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The lightning onset of AI—what suddenly changed? An Ars Frontiers 2023 recap
Enlarge / On May 22, Benj Edwards (left) moderated a panel featuring Paige Bailey (center), Haiyan Zhang (right) for the…
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Chinese state hackers infect critical infrastructure throughout the US and Guam
Enlarge (credit: peterschreiber.media | Getty Images) A Chinese government hacking group has acquired a significant foothold inside critical infrastructure environments…
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Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic recordings every 15 minutes
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) An app that had more than 50,000 downloads from Google Play surreptitiously recorded nearby audio every…
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Fake Pentagon “explosion” photo sows confusion on Twitter
Enlarge / A fake AI-generated image of an “explosion” near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter. (credit: Twitter) On…
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Adobe Photoshop’s new “Generative Fill” AI tool lets you manipulate photos with text
Enlarge / An example of a 1983 file photo of the Apple Lisa computer that has been significantly enhanced by…
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Here’s how long it takes new BrutePrint attack to unlock 10 different smartphones
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have devised a low-cost smartphone attack that cracks the authentication fingerprint used to unlock the…
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It took 48 hours, but the mystery of the mass Asus router outage is solved
Enlarge / Detail of the ethernet ports on an Asus DSL-AC88U router, taken on November 30, 2017. (Photo by Olly…
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Fearing leaks, Apple restricts its employees from using ChatGPT and AI tools
Enlarge / An AI-generated cartoon depiction of a chatbot being crossed out. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) According to…
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Potentially millions of Android TVs and phones come with malware preinstalled
Enlarge / Cybercriminals or anonymous hackers use malware on mobile phones to hack personal and business passwords online. (credit: Getty…
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Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A recent move by Google to populate the Internet with eight new top-level…
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