Latest AI news

Medium bans AI-generated content from its paid Partner Program

Medium is banning AI-generated content from its paid Partner program, notifying users that the new policy goes into effect on May 1, 2024.
- Mayank Parmar
- April 14, 2024
- 05:39 PM
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Chrome Enterprise gets Premium security but you have to pay for it

Google has announced a new version of its browser for organizations, Chrome Enterprise Premium, which comes with extended security controls for a monthly fee per user.
- Ionut Ilascu
- April 10, 2024
- 03:52 PM
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It's surprisingly difficult for AI to create just a plain white image

Generative AI services like Midjourney and OpenAI's DALL-E can deliver the unimaginable when it comes to stunning artifacts produced from simple text prompts. Sketching complex art imagery may be AI's specialty, yet some of the simplest tasks are evidently what AI struggles with the most.
- Ax Sharma
- March 31, 2024
- 07:38 AM
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It's not just you: ChatGPT is down for many worldwide

OpenAI's ChatGPT is down for many people worldwide, with users facing multiple problems, including being unable to access their accounts, having their chat history come up empty, and the chat screens not loading properly.
- Mayank Parmar
- March 25, 2024
- 06:19 PM
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GitHub’s new AI-powered tool auto-fixes vulnerabilities in your code

GitHub introduced a new AI-powered feature capable of speeding up vulnerability fixes while coding. This feature is in public beta and automatically enabled on all private repositories for GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) customers
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 20, 2024
- 02:52 PM
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Investment advisers pay $400K to settle ‘AI washing’ charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions, have settled charges of making misleading statements regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their products.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 18, 2024
- 05:38 PM
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Over 12 million auth secrets and keys leaked on GitHub in 2023

GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the vast majority remaining valid after five days.
- Bill Toulas
- March 12, 2024
- 11:23 AM
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Google engineer caught stealing AI tech secrets for Chinese firms

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the unsealing of an indictment against Linwei (Leon) Ding, 38, a former software engineer at Google, suspected of stealing Google AI trade secrets for Chinese companies.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2024
- 09:56 AM
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Brave browser launches privacy-focused AI assistant on Android

Brave Software is the next company to jump into AI, announcing a new privacy-preserving AI assistant called "Leo" is rolling out on the Android version of its browser through the latest release, version 1.63.
- Bill Toulas
- February 29, 2024
- 03:42 PM
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Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines

At least 100 instances of malicious AI ML models were found on the Hugging Face platform, some of which can execute code on the victim's machine, giving attackers a persistent backdoor.
- Bill Toulas
- February 28, 2024
- 05:12 PM
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Windows Photos gets AI magic eraser on Windows 10 and later

Microsoft's Windows Photos app now has its own generative erase tool that enables users to replace unwanted objects with AI-generated content.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 23, 2024
- 07:57 AM
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OpenAI blocks state-sponsored hackers from using ChatGPT

OpenAI has removed accounts used by state-sponsored threat groups from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia, that were abusing its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.
- Bill Toulas
- February 15, 2024
- 10:56 AM
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UK says AI will empower ransomware over the next two years

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will have an adverse near-term impact on cybersecurity, helping escalate the threat of ransomware.
- Bill Toulas
- January 24, 2024
- 11:56 AM
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- January 16, 2024
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OpenAI rolls out imperfect fix for ChatGPT data leak flaw

OpenAI has mitigated a data exfiltration bug in ChatGPT that could potentially leak conversation details to an external URL.
- Bill Toulas
- December 21, 2023
- 11:44 AM
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Microsoft confirms Copilot AI assistant coming to Windows 10

Microsoft will roll out the Copilot AI-powered assistant to Windows 10 systems enrolled in the Insider Program over the coming months.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 16, 2023
- 01:00 PM
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Microsoft announces Security Copilot early access program

Microsoft announced this week that its ChatGPT-like Security Copilot AI assistant is now available in early access for some customers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 22, 2023
- 10:09 AM
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New Microsoft bug bounty program focuses on AI-powered Bing

Microsoft announced a new AI bounty program focused on the AI-driven Bing experience, with rewards reaching $15,000.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 12, 2023
- 01:29 PM
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ShellTorch flaws expose AI servers to code execution attacks

A set of critical vulnerabilities dubbed 'ShellTorch' in the open-source TorchServe AI model-serving tool impact tens of thousands of internet-exposed servers, some of which belong to large organizations.
- Bill Toulas
- October 03, 2023
- 12:37 PM
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Bing Chat responses infiltrated by ads pushing malware

Malicious advertisements are now being injected into Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat responses, promoting fake download sites that distribute malware.
- Bill Toulas
- September 28, 2023
- 02:35 PM
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