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Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot eagerly writing a submission to Clarkesworld. (credit: Ars Technica) One side effect of unlimited content-creation machines—generative AI—is unlimited content. On Monday, the editor of the…

Twitter’s two-factor authentication change “doesn’t make sense”

Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Twitter announced Friday that as of March 20, it will only allow its users to secure their accounts with SMS-based two-factor authentication if they pay for a…

Starlink’s “Global Roaming” promises worldwide access for $200 a month

Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. (credit: Getty Images | olegda88) SpaceX's Starlink division has invited some potential users to try a "Global Roaming" service for $200 a month, saying the new plan…

Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI

(credit: Flickr user LNG0004) A human player has comprehensively defeated a top-ranked AI system at the board game Go, in a surprise reversal of the 2016 computer victory that was seen as a…

Responsible use of AI in the military? US publishes declaration outlining principles

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, the US State Department issued a "Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy," calling for ethical and responsible deployment of AI in military…

GoDaddy says a multi-year breach hijacked customer websites and accounts

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) GoDaddy said on Friday that its network suffered a multi-year security compromise that allowed unknown attackers to steal company source code, customer and employee login credentials, and install malware…

Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its fans aren’t happy

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Microsoft's new AI-powered Bing Chat service, still in private testing, has been in the headlines for its wild and erratic outputs. But that era has apparently…

Researchers unearth Windows backdoor that’s unusually stealthy

Enlarge (credit: BeeBright / Getty Images / iStockphoto) Researchers have discovered a clever piece of malware that stealthily exfiltrates data and executes malicious code from Windows systems by abusing a feature in Microsoft…

Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) One of the biggest hospital chains in the US said hackers obtained protected health information for 1 million patients after exploiting a vulnerability in an enterprise software product called…

Meta develops an AI language bot that can use external software tools

Enlarge / An artist's impression of a robot hand using a desktop calculator. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Language models like ChatGPT have revolutionized the field of natural language processing, but they…