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Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
Enlarge Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a…
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As AI-generated fakes proliferate, Google plans to fight back
Enlarge / Photorealistic AI-generated images like this one may distort our sense of history. Google wants to fix that. (credit:…
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Passkeys may not be for you, but they are safe and easy—here’s why
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) My recent feature on passkeys attracted significant interest, and a number of the…
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Anthropic’s Claude AI can now digest an entire book like The Great Gatsby in seconds
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot reading a book. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) On Thursday, AI…
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Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass…
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OpenAI peeks into the “black box” of neural networks with new research
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of robots looking inside an artificial brain. (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, OpenAI published a…
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Google’s top AI model, PaLM 2, hopes to upstage GPT-4 in generative mastery
Enlarge (credit: Google) On Wednesday, Google introduced PaLM 2, a family of foundational language models comparable to OpenAI’s GPT-4. At…
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Leak of MSI UEFI signing keys stokes fears of “doomsday” supply chain attack
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) A ransomware intrusion on hardware manufacturer Micro-Star International, better known as MSI, is stoking concerns of…
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Google’s ChatGPT-killer is now open to everyone, packing new features
Enlarge (credit: Google) At Wednesday’s Google I/O conference, Google announced wide availability of its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, Bard, in over…
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How one of Vladimir Putin’s most prized hacking units got pwned by the FBI
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) FBI officials on Tuesday dropped a major bombshell: After spending years monitoring exceptionally stealthy malware that…
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