The AI Working Group, led by Majority Leader Schumer, recently released its AI policy roadmap. Its focus on innovation and lack of details have drawn criticism. On May 15, the Bipartisan Senate…
Spamouflage is famous for being widespread and ineffective. A new tactic targeting Trump supporters suggests that may be starting to change. “A vote for Trump is a vote for America,” wrote Ben on…
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OpenAI and its competitors are racing as fast as they can to develop systems that are as capable and as autonomous as possible. Until last week, OpenAI had a team dedicated to…
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A new battle is emerging between AI regulation optimists and AI regulation skeptics. In the tech sector, the political alliances that drive policymaking shift rapidly. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is…
Experiments by ETH Zurich computer security researchers showed that smartphones can be manipulated to allow the owner to ride Swiss trains for free. The researchers also highlighted ways of curbing such misuse.…
On a cold winter night in 2016, Ukrainians experienced the first-ever known blackout caused by malicious code (malware) designed to autonomously attack the power grid. One-fifth of Kyiv’s citizens were plunged into…
Some forms of “prompt injection” may violate federal law. In light of recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, experts have been warning of attack methods capable of manipulating AI. Specifically,…
Controlling AI through compute may be necessary, but it won’t be easy. The continued development of artificial intelligence (AI) will consistently rely on the so-called AI triad: data, algorithms, and compute—the computing…
Researchers have demonstrated a new tool that analyzes open-source software updates to specify which sections of code are being modified to address recently identified security vulnerabilities. The tool, called VFCFinder, should make…
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There are no neutral baselines for foundation models. Shortly into its brief and controversial career, Google’s Gemini Advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) system came under fire for producing inaccurate and often offensive…
