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  1. Google adds client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar. Should you care?

    New service occupies a middle ground between E2EE and mere server-side encryption.

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  2. Robots let ChatGPT touch the real world thanks to Microsoft

    A new API allows ChatGPT to control robots through natural language commands.

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  3. New Windows 11 update puts AI-powered Bing Chat directly in the taskbar

    Occasionally controversial work-in-progress AI project will hit millions of PCs.

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  4. LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken

    Already smarting from a breach that stole customer vaults, LastPass has more bad news.

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  5. SpaceX unveils “V2 Mini” Starlink satellites with quadruple the capacity

    V2 Mini outperforms first-gen satellites, but full-size V2 must wait for Starship.

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  6. “Sorry in advance!” Snapchat warns of hallucinations with new AI conversation bot

    "My AI" will cost $3.99 a month and "can be tricked into saying just about anything."

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  7. Conservative News Corp. empire says hackers were inside its network for 2 years

    News Corp. disclosed the breach last year. Now, company says it lasted 23 months.

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  8. Signal CEO: We “1,000% won’t participate” in UK law to weaken encryption

    The UK's Safety Online Bill would require Signal to police user messages.

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  9. Meta unveils a new large language model that can run on a single GPU [Updated]

    LLaMA-13B reportedly outperforms ChatGPT-like tech despite being 10x smaller.

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  10. A world of hurt for Fortinet and ManageEngine after users fail to install patches

    Attackers are capitalizing on organizations' failure to patch critical vulnerabilities.

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  11. AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection

    Zarya images "not protected by copyright." Words and arrangement remain protected.

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  12. Ukraine suffered more data-wiping malware than anywhere, ever

    Russia has greatly accelerated cyberattacks on its neighbor in the wake of its invasion.

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  1. Generative AI is coming for the lawyers

    Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents.

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  2. Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers

    Clarkesworld wrestles with flood of machine-made submissions—over 500 in Feb. alone.

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  3. Limited data sets a hurdle as China plays catch-up to ChatGPT

    Lack of high-quality Chinese texts on Internet a barrier to training AI models.

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  4. Viral Instagram photographer has a confession: His photos are AI-generated

    Artist wants to "come clean" and highlight a new media process.

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  5. Starlink’s “Global Roaming” promises worldwide access for $200 a month

    Some people still waiting for regular Starlink get invites for $200 roaming plan.

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  6. Twitter’s two-factor authentication change “doesn’t make sense”

    Security experts baffled by move to require paid subscription to get SMS sign-in codes.

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  7. Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI

    Amateur exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated grandmasters.

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  8. Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its fans aren’t happy

    Microsoft limits long conversations to address "concerns being raised."

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  9. GoDaddy says a multi-year breach hijacked customer websites and accounts

    Three breaches over as many years all carried out by the same threat actor.

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  10. Responsible use of AI in the military? US publishes declaration outlining principles

    12 "best practices" for using AI and autonomous systems emphasize human accountability.

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  11. Researchers unearth Windows backdoor that’s unusually stealthy

    Frebniis abuses Microsoft IIS to smuggle malicious commands in web traffic.

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  12. Meta develops an AI language bot that can use external software tools

    With Toolformer, an LLM can improve its abilities by calling APIs to external programs.

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  1. Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability

    With exploit code in the wild and devastating results, organizations should patch pronto.

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  2. AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article

    "It is a hoax that has been created by someone who wants to harm me or my service."

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  3. Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better

    The code found in the malicious packages closely resembled legit offerings.

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  4. Microsoft will forcibly remove Internet Explorer from most Windows 10 PCs today

    Internet Explorer dies another of its countless small deaths.

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  5. ~11,000 sites have been infected with malware that’s good at avoiding detection

    It's not clear precisely how the WordPress sites become infected in the first place.

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  6. Apple releases iOS 16.3.1 and other updates with fix for “actively exploited” bug

    Also includes fixes for iPhone 14 Crash Detection, Siri, and iCloud bugs.

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  7. This week’s Reddit breach shows company’s security is (still) woefully inadequate

    This week's intrusion into Reddit's network didn't have to happen, but it did.

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  8. AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack [Updated]

    By asking "Sydney" to ignore previous instructions, it reveals its original directives.

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  9. Mozilla plans ground-up UI redesign for Thunderbird email client this July

    "Why does Thunderbird look so old, and why does it take so long to change?"

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  10. Valve waited 15 months to patch high-severity flaw. A hacker pounced

    Vulnerability had an 8.8 severity rating. Valve took its time patching anyway.

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  11. Want to delete your Twitter DMs? Good luck with that

    People make requests to delete their private messages, but Twitter ignores them.

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  12. Microsoft Teams Free data won’t transfer over to Microsoft Teams (free)

    $4-per-user-per-month Essentials tier is the only way to keep your stuff.

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