Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist (arstechnica.com)
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.
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out (gizmodo.com)
Paris votes to crack down on SUVs | Non-Parisians will be charged almost $20 per hour to park large gas or hybrid vehicles within the city center in a bid to address pedestrian safety and air pollu... (www.theverge.com)
Paris votes to crack down on SUVs | Non-Parisians will be charged almost $20 per hour to park large gas or hybrid vehicles within the city center in a bid to address pedestrian safety and air pollu…::Parisians have voted to increase parking charges for out-of-town SUV drivers as part of the city’s efforts to address road...
Google and Mozilla don’t like Apple’s new iOS browser rules (arstechnica.com)
MIT PhD Student Hacks Apple Vision Pro Days After Release, Reveals Potential Jailbreaks And Malware Threats (in.mashable.com)
MIT PhD Student Hacks Apple Vision Pro Days After Release, Reveals Potential Jailbreaks And Malware Threats::Student Hacks Apple Vision Pro
Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling. (www.vice.com)
Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.::After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.
Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses (www.techspot.com)
Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined
Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs (www.404media.co)
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Sam Altman says ChatGPT should be 'much less lazy now' (www.businessinsider.com)
Sam Altman says ChatGPT should be ‘much less lazy now’::ChatGPT users previously complained that the chatbot was slacking off and refusing to complete some tasks.
Google Chrome Warning Issued For All Windows Users (www.forbes.com)
Mozilla has issued a warning about Microsoft’s design practices, claiming that the company uses harmful design tactics to influence users to switch to its Edge browser....
Vivaldi explains why they will not embed LLM functionality in their browser (vivaldi.com)
Creating images from text. Google launches new ImageFX tool powered by artificial intelligence • Technology (ua-stena.info)
Creating images from text Google is launching a new tool called ImageFX to create images from text, powered by artificial intelligence....
Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes on 737 in Latest Setback (finance.yahoo.com)
Boeing Finds More Misdrilled Holes on 737 in Latest Setback::(Bloomberg) – Boeing Co. found more mistakes with holes drilled in the fuselage of its 737 Max jet, a setback that could further slow deliveries on a critical program already restricted by regulators over quality lapses. Most Read from BloombergWhy NYC Apartment...
First functional human brain tissue produced through 3D printing (interestingengineering.com)
First functional human brain tissue produced through 3D printing::undefined
Police departments are using AI to review bodycam footage, and police unions are not happy about it (www.techspot.com)
AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)
AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames::undefined
Russia's GPS jamming puts aviation, shipping at additional risk as well | News | ERR (news.err.ee)
How to use Synology Drive as a Google Drive alternative (www.androidpolice.com)
Google Drive is great for storing files in the cloud, accessing them when needed, and collaborating with a team. However, the internet isn’t always reliable and can cause issues when accessing files. In such cases, you need an offline solution, and Synology may have the best options. Synology has awesome NAS enclosures. Its...
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN::A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong...
AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)
Did nobody really question the usability of language models in designing war strategies?
Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12 (www.tomshardware.com)
Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12::Qualcomm’s CEO alludes to the “next version of Windows” with a launch date in the middle of the year.
Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuit::Tesla has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 25 California counties earlier this week accusing the electric vehicle maker of mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities across the state.
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like (phys.org)
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like::Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, and Uranus green—but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in color than typically thought.
AI lobbying spikes 185% as calls for regulation surge (www.cnbc.com)
AI lobbying spikes 185% as calls for regulation surge::AI-related lobbying reached new heights in 2023, with more than 450 organizations participating in the practice — a 185% increase from the year before.