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  1. Google’s RT-2 AI model brings us one step closer to WALL-E

    "First-of-its-kind" robot AI model can recognize trash and perform complex actions.

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  2. Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition

    OCR isn't the only advanced technique used by "CherryBlos" apps.

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  3. Most of the 100 million people who signed up for Threads stopped using it

    "We're seeing more people coming back daily than I'd expected," Zuckerberg said.

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  4. Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion XL, its next-gen image synthesis model

    New SDXL 1.0 release allows hi-res AI image synthesis that can run on a local machine.

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  5. US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices”

    Rebuke follows recent breach that exposed email accounts of US federal officials.

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  6. OpenAI discontinues its AI writing detector due to “low rate of accuracy”

    Research shows that any AI writing detector can be defeated—and false positives abound.

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  7. Windows, hardware, Xbox sales are dim spots in a solid Microsoft earnings report

    Company also expects to spend ever more money to support its ongoing AI efforts.

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  8. Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007

    Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him "some merch."

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  9. Pocket assistant: ChatGPT comes to Android

    OpenAI brings the popular AI language model to an official Android client app.

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  10. Major AI companies form group to research, keep control of AI

    Skeptics say Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI hope to avoid regulation.

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  11. How we host Ars Technica in the cloud, part two: The software

    A deep dive into the applications and functions that keep Ars humming along in the cloud.

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  12. Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix

    "Zenbleed" bug affects all Zen 2-based Ryzen, Threadripper, and EPYC CPUs.

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  1. Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm

    Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.

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  2. ChatGPT’s new personalization feature could save users a lot of time

    Beta feature allows ChatGPT to remember key details with less prompt repetition.

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  3. AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro

    Red Hat made being a 1:1 clone hard. So AlmaLinux is pivoting and speeding up.

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  4. The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives

    In this deep-dive explainer, we look at a big-business mainstay.

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  5. Zyxel users still getting hacked by DDoS botnet emerge as public nuisance No. 1

    12 weeks after critical vulnerability was patched, devices are still being wrangled.

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  6. Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft

    "Glorbo" isn't real, but a news-writing AI model didn't know it—and then it wrote about itself.

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  7. The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president

    1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.

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  8. Firmware vulnerabilities in millions of computers could give hackers superuser status

    BMCs give near-total control over entire fleets of servers. What happens when they're hacked?

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  9. Microsoft to stop locking vital security logs behind $57-per-user monthly plan

    US agency urged Microsoft to expand access to logs that can identify cyberattacks.

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  10. Google demos “unsettling” tool to help journalists write the news

    "Genesis" will seek to assist journalists, not replace them—yet.

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  11. Study claims ChatGPT is losing capability, but some experts aren’t convinced

    Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture.

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  12. Attackers find new ways to deliver DDoSes with “alarming” sophistication

    Once crude and unsophisticated, DDoSes are now on par with those by nation-states.

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  1. The Cyber Trust Mark is a voluntary IoT label coming in 2024. What does it mean?

    The FCC and other agencies have their hands full trying to simplify a big topic.

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  2. Behind the scenes: How we host Ars Technica, part one

    Join us on a multipart journey into our place in the cloud!

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  3. Report: OpenAI holding back GPT-4 image features on fears of privacy issues

    GPT-4's image capabilities can recognize certain individuals, according to NYT.

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  4. Exploited 0-days, an incomplete fix, and a botched disclosure: Infosec snafu reigns

    The exploited code-execution flaws are the kind coveted by ransomware and nation-state hackers.

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  5. Meta launches Llama 2, a source-available AI model that allows commercial applications [Updated]

    A family of pretrained and fine-tuned language models in sizes from 7 to 70 billion parameters.

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  6. Microsoft 365’s Copilot assistant for businesses comes with a hefty price tag

    Copilot runs $30 per user per month on top of your existing Microsoft 365 plan.

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  7. Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator

    Spelling error misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to company running Mali’s TLD.

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  8. AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday and sank another 6.7% today

    AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, and Lumen all get hammered after lead-cable reports.

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  9. JumpCloud, an IT firm serving 200,000 orgs, says it was hacked by nation-state

    "Extremely targeted" attack involved a data injection into JumpCloud's commands framework.

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  10. Microsoft takes pains to obscure role in 0-days that caused email breach

    Critics also decry Microsoft's "pay-to-play" monitoring that detected intrusions.

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  11. Fran Drescher: “We are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines”

    As actors strike, Hollywood reportedly seeks to own actors' digital doubles.

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  12. Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI

    Can AI writing detectors be trusted? We dig into the theory behind them.

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