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  1. Nature bans AI-generated art from its 153-year-old science journal

    "The process of publishing ... is underpinned by a shared commitment to integrity."

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  2. AI-powered church service in Germany draws a large crowd

    "I was positively surprised how well it worked," said one attendee.

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  3. Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over

    When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes."

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  4. UK’s plans for global AI safety summit draw criticism

    Announcement does not include "a single voice from civil society or academia," says critic.

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  5. Nvidia’s new monster CPU+GPU chip may power the next gen of AI chatbots

    It takes a lot of computing power to pretend to be human.

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  6. Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware

    Stop downloading or updating Minecraft mods for now, investigators say.

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  7. FBI warns of increasing use of AI-generated deepfakes in sextortion schemes

    Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake sex.

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  8. Redditor creates working anime QR codes using Stable Diffusion

    Image-synthesis technique relies upon QR's natural error-correction properties.

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  9. Mass exploitation of critical MOVEit flaw is ransacking orgs big and small

    SQL injection attacks on MOVEit file-transfer service likely to get worse.

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  10. Apple avoids “AI” hype at WWDC keynote by baking ML into products

    Apple prefers using "machine learning," or just having AI work in the background.

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  11. They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft—and unearthed new potential for AI

    A bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills.

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  12. Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place. Here’s why

    It was a bad week for millions of people who rely on Google for apps and Chrome extensions.

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  1. Air Force denies running simulation where AI drone “killed” its operator

    "We've never run that experiment," says original source, who "misspoke."

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  2. “Clickless” iOS exploits infect Kaspersky iPhones with never-before-seen malware

    "Operation Triangulation" stole mic recordings, photos, geolocation, and more.

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  3. Asus will offer local ChatGPT-style AI servers for office use

    "AFS Appliance" will avoid the cloud and place an AI language model on premises.

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  4. Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor

    Hidden code in many Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs.

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  5. Researchers tell owners to “assume compromise” of unpatched Zyxel firewalls

    Poor patching hygiene is fueling a flurry of "downstream attacks" on other targets.

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  6. AI-expanded album cover artworks go viral thanks to Photoshop’s Generative Fill

    Generative Fill uses AI to dream up larger versions of famous artwork.

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  7. Twitter value keeps falling under Musk, now worth a third of what he paid

    $15 billion valuation after Fidelity lowers value of its Twitter stake again.

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  8. A Snap-based, containerized Ubuntu desktop could be offered in 2024

    Ubuntu could join Fedora in offering an immutable desktop option.

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  9. Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months

    Attackers then went on to steal data from infected systems.

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  10. OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter

    Strategically vague statement on AI risk prompts critics' response.

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  11. Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days

    Spyware is sold to countries including Egypt, Indonesia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia.

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  12. Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years

    Please, please, please do not actually install XP and use it. But if you must…

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  1. Among AI dangers, deepfakes worry Microsoft president most

    Brad Smith urges steps to curtail deepfakes "with an intent to deceive or defraud."

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  2. Unearthed: CosmicEnergy, malware for causing Kremlin-style power disruptions

    Researchers say never-before-seen malware may be used in Russian training exercises.

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  3. OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs

    Worldcoin investor insists "Orb" iris scanner is not a "dystopian nightmare."

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  4. Minnesota enacts right-to-repair law that covers more devices than any other state

    Just one state demanding free repair manuals could benefit all fixers.

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  5. The lightning onset of AI—what suddenly changed? An Ars Frontiers 2023 recap

    Google and Microsoft managers discussed tech's hottest topic during Ars Frontiers.

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  6. Chinese state hackers infect critical infrastructure throughout the US and Guam

    Group uses living-off-the-land attack and infected routers to remain undetected.

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  7. Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic recordings every 15 minutes

    The malicious iRecorder app has come to light, but its purpose remains shrouded.

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  8. Fake Pentagon “explosion” photo sows confusion on Twitter

    Incident shows weakness of Twitter's verification system, speed of misinformation.

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  9. Adobe Photoshop’s new “Generative Fill” AI tool lets you manipulate photos with text

    Firefly-powered AI generations match image perspective, lighting, and style.

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  10. Here’s how long it takes new BrutePrint attack to unlock 10 different smartphones

    BrutePrint requires just $15 of equipment and a little amount of time with a phone.

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  11. It took 48 hours, but the mystery of the mass Asus router outage is solved

    Asus finally responds after being castigated by users.

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  12. Fearing leaks, Apple restricts ChatGPT use among employees

    Cloud AI tools could leak confidential Apple company data; Apple works on its own LLM.

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