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• SoftBank's Son Says Artificial Super Intelligence To Exist By 2035

  29-10-2024 23:40 via slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son reiterated his belief in the coming of artificial super intelligence (ASI) on Tuesday, saying it would require hundreds of billions of dollars of investment to realize. Artificial super intelligence will be 10,000 times smarter than a human brain and will exist by 2035, Son told an audience of global business, technology and finance leaders at a conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Son said he is saving up funds "so I ca
  
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• Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Affecting X.Org Server For 18 Years

  29-10-2024 23:00 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Phoronix's Michael Larabel reports: CVE-2024-9632 was made public today as the latest security vulnerability affecting the X.Org Server. The CVE-2024-9632 security issue has been present in the codebase now for 18 years and can lead to local privilege escalation. Introduced in the X.Org Server 1.1.1 release back in 2006, CVE-2024-9632 affects the X.Org Server as well as XWayland too. By providing a modified bitmap to the X.Org Server, a heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation can occur.T
  
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• OpenAI Builds First Chip With Broadcom and TSMC, Scales Back Foundry Ambition

  29-10-2024 22:20 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom and TSMC to design its first in-house AI chip while supplementing its infrastructure with AMD chips, aiming to diversify its reliance on Nvidia GPUs. "The company has dropped the ambitious foundry plans for now due to the costs and time needed to build a network, and plans instead to focus on in-house chip design effort," adds Reuters. From the report: OpenAI has been working for months with Broadcom to build its first AI chip focusing on inference, according t
  
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• LinkedIn Launches Its First AI Agent To Take On the Role of Job Recruiters

  29-10-2024 21:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: LinkedIn, the social platform used by professionals to connect with others in their field, hunt for jobs, and develop skills, is taking the wraps off its latest effort to build artificial intelligence tools for users. Hiring Assistant is a new product designed to take on a wide array of recruitment tasks, from ingesting scrappy notes and thoughts to turn into longer job descriptions, through to sourcing candidates and engaging with them. Linke
  
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• FCC Chair: Mobile Dead Spots Will End When Space-Based and Ground Comms Merge

  29-10-2024 21:01 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel outlined a vision for universal connectivity last week that merges satellite and ground-based networks. The FCC recently became the first regulator to establish a framework for supplemental coverage from space (SCS). "Satellites may be in our skies, but they are the anchor tenant in our communications future," said Rosenworcel, calling for seamless integration of fiber, cellular, wireless, and satellite infrastructure into a unified net
  
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• Crypto Firm Consensys To Cut 20% of Workforce Amid Regulatory Headwinds

  29-10-2024 20:22 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Cryptocurrency firm Consensys said on Tuesday it would cut 20% of its total workforce, citing broader macroeconomic pressures and ongoing regulatory challenges facing the industry. From a report: The decision will impact 162 of a total of 828 employees at the company, Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin told Reuters in a mailed statement. Crypto companies have frequently accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of regulatory overreach and exceeding its jurisdiction, while the agency argues that the
  
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• Apple Moves the M4 Mac Mini's Power Button To the Bottom

  29-10-2024 19:44 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Apple has moved the power button on its new M4 Mac mini to an awkward spot underneath the device, requiring users to lift or tip the computer to turn it on. The button now sits near the left rear corner, raised slightly by cooling vents, instead of its previous accessible position on the back panel. The change, absent from Apple's marketing materials, complicates basic operations like power-cycling the machine - especially with cables attached.
  Further reading: Apple's New Mouse Retains Flawed C
  
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• AI Slop Is Flooding Medium

  29-10-2024 19:05 via slashdot.org
  
  AI slop is flowing onto every major platform where people post online -- and Medium is no exception. Wired: The 12-year-old publishing platform has undertaken a dizzying number of pivots over the years. It's finally on a financial upswing, having turned a monthly profit for the first time this summer. Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine and other executives at the company have described the platform as "a home for human writing." But there is evidence that robot bloggers are increasingly flocking to the
  
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• Robert Downey Jr. Threatens To Sue Over AI Recreations of His Likeness

  29-10-2024 18:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. has threatened legal action against future studio executives who attempt to recreate his likeness using AI. "I intend to sue all future executives just on spec," Downey said when asked about potential AI recreations of his performances. He dismissed concerns about Marvel Studios using his likeness without permission, citing trust in their leadership. During the interview, he criticized tech executives who position themselves as AI gatekeepers, calling it "a massive
  
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• Apple Shrinks Mac Mini, Adds M4 Power Boost in Major Redesign

  29-10-2024 17:41 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Apple launched a dramatically smaller Mac Mini desktop computer on Tuesday, powered by its new M4 processor and featuring ray tracing capabilities for the first time. The redesigned Mini measures just 5 inches square, roughly half the size of its predecessor, while delivering up to 1.8 times faster CPU performance compared to the M1 model.
  The base version starts at $599, while the more powerful M4 Pro variant begins at $1,399. The M4 Pro model sports 14 CPU cores and 20 GPU cores, with support
  
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• YouTube Tests New Homepage That Hides Video Upload Date, View Count

  29-10-2024 17:01 via news.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: YouTube is reportedly testing a new website layout that removes the date when a video was uploaded and the amount of views it has. [...] On Monday, October 28, VidIQ reported in a post on X that YouTube is testing a new homepage layout that removes view counts and dates.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  
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• Linus Torvalds Dismisses AI Industry as '90% Marketing'

  29-10-2024 16:21 via linux.slashdot.org
  
  Linux creator Linus Torvalds has blasted the AI industry as "90% marketing and 10% reality" even as he acknowledged AI's transformative potential. Speaking to TFiR, Torvalds said he would "basically ignore" AI until the hype subsides, predicting meaningful applications would emerge in five years.
  The Finnish software pioneer singled out ChatGPT and graphic design as current practical use cases. His criticism follows Baidu CEO's recent warning of an impending AI bubble burst, claiming only 1% of
  
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• Bezos: 'Presidential Endorsements Do Nothing'

  29-10-2024 15:40 via news.slashdot.org
  
  theodp writes: "Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election," argues Jeff Bezos in The Hard Truth: Americans Don't Trust the News Media, a WaPo op-ed defense of his decision as owner of The Washington Post to end the newspaper's tradition of endorsing candidates for president.
  "No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, 'I'm going with Newspaper A's endorsement.' None. What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of
  
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• Planet-Heating Pollutants in Atmosphere Hit Record Levels in 2023

  29-10-2024 15:04 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The concentration of planet-heating pollutants clogging the atmosphere hit record levels in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. From a report: It found carbon dioxide is accumulating faster than at any time in human history, with concentrations having risen by more than 10% in just two decades. "Another year, another record," said Celeste Saulo, secretary-general of the WMO. "This should set alarm bells ringing among decision makers." The increase was driven by humanity's
  
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• Researchers Say AI Transcription Tool Used In Hospitals Invents Things

  29-10-2024 14:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the Associated Press: Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near "human level robustness and accuracy." But Whisper has a major flaw: It is prone to making up chunks of text or even entire sentences, according to interviews with more than a dozen software engineers, developers and academic researchers. Those experts said some of the invented text -- known in the industry as ha
  
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• JCDC’s Industry-Government Collaboration Speeds Mitigation of CrowdStrike IT Outage

  29-10-2024 13:00 via cisa.gov
  CISA, through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), enabled swift, coordinated response and information sharing in the wake of a significant IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update. This outage, which impacted government, critical infrastructure, and industry across the globe, led to disruptions in essential services, including air travel, healthcare, and financial operations.
  Leveraging its unique ability to bring together public and private sector partners, JCDC facilitated v
  
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• NASA Generated $76 Billion For US Economy In 2023

  29-10-2024 11:00 via news.slashdot.org
  
  NASA's economic impact report highlights that in fiscal year 2023, the agency's initiatives contributed $75.6 billion to the U.S. economy, created over 300,000 jobs, and drove advancements in areas like space exploration, climate research, and technology innovation. The agency's budget for that year was $25.4 billion. Space.com reports: The Moon to Mars program alone created $23.8 billion in economic output and 96,479 jobs, while investments in climate research and technology contributed $7.9 bi
  
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• NASA Is Treating Orion's Heat Shield Problems As a Secret

  29-10-2024 08:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Ars Technica's Stephen Clark reports: For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, a burning question for the last year-and-a-half has been what caused the Orion spacecraft's heat shield to crack and chip away during atmospheric reentry on the unpiloted Artemis I test flight in late 2022. Multiple NASA officials said Monday they now know the answer, but they're not telling. Instead, agency officials want to wait until more reviews are done to determine what this means for Artemis II, t
  
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• 'Oregon Trail' Action-Comedy Movie In Development At Apple

  29-10-2024 04:30 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Hollywood Reporter: Grab your wagons and oxen, and get ready to ford a river: A movie adaptation of the popular grade school computer game Oregon Trail is in development at Apple. The studio landed the film pitch, still in early development, that has Will Speck and Josh Gordon attached to direct and produce. EGOT winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will provide original music and produce via their Ampersand production banner. Sources tell The Hollywood
  
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• Fitness App Strava Gives Away Location of Foreign Leaders, Report Finds

  29-10-2024 03:10 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  French newspaper Le Monde found that the fitness app Strava can easily track confidential movements of foreign leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, and presidential rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The Independent reports: Le Monde found that some U.S. Secret Service agents use the Strava fitness app, including in recent weeks after two assassination attempts on Trump, in a video investigation released in French and in English. Strava is a fitness tracking app primarily used by run
  
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• JPMorgan Begins Suing Customers In 'Infinite Money Glitch'

  29-10-2024 02:30 via news.slashdot.org
  
  JPMorgan Chase is suing customers who exploited an ATM glitch that allowed them to withdraw funds before a check bounced. CNBC reports: The bank on Monday filed lawsuits in at least three federal courts, taking aim at some of the people who withdrew the highest amounts in the so-called infinite money glitch that went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms in late August. [...] JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, is investigating thousands of possible cases related to the "infini
  
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• Raspberry Pi OS Now Using Wayland By Default

  29-10-2024 01:50 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  Phoronix's Michael Larabel reports: Over the past year we have seen Raspberry Pi working a lot on Wayland support for the Raspberry Pi OS desktop and using it on their latest Raspberry Pi models. With today's new Raspberry Pi OS update, Wayland is being used by default across all Raspberry Pi devices. The new Raspberry Pi OS update shipping today is using Wayland across all Raspberry Pi models. Labwc is also now the Wayland compositor of choice and those upgrading their existing Raspberry Pi OS
  
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• The Fediverse Is Getting Its Own TikTok Competitor Called Loops

  29-10-2024 01:10 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor has it completed its integration with ActivityPub, the protocol that powers Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and other federated apps. However, both thos
  
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• Russia Publishes New Crypto Law Expanding State Control Over Digital Assets

  29-10-2024 00:30 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Russia has enacted a new law expanding control over cryptocurrency mining, granting multiple federal agencies access to digital currency identifier addresses, among other things. The country is also advancing its regulatory framework and experimenting with crypto in international trade. From a report: Taking effect on Nov. 1, the legislation includes several amendments designed to strengthen oversight and impose limitations on crypto mining activities based on regional needs. The law enables the
  
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