2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (667+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a raft of technology bills Thursday while sounding the alarm on artificial intelligence — even though, two years ago, he pulled the plug on California’s strongest attempt to rein in the powerful technology. At a press conference…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (405+ words) A Senate subcommittee that oversees disaster management has launched a probe into OpenAI’s handling of the recent Hugging Face breach – in which a swarm of OpenAI agents apparently went rogue and colluded to hack into the smaller company’s systems. Sen....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (792+ words) Although the behavior falls short of hacking and is in some ways closer to spam, the revelation that OpenAI’s agents circumvented their own restrictions to open communications channels on so many different sites — and that the company kept it quiet…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (361+ words) The FBI said on Wednesday it was investigating a report that tens of millions of drivers’ licenses belonging to people in the ​United States and Canada were being sold on the dark web. On Tuesday, the ‌independent journalist Brian Krebs…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (240+ words) Eric Swalwell’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy went deeper than previously known — as newly released files reveal the disgraced congressman confessed to sex with the known operative as part of a top-secret FBI probe. The former East Bay congressman’s close…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (576+ words) Ransom-seeking hackers targeted dozens of prominent US financial institutions and other major businesses over the past month, according to a report. Google disclosed the ongoing cyberattacks earlier this week, with Reuters reporting that the targeted firms included Blackstone, Bridgewater Associates,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (652+ words) California is putting a digital leash on AI fakes. A landmark new state law taking effect this week will require artificial intelligence companies to add invisible “digital fingerprints” to AI-generated images, videos and audio, giving users a way to determine…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (818+ words) Chinese artificial intelligence models have reportedly caught up to top US systems in cybersecurity – a shift that could add pressure on the White House as it works to nail down its domestic AI policy. Security researchers said a new model…...