The New Oil 1 year ago

#Fitness app #Strava is tightening third-party access to user data

Ars Technica

Fitness app Strava is tightening third-party access to user data

Training apps, AI use, and trend analysis seem to be off-limits in Strava's API.

#privacy #AI

The New Oil 1 year ago

PSA: You shouldn’t upload your medical images to #AI chatbots

TechCrunch

PSA: You shouldn't upload your medical images to AI chatbots | TechCrunch

Security and privacy advocates have long warned that sensitive medical data can be used to train AI models, and can expose personal data down the l...

#privacy #healthcare #chatbot

The New Oil 1 year ago

Explicit #deepfake scandal shuts down #Pennsylvania school

Ars Technica

Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school

Parents test if school leaders can be prosecuted over failure to report AI nudes.

#privacy #AI #education

The New Oil 1 year ago

#AI training software firm #iLearningEngines says it lost $250,000 in recent #cyberattack

TechCrunch

AI training software firm iLearningEngines says it lost $250,000 in recent cyberattack | TechCrunch

The US-based firm said hackers misdirected a $250,000 wire transfer payment that it hasn't been able to recover.

#cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

Fake #AI video generators infect #Windows, #macOS with infostealers

BleepingComputer

Fake AI video generators infect Windows, macOS with infostealers

Fake AI image and video generators infect Windows and macOS with the Lumma Stealer and AMOS information-stealing malware, used to steal credentials...

#cybersecurity #malware #infostealer

The New Oil 1 year ago

#X sues to block #California anti-deepfakes bill

TechCrunch

X sues to block California anti-deepfakes bill | TechCrunch

X has sued to block California law AB 2655, which requires large online platforms to remove or label AI deepfakes related to elections.

#privacy #deepfake #Twitter #Musk #politics

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Mullvad: Remaining #Paypal subscriptions are being canceled

Mullvad VPN

Remaining Paypal subscriptions are being canceled

All remaining PayPal subscriptions are being canceled by Mullvad. If you have a PayPal subscription you will get a notification email from PayPal.

#privacy #cybersecurity #VPN

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Claude #AI to process secret government data through new #Palantir deal

Ars Technica

Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal

Critics worry Anthropic is endangering its "ethical" AI stance due to defense associations.

#privacy

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Microsoft #Outlook now lets you create personalized #AI-powered themes

TechCrunch

Microsoft Outlook now lets you create personalized AI-powered themes | TechCrunch

Outlook is getting a new features that will allow you to use generative AI to create themes based on your personal preferences.

#privacy

The New Oil 1 year ago

Prompt Injection Defenses Against #LLM Cyberattacks

Schneier on Security

Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks - Schneier on Security

Interesting research: “Hacking Back the AI-Hacker: Prompt Injection as a Defense Against LLM-driven Cyberattacks“: Large language model...

#cybersecurity #AI

The New Oil 1 year ago

Subverting #LLM Coders

Schneier on Security

Subverting LLM Coders - Schneier on Security

Really interesting research: “An LLM-Assisted Easy-to-Trigger Backdoor Attack on Code Completion Models: Injecting Disguised Vulnerabilities ...

#cybersecurity #coding #AI

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Apple #iOS 18.2 public beta arrives with new #AI features, but some remain waitlisted

TechCrunch

Apple iOS 18.2 public beta arrives with new AI features, but some remain waitlisted | TechCrunch

Apple has released the AI-powered version of its latest mobile operating system, iOS 18.2, to its public beta users. The update includes new featur...

#privacy #AppleIntelligence

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Mozilla: Help us improve our alt text generation model

Help us improve our alt text generation model | The Mozilla Blog

Image generated by DALL-E in response to a request for a photorealistic image of a fox standing in a grassy landscape. Firefox 130 introduces autom...

#FOSS #Firefox #accessibility #privacy #AI

The New Oil 1 year ago

How Generative #AI Is flooding the web with deepfakes and disinformation

TechCrunch

How Generative AI Is flooding the web with deepfakes and disinformation | TechCrunch

As generative AI tools become more widely available – and become cheaper, or even free, to use – they’re being abused by an array of actors, ...

#deepfake #privacy

The New Oil 1 year ago

Don’t fall for #AI scams cloning cops’ voices, police warn

Ars Technica

Don’t fall for AI scams cloning cops’ voices, police warn

AI scammers impersonating cops sound “scary” and “real,” victim warned.

#privacy #deepfake

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Mullvad: Defense against #AI-guided Traffic Analysis (#DAITA) is now available on #Android

Mullvad VPN

Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) is now available on Android

Even if you have encrypted your traffic with a VPN, advanced traffic analysis is a growing threat against your privacy. Therefore, we have develope...

#VPN #privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Apple will pay security researchers up to $1 million to hack its private #AI cloud

TechCrunch

Apple will pay security researchers up to $1 million to hack its private AI cloud | TechCrunch

Ahead of the debut of Apple's private AI cloud next week, dubbed Private Cloud Compute, the technology giant says it will pay security researc...

#AppleIntelligence #cybersecurity #BugBounty

The New Oil 1 year ago

White House memo calls for agencies to protect #AI from foreign adversaries

TechCrunch

White House memo calls for agencies to protect AI from foreign adversaries | TechCrunch

U.S. President Joe Biden has released a memorandum calling on defense and national security agencies to protect AI against foreign spying.

#politics #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#RaspberryPi releases more #AI-focused add-ons

TechCrunch

Raspberry Pi releases more AI-focused add-ons | TechCrunch

The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ comes in 13 and 26 tera-operations per second (TOPS) variants, retailing at $70 and $110 respectively.

#FOSS #Linux

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Anthropic publicly releases #AI tool that can take over the user’s mouse cursor

Ars Technica

Anthropic publicly releases AI tool that can take over the user’s mouse cursor

Anthropic is one of the first to go beyond just screen vision.

#cybersecurity