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  1. Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails

    TikTok and Bilibili users transform nonsensical AI glitches into real-world performance art.

  2. Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns

    Another Big Tech firm seems to confirm Trump adviser Roger Stone was hacked.

  3. Musk’s new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images

    With Grok's new AI image generator, X users put Musk's "freedom of speech" to the test.

  4. Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime

    Facing time constraints, Sakana's "AI Scientist" attempted to change limits placed by researchers.

  5. Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other

    Haunted by glitching algorithms, self-driving cars disturb the peace in San Francisco.

  6. Deep-Live-Cam goes viral, allowing anyone to become a digital doppelganger

    Using one photo and free software, someone can impersonate your appearance in a video chat.

  7. Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans

    Laptop farm gave the impression North Korean nationals were working from the US.

  8. ChatGPT unexpectedly began speaking in a user’s cloned voice during testing

    Woolf: "OpenAI just leaked the plot of Black Mirror's next season."

  9. Ars asks: What was the last CD or DVD you burned?

    With the demise of Apple's SuperDrive, we reminisce on our final homemade optical discs.

  10. 512-bit RSA key in home energy system gives control of “virtual power plant”

    It took $70 and 24 hours for Ryan Castellucci to gain access to 200 MW of capacity.

  11. Man vs. machine: DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph

    Amateur-beating ping-pong AI learned to play in a simulated environment.

  12. Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines

    De Kraker: "If OpenAI is right on the verge of AGI, why do prominent people keep leaving?"

  1. Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices

    Mass wiping occurs after hack of mobile device management platform.

  2. Hang out with Ars in San Jose and DC this fall for two infrastructure events

    Join us as we talk about the next few years in AI & storage, and what to watch for.

  3. Mac and Windows users infected by software updates delivered over hacked ISP

    DNS poisoning attack worked even when targets used DNS from Google and Cloudflare.

  4. CrowdStrike claps back at Delta, says airline rejected offers for help

    Delta is creating a "misleading narrative," according to CrowdStrike's lawyers.

  5. FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands

    FLUX.1 is the open-weights heir apparent to Stable Diffusion, turning text into images.

  6. Senators propose “Digital replication right” for likeness, extending 70 years after death

    Law would hold US individuals and firms liable for ripping off a person's digital likeness.

  7. Cloudflare once again comes under pressure for enabling abusive sites

    Cloudflare masks the origin of roughly 10% of abusive domains, watchdog says.

  8. ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode impresses testers with sound effects, catching its breath

    AVM allows uncanny real-time voice conversations with ChatGPT that you can interrupt.

  9. Mysterious family of malware hid in Google Play for years

    Mandrake's ability to go unnoticed was the result of designs not often seen in Android malware.

  10. AI search engine accused of plagiarism announces publisher revenue-sharing plan

    Perplexity says WordPress.com, TIME, Der Spiegel, and Fortune have already signed up.

  11. Hackers exploit VMware vulnerability that gives them hypervisor admin

    Create new group called "ESX Admins" and ESXi automatically gives it admin rights.

  12. From sci-fi to state law: California’s plan to prevent AI catastrophe

    Critics say SB-1047, proposed by "AI doomers," could slow innovation and stifle open source AI.

  1. 97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changes

    Kernel access gives security software a lot of power, but not without problems.

  2. At the Olympics, AI is watching you

    New system foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.

  3. Google claims math breakthrough with proof-solving AI models

    AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 solve problems, with caveats on time and human assistance.

  4. OpenAI hits Google where it hurts with new SearchGPT prototype

    New tool may solve a web-search problem partially caused by AI-generated junk online.

  5. Chrome will now prompt some users to send passwords for suspicious files

    Google says passwords and files will be deleted shortly after they are deep-scanned.

  6. Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

    Keys were labeled "DO NOT TRUST." Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.

  7. We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands

    Gen-3 Alpha produces wild and whimsical results. Here's what it cooked up for us.

  8. CrowdStrike blames testing bugs for security update that took down 8.5M Windows PCs

    Company says it's improving testing processes to avoid a repeat.

  9. Elon Musk claims he is training “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric”

    One snag: xAI might not have the electrical power contracts to do it.

  10. How Russia-linked malware cut heat to 600 Ukrainian buildings in deep winter

    The code was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year.

  11. The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B

    "Open source AI is the path forward," says Mark Zuckerberg, using a contested term.

  12. Microsoft says 8.5M systems hit by CrowdStrike BSOD, releases USB recovery tool

    When reboots don't work, bootable USB sticks may help ease fixes for some PCs.