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“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…

“This vulnerability is now under mass exploitation.” Citrix Bleed bug bites hard

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass multifactor authentication and access enterprise networks using hardware sold by Citrix is under mass exploitation by ransomware hackers despite a patch being…

Biden issues sweeping executive order that touches AI risk, deepfakes, privacy

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) On Monday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on AI that outlines the federal government's first comprehensive regulations on generative AI systems. The order includes…

Windows CE, Microsoft’s stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) It was a proto-netbook, it was a palmtop, it was a PDA, it was Windows Phone 7 but not Windows Phone 8, and then it was…

People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality

Enlarge / Joaquin Phoenix talking with AI in Her (2013). (credit: Warner Bros.) In 2013, Spike Jonze's Her imagined a world where humans form deep emotional connections with AI, challenging perceptions of love…

Microsoft profiles new threat group with unusual but effective practices

Enlarge / This is not what a hacker looks like. Except on hacker cosplay night. (credit: Getty Images | Bill Hinton) Microsoft has been tracking a threat group that stands out for its…