AI appears to be hackers’ tool of choice
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Social engineering attacks increase

Researchers from Darktrace have seen a 135 per cent increase in novel social engineering attack emails in the first two months of 2023.

Wikipedia thinking of replacing fake-penis experts with fake humans
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At least AI admits Fudzilla exists 

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is mulling over whether it would be a good idea to have the online encyclopaedia written by AI rather than the current bunch of fake-penis experts, kids with made-up doctorates and PR firms.

Microsoft fixed Bing security issue
Published in AI
Thursday, 30 March 2023 10:44

Microsoft fixed Bing security issue


Just days before AI was given control of the whole thing

Software King of the World, Microsoft patched a dangerous security issue in Bing last month just days before it handed control of the search engine to AI.

Key paper on AI chip design might be overstated
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Terminator not coming for chip designers

A key Google-led research paper claiming machine-learning software can design better chips faster than humans has been called into question after a new study disputed its results.

Microsoft pimps Office with AI
Published in AI
Friday, 17 March 2023 11:03

Microsoft pimps Office with AI


Now managers can outsource creating boring Powerpoint presentations 

Software King of the World, Microsoft launched its AI for Work initiatives yesterday and showed off a way of applying artificial intelligence to automate the creation of PowerPoint presentations which are traditionally penned in purple prose and management speak by a boss who believes they are the greatest writer in the world. 

AI pretends to be blind to fool CAPTCHA
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Friday, 17 March 2023 10:35

AI pretends to be blind to fool CAPTCHA


Will look forward to the day it can beat two-factor ID

GPT-4 convinced a human that it was blind in order to get said human to solve a CAPTCHA for the chatbot.

UK invests £900 million in a new supercomputer
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After Brexit UK fears falling behind in the AI race 

The UK, which once had an Empire and a favoured status in Europe, is having to invest in its own supercomputer as it fears falling behind the rest of the world in artificial intelligence.

YouTube sees surge in AI backed info stealing content
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It installs Vidar, RedLine and Raccoon

YouTube has seen a recent surge in the number of videos containing harmful links to infostealers Vidar, RedLine, and Raccoon in their descriptions.

Microsoft fires those responsible for its AI ethics
Published in AI


After all, when your terminator is just being put on the market you don't need humans to tell it what to do

Software King of the World Microsoft has shown that it has its priorities right -- while it introduces the world to its new AI-powered Bing, it fires the people who are responsible for making sure that its AI does not take over the world. 

You saw the crescent, but Samsung faked the whole of the moon
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A real conspiracy theory 

Never mind faked moon landings, the latest conspiracy theory is that Samsung faked the entire moon, using AI.