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Highly invasive backdoor snuck into open source packages targets developers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Highly invasive malware targeting software developers is once again circulating in Trojanized code libraries, with the latest ones downloaded thousands of times in the last eight months, researchers said…

Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Saturday, Elon Musk announced xAI's launch of an early beta version of "Grok," an AI language model similar to ChatGPT that is designed to respond…

OpenAI introduces custom AI assistants called “GPTs” that play different roles

Enlarge / "GPTs" will allow ChatGPT users to create custom AI assistants that serve different purposes. (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, OpenAI announced "GPTs," a new feature that allows ChatGPT users to create…

OpenAI introduces GPT-4 Turbo: Larger memory, lower cost, new knowledge

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Monday at the OpenAI DevDay event, company CEO Sam Altman announced a major update to its GPT-4 language model called GPT-4 Turbo, which can process a much larger…

Critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence server is under “mass exploitation”

Enlarge A critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise server app that allows for malicious commands and reset servers is under active exploitation by threat actors in attacks that install ransomware, researchers said. “Widespread…

“Catastrophic” AI harms among warnings in declaration signed by 28 nations

Enlarge / UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan (front row center) is joined by international counterparts for a group photo at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on November…

Okta hit by another breach, this one stealing employee data from 3rd-party vendor

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Identity and authentication management provider Okta has been hit by another breach, this one against a third-party vendor that allowed hackers to steal personal information for 5,000 Okta employees.…

This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop

Enlarge / A fully updated iPhone (left) after being force crashed by a Flipper Zero (right). (credit: Jeroen van der Ham) One morning two weeks ago, security researcher Jeroen van der Ham was…

No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked

Enlarge (credit: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Identity and authentication management provider Okta on Friday published an autopsy report on a recent breach that gave hackers administrative access to the Okta accounts…

Inserted AI-generated Microsoft poll about woman’s death rankles The Guardian

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, The Guardian accused Microsoft of damaging its journalistic reputation by publishing an AI-generated poll beside one of its articles on the Microsoft Start website. The poll, created…