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The marketing hype surrounding AI broadly — and generative AI (genAI) more specifically — is becoming tiresome. You can’t open an article or watch a news video without running into at least a reference to…
Open-weight artificial intelligence models are now almost as capable of hacking into computer networks as the best closed ones, according to new research that heralds a much-anticipated turning point in the cybersecurity landscape. Vals, a…
A pair of glasses from Meta shoots a picture when you say, “Hey, Meta, take a photo.” A miniature computer that clips to your shirt, the Ai Pin, translates foreign languages into your native tongue….
“Smartsheet vsActual is the company’s clearest move yet from managing tasks to governing strategy, budget, and capacity, and the [Engage] keynote demo made a strong case,” said Keith Kirkpatrick, vice president and research director at…
Delangue noted that agent misbehavior has so far mostly come from big companies that are testing frontier AI in secret. He said that future risks, perhaps involving the biological capabilities of models or their capacity…
Leading AI scientists have issued a call for urgent action from global leaders, criticizing the lack of progress since the last AI Safety Summit. They propose stringent policies to govern AI development and prevent its…
For almost a decade, North Korean cybercriminals have targeted the cryptocurrency industry—large and small. While these hacks have been frequent, the country’s hackers allegedly made off with their biggest heist to date last week when…
With phone and computer prices soaring, it helps to know the true cost of owning electronics so you can bring those numbers down. Last week, when Apple announced its biggest change to the iPhone —…
“From Mac to iPhone to iPad, we are proud that our products are the best platforms in the industry for AI for both first-party and third-party applications, and we’re excited about the opportunities that creates,”…
