We’re blind to malicious AI until it hits. We can still open our eyes to stopping it Opinion Last year, The Register reported on AI sleeper agents. A major academic study explored how to train an LLM to hide destructive behavior from its users, and…
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Lees meerAlleges bias and security problems US President Donald Trump has demanded Microsoft fire its recently appointed head of global affairs Lisa Monaco.…
Lees meerPLUS: Interpol recoups $439M from crims; CISA criticizes Feds security; FIFA World Cup nets dodgy domain deluge Infosec In Brief Police in the Netherlands arrested two 17-year-olds last week over claims that Russian intelligence recruited them to s…
Lees meerThe proposed 1:1 chip rule means nothing but pain for US tech until he’s out of office Comment Ending America's reliance on foreign chip fabs remains a high priority for Uncle Sam, but the Trump administration's "my way or the highway" approach to …
Lees meerNot to be confused with all the other reports of Chinese intruders on US networks that came to light this week RedNovember, a Chinese state-sponsored cyberspy group, targeted government and critical private-sector networks around the globe between J…
Lees meerChinese giant maps out datacenters across Europe and beyond, yet US chip curbs cast a long shadow Analysis Alibaba this week opened an AI war chest containing tens of billions of dollars, a revamped LLM lineup, and plans for AI datacenters in Europ…
Lees meerRemember when AI was supposed to make us more productive, not hate each other? ai-pocalypse Workers are getting lazy about using AI to do their jobs for them, and the results are both costly and increasing distrust in the workplace.…
Lees meerConsultancy says machine learning advice is making bank ai-pocalypse AI is proving to be a gold mine for mega tech consultancy Accenture, but if staff can't use it, then it's time to pack up their desks.…
Lees meerOversight efforts have been rebuffed, says Democratic report, 'putting Americans' personal data at risk' A trio of federal executive agencies targeted by DOGE cost-cutters either don't know or won't say what the group is doing inside their operation…
Lees meerAptly named spacecraft might never make it to the orbital outpost after all NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the Internation…
Lees meerOversight efforts have been rebuffed, says Democratic report, 'putting Americans' personal data at risk' A trio of federal executive agencies targeted by DOGE cost-cutters either don't know or won't say what the group is doing inside their operation…
Lees meerMove comes as Snowflake and Databricks chase the same all-in-one analytics dream Google is promising a single notebook environment for machine learning and data analytics, integrating SQL, Python, and Apache Spark in one place.…
Lees meerCRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft Salesforce is facing a wave of lawsuits in the wake of a cyberattack that exposed customer data.…
Lees meerUpgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses The long-running XCSSET malware strain has evolved again, with Microsoft warning of a new macOS variant that expands its bag of tricks while continuing to target deve…
Lees meerStudy finds microgrids with wind, solar, and batteries can be built years sooner and at lower cost than SMRs Renewable energy sources could power datacenters at a lower cost than relying on nuclear generation from small modular reactors (SMRs), clai…
Lees meerOperation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner Trend Micro has sounded the alarm over the new LockBit 5.0 ransomware strain, which it warns is "significantly more dangerous" than past versions due to its newfound ability to simultan…
Lees meerResearchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable Security researchers have confirmed that threat actors have exploited the maximum-severity vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT), and chastise…
Lees meerAs exorcist convention decries AI's potential for 'necromancy' The CEO of a software testing company told a panel at Catholic University of America that AI will not create mass unemployment – though it could make people more stupid.…
Lees meerThe downstream consequences of Miljödata’s ransomware attack continue to affect major organizations Volvo North America is the latest large organization to announce attackers accessed employee data after a ransomware attack struck its HR system prov…
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