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Anthropic releases Claude AI chatbot iOS app

Enlarge / The Claude AI iOS app running on an iPhone. (credit: Anthropic) On Wednesday, Anthropic announced the launch of an iOS mobile app for its Claude 3 AI language models that are…

Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Cybercriminals and spies working for nation-states are surreptitiously coexisting inside compromised name-brand routers as they use the devices to disguise attacks motivated both by financial gain…

Mysterious “gpt2-chatbot” AI model appears suddenly, confuses experts

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Sunday, word began to spread on social media about a new mystery chatbot named "gpt2-chatbot" that appeared in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena. Some people speculate that it may…

AWS S3 storage bucket with unlucky name nearly cost developer $1,300

Enlarge / Be careful with the buckets you put out there for anybody to fill. (credit: Getty Images) If you're using Amazon Web Services and your S3 storage bucket can be reached from…

Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Change Healthcare, the health care services provider that recently experienced a ransomware attack that hamstrung the US prescription market for two weeks, was hacked through a compromised account that…

Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer

Enlarge / A photo of the Cheyenne supercomputer, which is now up for auction. (credit: US General Services Administration) On Tuesday, the US General Services Administration began an auction for the decommissioned Cheyenne…

Account compromise of “unprecedented scale” uses everyday home devices

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Authentication service Okta is warning about the “unprecedented scale” of an ongoing campaign that routes fraudulent login requests through the mobile devices and browsers of everyday users in an…

UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) If you build a gadget that connects to the Internet and sell it in the United Kingdom, you can no longer make the default password "password." In fact, you're…

Critics question tech-heavy lineup of new Homeland Security AI safety board

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) On Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board that consists of 22 members pulled from…

Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said. The vulnerability resides in WordPress…