Economy
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What does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.
The AI industry has a new buzzword: “PhD-level AI.” According to a report from The Information, OpenAI may be planning…
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Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree
Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated “malvertising” campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials,…
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CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning…
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Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering…
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Will the future of software development run on vibes?
For many people, coding is about telling a computer what to do and having the computer perform those precise actions…
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Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online
In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice…
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Threat posed by new VMware hyperjacking vulnerabilities is hard to overstate
Three critical vulnerabilities in multiple virtual-machine products from VMware can give hackers unusually broad access to some of the most…
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Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster
Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, experts have debated how widely AI language models would impact the world.…
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Serbian student’s Android phone compromised by exploit from Cellebrite
Amnesty International on Friday said it determined that a zero-day exploit sold by controversial exploit vendor Cellebrite was used to…
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“It’s a lemon”—OpenAI’s largest AI model ever arrives to mixed reviews
The verdict is in: OpenAI’s newest and most capable traditional AI model, GPT-4.5, is big, expensive, and slow, providing marginally…
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