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From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-20 22:01:34
12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap
Did OpenAI's big holiday event live up to the billing?
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-20 19:31:43
OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models
o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-20 15:44:05
The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heated
Potentially groundbreaking AI releases have been coming in fast, sending experts' heads spinning.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-19 21:49:53
Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is Google's take on so-called AI reasoning models.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-19 20:41:02
As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bank
Ingram Micro the latest to ditch VMware, but VMware's still making money.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-19 20:10:29
New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality
"Genesis" can compress training times from decades into hours using 3D worlds conjured from text.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-19 15:50:10
A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement
Will Tencent's "open source" HunyuanVideo launch an at-home "Stable Diffusion" moment for uncensored AI video?
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-18 19:40:35
Arm says it’s losing $50M a year in revenue from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoCs
At issue: Arm SoC designs that Qualcomm acquired when it bought Nuvia in 2021.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-18 18:42:40
OpenAI launches free phone hotline to let anyone call ChatGPT
1-800-CHATGPT telephone number lets any US caller talk to OpenAI's assistant—no smartphone required.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-16 17:08:49
T-Mobile opens beta registration for Starlink-enabled cell phone service
Beta registration opened today, will enable texting in dead zones in early 2025.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-13 21:46:18
Yearlong supply-chain attack targeting security pros steals 390K credentials
Multifaceted, high-precision campaign targets malicious and benevolent hackers alike.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-13 14:12:48
Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
Nonsensical movements created by OpenAI’s Sora are typical for current AI-generated video, and here's why.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-12 21:00:30
Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands
Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000 sites.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-12 18:50:27
OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats
An AI version of old St. Nick arrives as a seasonal character in popular chatbot app.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-11 23:18:42
Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine
Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-11 19:23:34
Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features
Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-10 20:43:45
AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”
Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-10 17:08:09
AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack
Attack bypasses AMD protection promising security, even when a server is compromised.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-09 19:59:47
Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?
"Reddit Answers" will answer questions with AI-generated summaries of user content.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-09 19:06:24
Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly
It's a big launch, but AI video-synthesis competition has heated up over the past 10 months.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-06 19:22:05
Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense
The FBI now recommends choosing a secret password to thwart AI voice clones from tricking people.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-05 20:50:44
New Broadcom sales plan may be “insignificant” in deterring VMware migrations
Broadcom will only hog 500 of VMware's biggest customers, instead of 2,000.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-05 18:39:23
OpenAI’s new $200 monthly ChatGPT subscription will buy you more compute time
OpenAI's full "o1" AI model is "smaller and faster," and ChatGPT Pro users get an even beefier version.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-05 17:50:38
Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill
OpenAI and Palmer Luckey's weapons company sign agreement to explore lethal drone defense for military use.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-05 17:00:06
$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections
iVerify's detection tool was launched in May and is turning up victims.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-05 12:35:15
Backdoor slips into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets
Solana-web3.js code library drains private keys, giving access to user wallets.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-04 20:15:32
OpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow
OpenAI's "12 days of shipmas" will reveal new AI releases and demos for two weeks.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-04 13:54:15
HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death
Popular tech educator died in his office within hours of claiming retaliation for filing NCSU ethics reports.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-04 12:15:10
Russian court sentences kingpin of Hydra drug marketplace to life in prison
The underground marketplace distributed more than a metric ton of narcotics.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-02 22:22:18
Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why
Filter resulting from subject of settled defamation lawsuit could cause trouble down the road.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-12-02 18:58:31
Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival
Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-29 21:37:00
Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor
Unearthed sample likely works against Linux devices from Acer, HP, Fujitsu, and Lenovo.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-27 19:21:05
Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux
"Bootkitty" is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-26 18:10:39
QNAP firmware update leaves NAS owners locked out of their boxes
Downgrading or customer support are your options if you caught the bad one.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-23 02:03:27
Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
“Nearest Neighbor Attack” finally lets Russia’s Fancy Bear into target’s Wi-Fi network.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-22 19:32:15
Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival
Amazon has now committed $8 billion to AI startup that makes a key ChatGPT competitor.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-21 13:00:21
5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever
Phishing attacks were so well-orchestrated that they fooled some of the best in the business.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-20 19:47:22
Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“
If you've noticed strange sites on "Best" product searches, so has Google.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-19 22:11:56
A year after ditching waitlist, Starlink says it is “sold out” in parts of US
SpaceX's Starlink doesn't have enough capacity for everyone who wants it.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-19 20:34:09
Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system
Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a "Large Geospatial Model."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-18 22:49:33
AI-generated shows could replace lost DVD revenue, Ben Affleck says
AI won't replace human artistry, says actor, but it will wildly drive down costs.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-13 22:42:40
IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware
Incremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add up.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-12 22:49:58
New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike
FrontierMath's difficult questions remain unpublished so that AI companies can't train against it.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-12 13:17:26
Ars Live: Our first encounter with manipulative AI
On Nov. 19, join Benj Edwards and Simon Willison's live YouTube chat about the "Great Bing Chat Fiasco of 2023."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-11 15:51:54
Is “AI welfare” the new frontier in ethics?
Anthropic's new hire is preparing for a future where advanced AI models may experience suffering.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-08 22:08:12
Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
Critics worry Anthropic is endangering its "ethical" AI stance due to defense associations.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-08 21:59:21
New SMB-friendly subscription tier may be too late to stop VMware migrations
Broadcom acquisition was a "wake-up call" for VMware-dependent SMBs.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-08 20:08:26
Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support
Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple's home apps all at once?
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-07 23:12:23
Law enforcement operation takes down 22,000 malicious IP addresses worldwide
Operation Synergia II took aim at phishing, ransomware, and information stealing.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-07 15:32:46
ChatGPT has a new vanity domain name, and it may have cost $15 million
Speculator swapped pricey domain for OpenAI shares instead of taking cash payment.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-06 21:18:39
Trump plans to dismantle Biden AI safeguards after victory
Trump plans to repeal Biden's 2023 order and levy tariffs on GPU imports.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-06 19:25:40
Corning faces antitrust actions for its Gorilla Glass dominance
European Commission looks into alleged exclusivity, pricing, and patent demands.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-05 22:50:48
Anthropic’s Haiku 3.5 surprises experts with an “intelligence” price increase
Anthropic’s smallest AI model now beats its older largest LLM, Opus, at some tasks.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-05 22:03:42
Suspect arrested in Snowflake data-theft attacks affecting millions
Threat actor exploited account credentials swept up by infostealers years earlier.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-04 21:28:38
New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright
Time-hopping film Here used AI trained on every Tom Hanks movie to make him appear young again.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-04 17:28:07
Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run
Stock index switch-up reflects symbolic market shift as chip industry refocuses around AI.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-04 15:52:24
Perplexity will show live US election results despite AI accuracy warnings
AI search engine embraces 2024 US election with live tracker and chatbot info hub.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-11-02 00:13:20
Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks
The botnet is being skillfully used to launch "highly evasive" password-spraying attacks.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-31 21:28:05
Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak
"The goal is to complete the password updates by this evening," government says.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-31 17:00:58
OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on
As traditional web search falters, OpenAI offers an AI-based alternative.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-31 11:00:27
A year after Broadcom’s VMware buy, customers eye exit strategies
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-30 20:03:31
Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed
Dropbox also laid off 500 last year but still had "excess layers of management."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-30 19:59:03
Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy
FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-30 18:53:24
Downey Jr. plans to fight AI re-creations from beyond the grave
In podcast interview, actor takes firm stance against digital recreations of his likeness.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-30 15:50:50
Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI
We've always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI continue that tradition.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-30 11:00:32
The sad, bizarre tale of hype fanning fears modern cryptography was slain
The advance was incremental at best. So why did so many think it was a breakthrough?
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-28 18:23:01
Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warnings
OpenAI’s Whisper tool may add fake text to medical transcripts, investigation finds.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-28 17:58:54
Kremlin-backed hackers have new Windows and Android malware to foist on Ukrainian foes
"Civil Defense" pushes hybrid espionage/influence campaign targeting recruits.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-24 19:21:50
Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics
Torvalds defends move, says "Russian troll factories" won't deter him.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-24 00:03:15
Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-23 23:32:14
At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains
A year later, a compelling group of TED speakers move from "what's this?" to "what now?"
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-22 20:49:07
FortiGate admins report active exploitation 0-day. Vendor isn’t talking.
Vulnerability allowing remote code execution has been discussed since at least 9 days ago.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-21 20:51:20
Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years
Co-founder thinks other companies should consider a "swim against the stream."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-18 16:42:46
OpenAI releases ChatGPT app for Windows
New Alt+Space shortcut puts OpenAI's assistant a key press away at all times.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-18 11:45:07
Finally upgrading from isc-dhcp-server to isc-kea for my homelab
Migrating didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would—and dynamic DNS still works!
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-17 23:41:39
Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recording
Researcher feeds screen recordings into Gemini to extract accurate information with ease.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-16 23:40:56
Men accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies
Hospitals, government agencies, and a large roster of tech companies all targeted.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-16 17:47:24
Amazon joins Google in investing in small modular nuclear power
What's with the sudden interest in nuclear power among tech titans?
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-16 16:40:36
Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam
Scammers used AI deepfake tools to create fake online personas, tricking victims in video calls.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-15 22:16:05
North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs
Once, FASTCash ran only on Unix. Then came Windows. Now it can target Linux, too.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-15 19:42:21
SpaceX claims Starlink can offer gigabit speeds if FCC approves new plan
SpaceX: "Small-but-meaningful updates" can boost speed from about 100Mbps to 1Gbps.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-15 17:14:00
Google and Kairos sign nuclear reactor deal with aim to power AI
New Google agreement could boost development of small modular reactors—if they work.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-14 22:48:23
Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content
New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-14 20:25:54
The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved webpages are back online
Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-14 20:06:27
Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.
A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-11 17:30:07
Are Tesla’s robot prototypes AI marvels or remote-controlled toys?
Partying robots spark debate about accuracy of Musk's "biggest product ever of any kind" vision.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-11 15:58:35
AMD unveils powerful new AI chip to challenge Nvidia
AMD CEO Lisa Su on the MI325X: "This is the beginning, not the end of the AI race."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-10 15:26:47
Join Ars in DC for infrastructure, cocktails, and spycraft on October 29
On the discussion agenda: Privacy, compliance, and making infrastructure smarter.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-10 01:12:56
Archive.org, a repository storing the entire history of the Internet, has been hacked
31 million records containing email addresses and passwords hashes exposed.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-09 22:33:34
Is China pulling ahead in AI video synthesis? We put Minimax to the test
With China's AI video generators pushing memes into weird territory, it was time to test one out.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-09 13:26:26
Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices
It's hard enough creating one air-gap-jumping tool. GoldenJackal did it 2x in 5 years.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-08 16:17:37
In stunning Nobel win, AI researchers Hopfield and Hinton take 2024 Physics Prize
Hinton, who quit Google in 2023 to warn of AI dangers, was "flabbergasted" at the news.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-04 20:55:09
OpenAI’s Canvas can translate code between languages with a click
New side-by-side document and code-editing feature catches up with Anthropic's Artifacts.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-04 19:42:06
Meta’s new “Movie Gen” AI system can deepfake video from a single photo
A future where realistic video fakes are easy and plentiful seems inevitable.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-04 00:42:05
Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021
The ability to remain installed and undetected makes Perfctl hard to fight.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-03 17:14:19
Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse
Microsoft brings two new opt-in trial features to some users of its Copilot AI-assistant.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-02 22:50:28
Attackers exploit critical Zimbra vulnerability using cc’d email addresses
When successful, attacks install a backdoor. Getting it to work reliably is another matter.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-02 20:56:31
OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion
OpenAI has nearly doubled what investors think it's worth—but there's a catch.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-01 20:40:59
Crook made millions by breaking into execs’ Office365 inboxes, feds say
Email accounts inside 5 US companies unlawfully breached through password resets.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2024-10-01 20:40:59
Crook made millions by breaking into execs’ Office365 inboxes, feds say
Email accounts inside 5 US companies unlawfully breached through password resets.