Getty Images reader comments 2 with Share this story Android apps digitally signed by China’s third-biggest e-commerce company exploited a zero-day vulnerability that allowed them to surreptitiously take control of millions of end-user devices to steal personal data and install …
The Download: AI’s gold rush, and how to regulate generative models
Whether it’s based on hallucinatory beliefs or not, a gold rush has started over the last several months to make money from generative AI models like ChatGPT. You can practically hear the shrieks from corner offices around the world: “What …
ChatGPT is about to revolutionize the economy. We need to decide what that looks like.
Power struggle When Anton Korinek, an economist at the University of Virginia and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, got access to the new generation of large language models such as ChatGPT, he did what a lot of us did: …
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore’s Law, dies aged 94
Two decades before the computer revolution began, Moore wrote in a paper that integrated circuits would lead “to such wonders as home computers – or at least terminals connected to a central computer – automatic controls for automobiles, and personal …
ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 183 with Share this story On Thursday, OpenAI announced a plugin system for its ChatGPT AI assistant. The plugins give ChatGPT the ability to interact with the wider world through the Internet, including …
The Download: covid’s origin drama, and TikTok’s uncertain future
This week, we’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of the pandemic—where did the virus that causes covid-19 come from? For the most part, scientists have maintained that the virus probably jumped from …
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Congress showdown: Five takeaways
Published 9 hours ago close panel Related Topics This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch: The moments when things got testy at TikTok hearing By James …
If your Netgear Orbi router isn’t patched, you’ll want to change that pronto
Enlarge / An Orbi 750 series router. reader comments 93 with Share this story If you rely on Netgear’s Orbi mesh wireless system to connect to the Internet, you’ll want to ensure it’s running the latest firmware now that exploit …
The Download: Google’s Bard experiment, and Ernie Bot’s rehabilitation
Google has launched Bard, the search giant’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing Chat. Unlike Bing Chat, Bard does not look up search results—all the information it returns is generated by the model itself. But it is still designed …