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“Downfall” bug affects years of Intel CPUs, can leak encryption keys and more

Enlarge / An 8th-generation Intel Core desktop CPU, one of several CPU generations affected by the Downfall bug. (credit: Mark Walton) It's a big week for CPU security vulnerabilities. Yesterday, different security researchers…

Disney explores cutting costs through AI use

Enlarge / The Disneyland castle in Anaheim, California. (credit: Getty Images) The Walt Disney Company has formed a task force to investigate the potential applications of AI throughout its various business units, reports…

Pope warns of AI risks so “violence and discrimination does not take root”

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Discussion about artificial intelligence is everywhere these days—even the Vatican. On Tuesday, Pope Francis issued a communiqué announcing the theme for World Day of Peace 2024 as “Artificial Intelligence…

Google, record labels working on deal covering musical “deepfakes”

Enlarge (credit: Andriy Onufriyenko) Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetize one of its…

Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Upon searching Amazon and Goodreads, author Jane Friedman recently discovered a half-dozen listings of fraudulent books using her name, likely filled with either junk or AI-generated content. Both Amazon…

How we host Ars, the finale and the 64-bit future

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Greetings, dear readers, and congratulations—we've reached the end of our four-part series on how Ars Technica is hosted in the cloud, and it has been a…

Innocent pregnant woman jailed amid faulty facial recognition trend

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) Use of facial recognition software led Detroit police to falsely arrest 32-year-old Porcha Woodruff for robbery and carjacking, reports The New York Times. Eight months pregnant,…

AI researchers claim 93% accuracy in detecting keystrokes over Zoom audio

Enlarge / Some people hate to hear other people's keyboards on video calls, but AI-backed side channel attackers? They say crank that gain. (credit: Getty Images) By recording keystrokes and training a deep…

Report: Apple buys every 3 nm chip that TSMC can make for next-gen iPhones and Macs

Enlarge / Silicon wafers from a TSMC factory. (credit: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) It's been rumored for several months now that Apple will be using a new 3 nm manufacturing process from…

What are “drainer smart contracts” and why is the FBI warning of them?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The FBI is advising potential NFT buyers to be on the lookout for malicious websites that use “drainer smart contracts” to surreptitiously loot cryptocurrency wallets. The websites present themselves…