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Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, a group of former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees published an open letter calling for AI companies to commit to principles allowing employees to raise concerns about…

London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack

Enlarge A ransomware attack that crippled a London-based medical testing and diagnostics provider has led several major hospitals in the city to declare a critical incident emergency and cancel non-emergency surgeries and pathology…

Russian agents deploy AI-produced Tom Cruise narrator to tar Summer Olympics

Enlarge / A visual from the fake documentary "Olympics Has Fallen" produced by Russia-affiliated influence actor Storm-1679. (credit: Microsoft) Last year, a feature-length documentary purportedly produced by Netflix began circulating on Telegram. Titled…

Ticketmaster hacked in what’s believed to be a spree hitting Snowflake customers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Cloud storage provider Snowflake said that accounts belonging to multiple customers have been hacked after threat actors obtained credentials through info-stealing malware or by purchasing them on online crime…

Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has a vision for the future of work: sending your AI-powered digital twin to attend meetings on your behalf. In an interview with The Verge's…

Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen “Rubin” AI chips in keynote tease

Enlarge / Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 2, 2024. (credit: SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reached…

Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Wednesday, Axios broke the news that OpenAI had signed deals with The Atlantic and Vox Media that will allow the ChatGPT maker to license their editorial content to…

Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a critical security bug in Linux to its list of vulnerabilities known to be actively exploited in the wild. The…

Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, several major tech companies, including Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Cisco, and Broadcom, announced the formation of the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Promoter Group to…

Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

Enlarge / The Google "G" logo surrounded by whimsical characters, all of which look stunned and surprised. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google capped off a rough week of providing inaccurate and sometimes dangerous…