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AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

'We have it! Let’s use it' proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base When high school student David Lightman inadvertently dials into a military mainframe in the 1983 movie WarGames, he invites the supercomputer to play a game called "Global Thermonucle…

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JetBrains urges swift patching of latest critical TeamCity flaw

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Cloud version is safe, but no assurances offered about possible on-prem exploits JetBrains is encouraging all users of TeamCity (on-prem) to upgrade to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the CI/CD tool.…

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Bank boss has pay slashed after presiding over tech outages in 2023

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Singapore's DBS wants accountability for digital dropouts Singapore banking group DBS has slashed its CEO's variable pay by 30 percent as an accountability measure after digital disruptions hit the organization in 2023.…

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HoRNDIS MacGyvers your Mac to get online with Androids

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Apple makes this harder every macOS release, but there are ways nonetheless FOSS Fest  These days, Macs will only talk to Apple phones to get online out of the box, but you can get around the restrictions if you're determined enough.…

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UK government plans to spend over £100M on AI ... but copyright code is held up

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

'Pro-innovation' but perhaps not for the folks whose data was trained on The UK government is to spend over £100 million ($125 million) to support regulators and researchers as it publishes its response to the AI Regulation White Paper consultation.…

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How Neuraspace aims to clean up orbital clutter with AI

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Can tech and regulations beat the great satellite landgrab? Interview  Debris speeding along in orbit is becoming an increasing hazard for spacecraft. We can either ignore the problem and hope it resolves itself or accept there is an issue and learn…

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You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Everything's fine, but a fastening fell off when it shouldn't have Updated  Virgin Galactic has reported itself to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after discovering a detached alignment pin from the mechanism used to keep its suborbital…

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The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

'Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,' we're told The commercial spyware economy – despite government and big tech's efforts to crack down – appears to be booming.…

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Alaska Airlines' door-dropping flight was missing bolts

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Preliminary investigation confirms pilot chat was overwritten but doesn't mention attempts to recover data The door plug that fell out of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 last month wasn’t properly bolted into place, according to a preliminary investigat…

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IBM Japan and NTT think they can make datacenter aircon adjust to different workloads

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

They're measuring server exhaust temperatures to detect power consumption Datacenters make a lot of hot air, and IBM Japan and NTT Group's in-house integrator NTT Comware think they can use it to calculate power consumption and CO2 emissions – and m…

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India to launch android into space to test crewed launch capability

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Vyommitra, your multitasking, bilingual, female space friend, will fly before the long-delayed Gaganyaan launch in 2025 India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send a humanoid robot astronaut into this space this year, then send it back alon…

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India to launch android into space to test its crewed launch capability

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Vyommitra, your multitasking, bilingual, female space friend, will fly before the long-delayed Gaganyaan flies in 2025 India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send a humanoid robot astronaut into this space this year, then send it back along…

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Meta to try 'cutting edge' AI detection on its platforms - asking people to add labels

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Will apply 'penalties if they fail to do so' Meta is building tools to detect, identify, and label AI-generated images shared via its social media platforms. It is also testing large language models to automatically moderate content online.…

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Meta to try 'cutting edge' AI detection on its platforms - asking people to add labels

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Will apply 'penalties if they fail to do so' Meta is building tools to detect, identify, and label AI-generated images shared via its social media platforms. It is also testing large language models to automatically moderate content online.…

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Think tank funded by Big Tech argues AI’s climate impact is nothing to worry about

woensdag 7 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Sure, datacenters consume lots of energy. But maybe they'll invent stuff that helps It's well established that the tens of thousands of GPUs used to train large language models (LLMs) consume a prodigious amount of energy, leading to warnings about …

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Twitter spinout Bluesky ends invite-only phase and opens its doors to all comers

dinsdag 6 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Dorsey-backed federated social media alternative promises custom feed algos, and more There's no need to fret if you lost your invite code to decentralized Twitter spinoff Bluesky – the service has thrown open its doors to all comers.…

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America's broadband bill subsidy runs out of money and halts enrollments

dinsdag 6 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Program that gets the hard-up online needs money by May The US Federal Communications Commission will not accept new signups by folks for its subsidized internet broadband program after Thursday, as it’s running out of money to fund the initiative.…

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Mozilla adds paid-for data-deletion tier to Monitor, its privacy-breach radar

dinsdag 6 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Firefox maker promises to lean on personal info brokers to scrub records Mozilla on Tuesday expanded its free privacy-monitoring service with a paid-for tier called Mozilla Monitor Plus that will try to get data brokers to delete their copies of sub…

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Meta to try 'cutting edge' AI detection on its platforms - asking people to add labels

dinsdag 6 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Will apply 'penalties if they fail to do so' Meta is building tools to detect and label AI-generated images posted on its social media platforms, and is testing large language models to automatically moderate content online.…

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Verizon says 63K employees' info fell into the wrong hands – an insider this time

dinsdag 6 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Telco says it's a private matter, data 'not shared externally' Verizon is notifying more than 63,000 people, mostly current employees, that an insider, accidentally or otherwise, had inappropriate access to their personal data.…

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Apple Vision Pro is creating a new generation of glassholes

dinsdag 6 februari 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

They're back – and more oblivious than ever Comment  If you've paid any attention to social media in the past four days, it's likely you haven't been able to escape the torrent of photos and videos of people wearing Apple's new $3,499 headset in pub…

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