Software Development

 Altman says “deep learning worked” and will lead to “massive prosperity.”  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: andresr via Getty Images) On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined his vision for an AI-driven future of tech progress and global prosperity in a new personal blog post titled “The Intelligence Age.” The essay paints a picture of human advancement …

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 Necro infiltrated Google Play in 2019. It recently returned.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery—a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app was infected with code that caused …

11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play Read More »

 Voice chatbots are increasingly picking up the phone for restaurants.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Juj Winn) A pleasant female voice greets me over the phone. “Hi, I’m an assistant named Jasmine for Bodega,” the voice says. “How can I help?” “Do you have patio seating,” I ask. Jasmine sounds a little sad as …

When you call a restaurant, you might be chatting with an AI host Read More »

 Tiny device installed inside TI-84 enables Wi-Fi Internet, access to AI chatbot.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: ChromaDev) On Saturday, a YouTube creator called “ChromaLock” published a video detailing how he modified a Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator to connect to the Internet and access OpenAI’s ChatGPT, potentially enabling students to cheat on tests. The video, titled …

Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating Read More »

 Mark Robinson’s claims of AI-generated slander show that the “deep doubt era” is upon us.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and candidate for governor, delivers remarks prior to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event at Harrah’s Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024, in Asheville, …

NC governor candidate cries AI fabrication as defense for racist porn forum posts Read More »

 Windows App replaces Microsoft Remote Desktop on macOS, iOS, and Android.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / The Windows App runs on Windows, but also macOS, iOS/iPadOS, web browsers, and Android. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft announced today that it’s releasing a new app called Windows App as an app for Windows that allows users to run Windows and also …

Microsoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows apps Read More »

 iServer provided a simple service for phishing credentials to unlock phones.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut down a service that facilitated the unlocking of more than 1.2 million stolen or lost mobile phones so they could be used by someone other than their rightful owner. The service …

Cops bust website crooks used to unlock 1.2 million stolen mobile phones Read More »

 Now you can run your space laser or audio production without specialty patches.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge / Cutting metal with lasers is hard, but even harder when you don’t know the worst-case timings of your code. (credit: Getty Images) As is so often the case, a notable change in an upcoming Linux kernel is both historic …

Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate Read More »

 Investment “goes beyond what any single company or government can finance.”  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: J Studios via Getty Images) If you haven’t noticed by now, Big Tech companies have been making plans to invest in the infrastructure necessary to deliver generative AI products like ChatGPT (and beyond) to hundreds of millions of people around the …

AI’s hungry maw drives massive $100B investment plan by Microsoft and BlackRock Read More »

 SocialAI takes the social media “filter bubble” to an extreme with 100% fake interactions.  [[{“value”:” Enlarge (credit: gremlin via Getty Images) For the past few years, a conspiracy theory called “Dead Internet theory” has picked up speed as large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT increasingly generate text and even social media interactions found online. The …

“Dead Internet theory” comes to life with new AI-powered social media app Read More »