• North Korea and Iran using AI for hacking, Microsoft says

    North Korea and Iran using AI for hacking, Microsoft says
    US tech giant says it has detected threats from foreign countries that used or attempted to exploit generative AI it had developedUS adversaries – chiefly Iran and North Korea, and to a lesser extent Russia and China – are beginning to use generative artificial intelligence to mount or organize offensive cyber operations, Microsoft said on Wednesday.Microsoft said it detected and disrupted, in collaboration with business partner OpenAI, many threats that used or attempted to exploit
  • Two OpenAI book lawsuits partially dismissed by California court

    Two OpenAI book lawsuits partially dismissed by California court
    Comedian Sarah Silverman and novelist Paul Tremblay alleged the artificial intelligence software unlawfully scraped their work to train ChatGPTTwo copyright infringement lawsuits brought forward by authors against artificial intelligence company OpenAI have been partially dismissed in court.The cases, led by comedian Sarah Silverman and novelist Paul Tremblay, alleged that OpenAI unlawfully used their books to train the large language model underlying artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, which
  • Let ChatGPT Run Your Tinder This Valentine's Day

    Let ChatGPT Run Your Tinder This Valentine's Day
    A man programmed ChatGPT to find his wife on Tinder, and it turns out thatTinder is fine with you doing the same.Read more...
  • Voices of the dead: shooting victims plead for gun reform with AI-voice messages

    Voices of the dead: shooting victims plead for gun reform with AI-voice messages
    Voices of people lost to gun violence have been re-created using AI to call for action, now six years to the day after the Parkland shooting that killed 17Six years ago today, Joaquin Oliver was killed in a hallway outside his Florida classroom, one of 17 students and staff murdered in the worst high school shooting in the US. On Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington DC will hear his voice, recreated by artificial intelligence, in phone calls demanding to know why they’ve done nothing to tack
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  • Queensland introduces carbon target bill; Tasmanian premier calls election – as it happened

    Queensland introduces carbon target bill; Tasmanian premier calls election – as it happened
    Jeremy Rockliff announces early election in Tasmania as MPs’ moves to crossbench have stalled passage of legislation. This blog is now closedAustralia news live: News Corp’s Janet Albrechtsen ‘not an advocate’ for Bruce Lehrmann, court told; Victorian coal power station coming back online – latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen it comes to treaty and truth-telling though, things are a little less clear. For all i
  • Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show

    Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show
    Lonely on Valentine’s Day? AI can help. At least, that’s what a number of companies hawking “romantic” chatbots will tell you. But as your robot love story unfolds, there’s a tradeoff you may not realize you’re making. According to a new study from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project, AI girlfriends and boyfriends…Read more...