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Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer

145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer was 20th most powerful in the world in 2016. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020861&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom

Ransomware attack on the $371 billion company hamstrung US prescription market. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020827&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Mysterious “gpt2-chatbot” AI model appears suddenly, confuses experts

Mystery LLM highlights transparency issues in AI testing. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020588&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices

The law aims to prevent global-scale botnet attacks. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020491&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Account compromise of “unprecedented scale” uses everyday home devices

Credential-stuffing attack uses proxies to hide bad behavior. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020513&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hackers make millions of attempts to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability

WP Automatic plugin patched, but release notes don't mention the critical fix. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020304&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use

OpenELM mirrors efforts by Microsoft to make useful small AI language models that run locally. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020032&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Zombie worm continues to infect millions of IPs years after it was left for dead

Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020055&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Alleged AI voice imitation leads to arrest in Baltimore school racism controversy

Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019931&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules

Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019174&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP

eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019398&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

Microsoft’s 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of “small language models." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019278&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian backdoor

Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019186&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2018178&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

Zuckerberg says new AI model "was still learning" when Meta stopped training. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2018303&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy

Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2018339&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022

How a group of friends found themselves at the center of a fierce debate about the future of art. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017168&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections

To a lesser extent, China and Iran also peddle disinfo in hopes of influencing voters. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2018090&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions

Broadcom reportedly accused of changing VMware licensing and support conditions. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017717&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts

Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017646&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

UK targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes with new law

Under new law, those who create the "horrific images" would face a fine and possible jail time. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017401&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem

Microsoft continues to get a free pass after series of cybersecurity failures. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017405&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M

Indictment says man tricked cloud providers into giving him services he never paid for. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017285&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them

New features, security updates, and Linux support are all on a long to-do list. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012352&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat—and it looks credible

Hackers already received a $22 million payment. Now a second group demands money. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2017095&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Words are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news

Gemini 1.5 Pro launch, new version of GPT-4 Turbo, new Mistral model, and more. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016005&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Intel’s “Gaudi 3” AI accelerator chip may give Nvidia’s H100 a run for its money

Intel claims 50% more speed when running AI language models vs. the market leader. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016421&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed

Multiple links in the supply chain failed for years to identify an unfixed vulnerability. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016577&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

New AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand

But it still needs trial and error to generate high-quality results. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016112&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Thousands of LG TVs exposed to the world. Here’s how to ensure yours isn’t one.

LG patches four vulnerabilities that allow malicious hackers to commandeer TVs. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015865&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

While Musk says superintelligence is coming soon, one critic says prediction is "batsh*t crazy." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015706&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI

"Permission is hereby granted" comes from Suno AI engine that creates new songs on demand. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015379&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Critical takeover vulnerabilities in 92,000 D-Link devices under active exploitation

D-Link won't be patching vulnerable NAS devices because they're no longer supported. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015480&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating

Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015137&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ivanti CEO pledges to “fundamentally transform” its hard-hit security model

Part of the reset involves AI-powered documentation search and call routing. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015100&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Fake AI law firms are sending fake DMCA threats to generate fake SEO gains

How one journalist found himself targeted by generative AI over a keyfob photo. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014933&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

TSMC “still assessing” chipmaking facilities after 7.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

TSMC makes most high-end chips for Apple, Nvidia, AMD, and others. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014488&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The fine art of human prompt engineering: How to talk to a person like ChatGPT

People are more like AI language models than you might think. Here are some prompting tips. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2010159&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack

Outage occurs on same day as special election, but elections offices remain open. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014470&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods

Artists say AI will "set in motion a race to the bottom that will degrade the value of our work." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014327&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted 

Industry groups aren't giving up hope for government intervention. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014318&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

OpenAI drops login requirements for ChatGPT’s free version

ChatGPT 3.5 still falls far short of GPT-4, and other models surpassed it long ago. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014076&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Redis’ license change and forking are a mess that everybody can feel bad about

Cloud firms want a version of Redis that's still open to managed service resale. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014018&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft splits up the Teams and Office apps worldwide, following EU split

Salesforce-owned Slack and other companies claim MS abused its market position. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2013950&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2013894&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger