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This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (1472+ words) It was probably inevitable that when AI hoovered up the world's knowledge and learned to talk like a human being, people would use it to seek out personal guidance. It's an enticing concept'AI is always available and generally costs less…...
A frightening chunk of our digital world has become more vulnerable
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (225+ words) Some will see this as more reason to ban AI before it steals our passwords and our jobs. Unfortunately, that won't work, as this week's events demonstrate, because the technology is out there, and if the United States doesn't develop…...
Why Anthropic's new AI model has some cybersecurity pros worried about its hacking abilities
2+ day, 22+ min ago (687+ words) Anthropic's AI releases have stoked fears of a software apocalypse. Now it says it's not releasing its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, to the public because it's concerned it might unleash chaos on the cybersecurity world. In a Tuesday blog…...
Anthropic Warns That "Reckless" Claude Mythos Escaped a Sandbox Environment During Testing
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (438+ words) In a move that could be seen as either responsible AI development or an expertly-executed hype maneuver, Anthropic says its new Claude Mythos Preview model is so powerful that the company's only releasing it to a select group of tech…...
Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (222+ words) A Telegram spokesperson tells WIRED that the company removes "millions" of pieces of content per day using "custom AI tools" and has policies in Europe that do not allow the promotion of violence, illegal sexual content including nonconsensual imagery, and…...
Trove of sensitive LAPD records leaked in hack attack " including witness names
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (421+ words) Hackers have reportedly gained access to personal information about Los Angeles Police Department officers, Internal Affairs documents and more in a breach of a major LA city office. A trove of sensitive data was leaked in a hack last month…...
Trove of sensitive LAPD records leaked in suspected hack
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (261+ words) A trove of sensitive LAPD records, including officer personnel files and documents from Internal Affairs investigations, are among the materials believed to have been seized by hackers in a breach last month involving the L. A. City Attorney's office. Some of the…...
Mercor hit with 5 contractor lawsuits in a week over data breach
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (424+ words) Contractors filed five lawsuits against Mercor, the AI training firm valued at $10 billion, in the past week, accusing the company of violating data privacy and consumer protection laws. The suits, filed in federal courts in California and Texas, allege Mercor's…...
U. S. Warns of Cyberattacks on Water and Energy Systems Tied to Iran
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (320+ words) A vaguely worded warning from the Trump administration on Tuesday said that hackers backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had begun a series of cyberattacks on water and energy systems across the United States. But the warning, issued by…...
Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (486+ words) Following leaked revelations at the end of March that Anthropic had developed a powerful new Claude model, the company formally announced Mythos Preview on Tuesday along with news of an industry consortium it has convened, known as Project Glasswing, to…...