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Thanks to AI, “Elvis” likes big butts and he cannot lie—here’s how it’s possible

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) Recently, a number of viral music videos from a YouTube channel called There I Ruined It have included AI-generated voices of famous musical artists singing lyrics…

Unlimited miles and nights: Vulnerability found in rewards programs

Enlarge (credit: Jose A. Bernat Bacete) Travel rewards programs like those offered by airlines and hotels tout the specific perks of joining their club over others. Under the hood, though, the digital infrastructure…

Hosting Ars, part three: CI/CD, or how I learned to stop worrying and love DevOps

Enlarge / DevOps, DevOps, DevOps! (credit: ArtemisDiana / Getty Images) One of the most important things to happen in the evolution of development over the past many years is the widespread adoption of…

Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content

Enlarge (credit: MirageC/Getty Images) ChatGPT and its artificially intelligent siblings have been tweaked over and over to prevent troublemakers from getting them to spit out undesirable messages such as hate speech, personal information,…

Meta releases open source AI audio tools, AudioCraft

Enlarge (credit: Meta) On Wednesday, Meta announced it is open-sourcing AudioCraft, a suite of generative AI tools for creating music and audio from text prompts. With the tools, content creators can input simple…

Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security

Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft has once again come under blistering criticism for the security practices of Azure and its other cloud offerings, with the CEO of security firm Tenable…

Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside sensitive infrastructure

Enlarge (credit: Steve McDowell / Agefotostock) Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of sensitive infrastructure, much of it belonging to the US, and establishing…

Meta plans AI-powered chatbots to boost social media numbers

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) Meta is reportedly developing a range of AI-powered chatbots with different personalities, a move aimed at increasing user engagement on social platforms such as Facebook and…

It’s a hot 0-day summer for Apple, Google, and Microsoft security fixes

Enlarge (credit: WIRED staff) The summer patch cycle shows no signs of slowing down, with tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft releasing multiple updates to fix flaws being used in real-life attacks. July…

Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond

Enlarge / Western Digital is gearing up to sample its first 28TB HDDs to customers, around a year after announcing its first 26TB drives. (credit: Western Digital) After a couple of decades of…