Economy
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Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A Windows zero-day vulnerability recently patched by Microsoft was exploited by hackers working on behalf of…
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Chinese social media users hilariously mock AI video fails
Enlarge / Still from a Chinese social media video featuring two people imitating imperfect AI-generated video outputs. (credit: BiliBili) It’s…
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Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns
Enlarge / Roger Stone, former adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, center, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee…
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Musk’s new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of Donald Trump and catgirls created with Grok, which uses the Flux image synthesis model.…
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Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime
Enlarge (credit: Moor Studio via Getty Images) On Tuesday, Tokyo-based AI research firm Sakana AI announced a new AI system…
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Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other
Enlarge / A Waymo self-driving car in front of Google’s San Francisco headquarters, San Francisco, California, June 7, 2024. (credit:…
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Deep-Live-Cam goes viral, allowing anyone to become a digital doppelganger
Enlarge / A still video capture of X user João Fiadeiro replacing his face with J.D. Vance in a test…
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Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans
Enlarge Federal authorities have arrested a Nashville man on charges he hosted laptops at his residences in a scheme to…
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ChatGPT unexpectedly began speaking in a user’s cloned voice during testing
Enlarge (credit: Ole_CNX via Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI released the “system card” for ChatGPT’s new GPT-4o AI model that…
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Ars asks: What was the last CD or DVD you burned?
Enlarge / This is one method of burning a disc. (credit: 1001slide / Getty Images) We noted earlier this week…
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