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EU agrees to landmark rules on artificial intelligence

Enlarge / EU Commissioner Thierry Breton talks to media during a press conference in June. (credit: Thierry Monasse | Getty Images) European Union lawmakers have agreed on the terms for landmark legislation to…

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models from virtually all hardware makers are vulnerable to a new attack that executes malicious firmware early in the boot-up sequence, a feat…

Google launches Gemini—a powerful AI model it says can surpass GPT-4

Enlarge / The Google Gemini logo. (credit: Google) On Wednesday, Google announced Gemini, a multimodal AI model family it hopes will rival OpenAI's GPT-4, which powers the paid version of ChatGPT. Google claims…

Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos

Enlarge / Three images generated by "Imagine with Meta AI" using the Emu AI model. (credit: Meta | Benj Edwards) On Wednesday, Meta released a free standalone AI image generator website, "Imagine with…

IBM, Meta form “AI Alliance” with 50 organizations to promote open source AI

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, IBM and Meta announced the AI Alliance, an international coalition of over 50 organizations including AMD, Intel, NASA, CERN, and Harvard University that aims…

Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) In an editorial for Slate published Monday, renowned security researcher Bruce Schneier warned that AI models may enable a new era of mass spying, allowing companies…

New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid”

Enlarge / Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI, seen here in July 2016. (credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images News) When Sam Altman was suddenly removed as CEO of…

Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition

Enlarge (credit: VMWare) Broadcom announced back in May of 2022 that it would buy VMware for $61 billion and take on an additional $8 billion of the company's debt, and on November 22…

1960s chatbot ELIZA beat OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 in a recent Turing test study

Enlarge / An artist's impression of a human and a robot talking. (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) In a preprint research paper titled "Does GPT-4 Pass the Turing Test?", two researchers from…

How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US

Enlarge (credit: FT) In late 2020, Huawei was fighting for its survival as a mobile phone maker. A few months earlier, the Trump administration had hit the Chinese company with crippling sanctions, cutting…