where AI can officially help. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003310&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software

Software's free version was a good fit for tinkerers and hobbyists. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003094&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

OpenAI experiments with giving ChatGPT a long-term conversation memory

AI chatbot "memory" will recall facts from previous conversations when enabled. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2003078&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nvidia CEO calls for “Sovereign AI” as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value

Driven by AI boom, the two companies are neck-and-neck behind Apple, Microsoft, and Google. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002975&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ongoing campaign compromises senior execs’ Azure accounts, locks them using MFA

The wide range of employee roles targeted indicates attacker's multifaceted approach. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002911&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Super Bowl’s best and wackiest AI commercials

It's nothing like "crypto bowl" in 2022, but AI made a notable splash during the big game. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002656&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in crackdown on car theft

How do you ban a device built with open source hardware and software anyway? https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002579&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Report: Sam Altman seeking trillions for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others

WSJ: Audacious $5-$7 trillion investment would aim to expand global AI chip supply. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002331&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A password manager LastPass calls “fraudulent” booted from App Store

"LassPass" mimicked the name and logo of real LastPass password manager. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002178&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Google debuts more powerful “Ultra 1.0” AI model in rebranded “Gemini” chatbot

Confusing name shuffles aside, "Gemini Advanced" vies to catch up with ChatGPT-4. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001738&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

Buffer overflow in bootloader shim allows attackers to run code each time devices boot up. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001542&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Meta will label AI-generated content from OpenAI and Google on Facebook, Instagram

In a big election year, Meta details plans to label AI-generated media on its social media sites. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001313&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As if two Ivanti vulnerabilities under exploit weren’t bad enough, now there are 3

Hackers looking to diversify, began mass exploiting a new vulnerability over the weekend. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001230&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot

Collaboration comes as tech giant faces multibillion-dollar lawsuit from The New York Times. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001079&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist

Hong Kong firm tricked by simulation of multiple real people in video chat, including voices. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000988&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A startup allegedly “hacked the world.” Then came the censorship—and now the backlash.

Anti-censorship voices are working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker past. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000875&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Agencies using vulnerable Ivanti products have until Saturday to disconnect them

Things were already bad with two critical zero-days. Then Ivanti disclosed a new one. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000723&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger