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Intel fixes high-severity CPU bug that causes “very strange behavior”

Enlarge Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates to fix a high-severity CPU bug that has the potential to be maliciously exploited against cloud-based hosts. The flaw, affecting virtually all modern Intel CPUs, causes…

AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting for the first time: Google study

Enlarge / A file photo of Tropical Storm Fiona as seen in a satellite image from 2022. (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, the peer-reviewed journal Science published a study that shows how an…

People think white AI-generated faces are more real than actual photos, study says

Enlarge / Eight images used in the study; four of them are synthetic. Can you tell which ones? (Answers at bottom of the article.) (credit: Nightingale and Farid (2022)) A study published in…

In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to complete compromise when naturally…

Nvidia introduces the H200, an AI-crunching monster GPU that may speed up ChatGPT

Enlarge / Eight Nvidia H200 GPUs covered with a fanciful blue explosion that figuratively represents raw compute power bursting forth in a glowing flurry. (credit: Nvidia | Benj Edwards) On Monday, Nvidia announced…

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…