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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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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."

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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?"

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

    Mass wiping occurs after hack of mobile device management platform.

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  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.

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  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.

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  11. Hackers exploit VMware vulnerability that gives them hypervisor admin

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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