Tag: social media
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The Register: Watchdog finds AI tools can be used unlawfully to filter candidates by race, gender
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/ico_finds_ai_tools_can/ Source: The Register Title: Watchdog finds AI tools can be used unlawfully to filter candidates by race, gender Feedly Summary: UK data regulator says some devs and providers are operating without a ‘lawful basis’ The UK’s data protection watchdog finds that AI recruitment technologies can filter candidates according to protected characteristics including…
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Wired: Perplexity Dove Into Real-Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-election-tracking/ Source: Wired Title: Perplexity Dove Into Real-Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back Feedly Summary: The controversial AI search engine, accused of aggressively scraping content, went all in on providing AI-generated election information. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Perplexity, an AI search engine that recently launched…
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Wired: Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-massive-crime-industry-thats-hacking-billion-dollar-companies/ Source: Wired Title: Inside the Massive Crime Industry That’s Hacking Billion-Dollar Companies Feedly Summary: When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware, and entering a highly complex hacking ecosystem that’s fueling some of the biggest breaches on the planet. AI Summary and…
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Hacker News: Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack
Source URL: https://about.iftas.org/2024/10/21/coordinated-community-response-mitigates-fediverse-spam-attack/ Source: Hacker News Title: Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a recent incident of spam attacks on the Fediverse, particularly affecting platforms like Misskey and Mastodon. The community’s rapid response technology efficacy and collaboration highlight the importance of proactive…
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CSA: Are Exposed Credentials a Security Threat?
Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/identity-breaches-in-2024-an-ounce-of-hygiene-is-worth-a-pound-of-technology Source: CSA Title: Are Exposed Credentials a Security Threat? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the critical issue of identity security, highlighting current challenges with credential exposure and the effectiveness of common security practices like Multifactor Authentication (MFA). It emphasizes the importance of maintaining good cyber hygiene…
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The Register: Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/meta_q3_2024/ Source: The Register Title: Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line Feedly Summary: It’s not like Zuck needs the coin despite increased infrastructure spend, headcount, losses on VR Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has told investors that open sourcing its Llama AI models is not entirely…
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Slashdot: Mark Zuckerberg Says a Lot More AI Generated Content is Coming To Fill Up Facebook and Instagram Feeds
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/31/019228/mark-zuckerberg-says-a-lot-more-ai-generated-content-is-coming-to-fill-up-facebook-and-instagram-feeds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mark Zuckerberg Says a Lot More AI Generated Content is Coming To Fill Up Facebook and Instagram Feeds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mark Zuckerberg envisions a future where social media feeds will be filled with AI-generated content, including AI summaries and aggregated existing content, which…
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The Register: Uncle Sam outs a Russian accused of developing Redline infostealing malware
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/russian_redline_malware/ Source: The Register Title: Uncle Sam outs a Russian accused of developing Redline infostealing malware Feedly Summary: Or: why using the same iCloud account for malware development and gaming is a bad idea The US government has named and charged a Russian national, Maxim Rudometov, with allegedly developing and administering the notorious…
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The Register: xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/xai_colossus_networking/ Source: The Register Title: xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster Feedly Summary: Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips Unlike most AI training clusters, xAI’s Colossus with its 100,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs doesn’t use InfiniBand. Instead, the massive system, which Nvidia bills as…
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The Register: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/crims_selling_credit_cards_threads/ Source: The Register Title: Brazen crims selling stolen credit cards on Meta’s Threads Feedly Summary: The platform ‘continues to take action’ against illegal posts, we’re told Exclusive Brazen crooks are selling people’s pilfered financial information on Meta’s Threads, in some cases posting full credit card details, plus stolen credentials, alongside images of…