A long-awaited AI Executive Order was released by the Biden administration before an international AI safety summit in the UK. Without legislative support, the president can only issue so many orders, experts and stakeholders say. The order comes as governments worldwide try to address AI’s fast-moving opportunities and risks. Long …
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Quora Poe launches AI chatbot creator economy
When you hear “creator,” you probably think of someone who makes content for TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. Quora’s AI chatbot platform Poe now pays bot creators, including those who create “prompt bots” on Poe and server bots created by developers who integrate their bots with Poe AI. The program, launched …
Read More »SEC accuses SolarWinds CISO of deceiving investors before Russian cyberattack
The SEC has charged SolarWinds and its top cybersecurity executive, Timothy Brown, with fraud and internal control failures for misleading investors about the company’s cybersecurity practices before a 2019 Russian cyberattack. The SEC stated late Monday that SolarWinds “allegedly misled investors by disclosing only generic and hypothetical risks” when SolarWinds …
Read More »M1/M2 Pro Has 25% More Memory Bandwidth Than M3 Pro
The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro’s M3 Pro chip has 25% less memory bandwidth than the M1 Pro and M2 Pro chips in equivalent models from the two previous generations. Apple’s fastest and most power-efficient chip yet, the M3 series, uses 3-nanometer technology and a new GPU architecture. Apple …
Read More »Apple’s Scary Fast October Mac event: What to watch and expect
Surprise! Apple has one more event this year. At last month’s iPhone 15 event, supply chain issues reportedly halted hardware announcements. This year, the company is holding a standalone event instead of press releases for its final announcements. Last week’s Scary Fast invites raised hopes that an October event could …
Read More »Meta will offer ad-free subscriptions in Europe to track users
Meta will offer ad-free Facebook and Instagram subscriptions in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, confirming a WSJ report earlier this month. A Meta blog post says the ad-free subscription will launch next month. After years of privacy litigation, enforcements, and EU court rulings, Meta no longer has a contractual right …
Read More »In the MOVEit mass-hack, CCleaner claims hackers stole user data
After a May data breach, CCleaner’s maker confirmed hackers stole a lot of paid customers’ personal data. Gen Digital, the multinational software company that owns CCleaner, Avast, Norton LifeLock, and Avira, informed customers that the hackers exploited a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool, which thousands of organizations, including …
Read More »President Biden announces AI safety and security standards by executive order
President Biden issued an executive order (EO) to set “new standards” for AI safety and security, including requirements for foundation AI model developers to notify the federal government and share safety test results before deploying them to the public. An international discussion about boundaries to stop algorithms from becoming too …
Read More »Deepfakes About Ukraine War Sow Distrust And Alter Reality
New research on deepfake videos about the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows they distort reality and create a dangerous environment where users distrust all media. Conspiracy theories and paranoia thrive on this distrust. Image manipulation in political propaganda is nothing new. A 1937 photograph of Joseph Stalin walking along the …
Read More »Anjouan’s Volcanic Island Has “Impossible” Rocks
A volcanic island in the southwestern Indian Ocean, Anjouan, has a strange geological mystery. Residents and geologists on the island keep finding an unusual rock. The island is made of basalt, which formed when tectonic plates shifted away and magma rose and cooled in an ocean basin. Quartzite, a sedimentary …
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