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Inside a violent gang’s ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree

More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034420&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Researchers craft smiling robot face from living human skin cells

Human cells isolated from juvenile foreskin are flexible enough to grin when moved. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034226&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

OpenAI’s new “CriticGPT” model is trained to criticize GPT-4 outputs

Research model catches bugs in AI-generated code, improving human oversight of AI. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034089&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads

Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034101&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

AI-generated Al Michaels to provide daily recaps during 2024 Summer Olympics

AI voice clone will narrate daily Olympics video recaps; critics call it a "code-generated ghoul." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033917&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk

A similar flaw last year left 1,800 networks breached. Will the latest one be as potent? https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033848&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora

AI-generated commercials are here, and critics are displeased—but human work is still key. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033621&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs

Running AI models without matrix math means far less power consumption—and fewer GPUs? https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033314&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

Malicious updates available from WordPress.org create attacker-controlled admin account. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033226&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms

Suno and Udio could face damages of up to $150,000 per song allegedly infringed. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033128&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Anthropic introduces Claude 3.5 Sonnet, matching GPT-4o on benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a speedy mid-sized entry in a new family of AI models. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032543&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Single point of software failure has hamstrung car dealerships for a second day

"Cyber incident" takes down CDK Global, serving more than 15,000 dealers. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032502&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company

Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to safely build AI far beyond human capability. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032483&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters to life

New Gen-3 Alpha AI video generator can create detailed humans and surreal situations. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032130&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Men plead guilty to aggravated ID theft after pilfering police database

Members of group called ViLE face a minimum of two years in prison. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032310&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Softbank unveils plans to cancel out angry customer emotions using AI

Real-time voice modification tech seeks to reduce stress in Japanese call center staff. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032137&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models

Many models receive patches; others will need to be replaced. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031993&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model

Because of Swiss laws, there are no shareholders, and only one mission. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031934&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

“Simulation of keyboard activity” leads to firing of Wells Fargo employees

With worker surveillance on the rise, vendors sell devices to fake keyboard and mouse movement. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031452&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes

Apple thinks pushing OpenAI’s brand to hundreds of millions is worth more than money. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031318&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested

Elaborate scheme involved hidden camera and an earpiece to hear answers. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031012&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

New Stable Diffusion 3 release excels at AI-generated body horror

Users react to mangled SD3 generations and ask, "Is this release supposed to be a joke?" https://arstechnica.com/?p=2031050&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down

Selling "hard braking event" data seems less lucrative after public outcry. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2030993&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says

Critical code-execution flaw was under exploitation 2 months before company disclosed it. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2030948&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in tech

Apple's AI moves are nothing new for a company that has integrated outside tech for decades. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2030003&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Hackers steal “significant volume” of data from hundreds of Snowflake customers

Given shortcomings of Snowflake and its customers, there's plenty of blame to go around. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2030619&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple unveils “Apple Intelligence” AI features for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

Apple debuts new catchall AI branding, generative features during WWDC 2024 keynote. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2030143&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nasty bug with very simple exploit hits PHP just in time for the weekend

With PoC code available and active Internet scans, speed is of the essence. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029943&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

VMware customers may stay, but Broadcom could face backlash “for years to come”

300 director-level IT workers making VMware decisions were questioned. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029533&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

FBI urges LockBit victims to step forward after seizing 7,000 decryption keys

The announcement could be good news for those whose data has been inaccessible. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029593&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service

DDG offers LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Mistral for factually-iffy conversations. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029426&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Russian agents deploy AI-produced Tom Cruise narrator to tar Summer Olympics

With only weeks until the Games start, expect more to come, Microsoft says. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029315&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack

Attack takes out third-party testing and diagnostics provider critical to care. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029003&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place

Eric Yuan told The Verge that "digital twins" are the future of work. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2028754&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ticketmaster hacked in what’s believed to be a spree hitting Snowflake customers

Researcher says Snowflake customers hit by mass scraping ... "but nobody noticed." https://arstechnica.com/?p=2028710&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen “Rubin” AI chips in keynote tease

"I'm not sure yet whether I'm going to regret this," says CEO Jensen Huang at Computex 2024. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2028431&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger