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Stability AI launches StableLM, an open source ChatGPT alternative

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a "Stochastic Parrot" created by Stability AI. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stability AI / Stable Diffusion XL) On Wednesday, Stability AI released a new family of open…

Exploit released for 9.8-severity PaperCut flaw already under attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Exploit code for a critical printer software vulnerability became publicly available on Monday in a release that may exacerbate the threat of malware attacks that have already been underway…

China building cyberweapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

Enlarge / The Dragon SpaceX satellite. China’s ambitious cyber attacks aim to mimic the signals that satellites receive from their operators, tricking them into being taken over or to malfunction. (credit: European Space…

Musk vows to sue as Microsoft drops Twitter from its ad platform

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Microsoft Advertising platform will drop support for its Twitter integration starting on April 25, according to a recently updated support page. Microsoft allows advertisers to manage their campaigns,…

Google to deploy generative AI to create sophisticated ad campaigns

Enlarge / The integration of its latest generative AI, which also powers its Bard chatbot, means Google will be able to produce far more sophisticated campaigns. (credit: FT montage/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)…

Used routers often come loaded with corporate secrets

Enlarge (credit: aquatarkus/Getty Images) You know that you're supposed to wipe your smartphone or laptop before you resell it or give it to your cousin. After all, there's a lot of valuable personal…

Reddit will start charging AI models learning from its extremely human archives

Enlarge / Reddit, a site that is chock-full of humans being every kind of human possible, will start charging larger businesses that want to train their Large Language Model AIs on its data.…

Apple’s Macs have long escaped ransomware, but that may be changing

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Security researchers are examining newly discovered Mac ransomware samples from the notorious gang LockBit, marking the first known example of a prominent ransomware group toying with macOS versions of…

GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records thanks to Microsoft and Epic

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a pixel art hospital with empty windows. (credit: Benj Edwards / Midjourney) On Monday, Microsoft and Epic Systems announced that they are bringing OpenAI's GPT-4 AI language…

FSF: Chrome’s JPEG XL killing shows how the web works under browser hegemony

Enlarge / When Google, whose Chromium/Chrome-related browsers make up 80% of browser share, says that something has "not enough interest from the entire ecosystem," what does that mean, exactly? (credit: Aurich Lawson) Chrome…