General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest model

OpenAI does not want anyone to know what o1 is “thinking" under the hood.
Publish Date: 9/16/2024
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Secure Boot-neutering PKfail debacle is more prevalent than anyone knew

Keys were marked "DO NOT TRUST." More devices than previously known used them anyway.
Publish Date: 9/16/2024
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Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison

"We’re going to have supervision," says billionaire Oracle co-founder Ellison.
Publish Date: 9/16/2024
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1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how

Infection corrals devices running AOSP-based firmware into a botnet.
Publish Date: 9/13/2024
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Google rolls out voice-powered AI chat to the Android masses

Gemini Live allows back-and-forth conversation, now free to all Android users.
Publish Date: 9/13/2024
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Free Starlink Internet is coming to all of United’s airplanes

The upgrade starts in 2025, but with more than 1,000 planes, will take several years.
Publish Date: 9/13/2024
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OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini

New o1 language model can solve complex tasks iteratively, count R's in "strawberry."
Publish Date: 9/12/2024
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Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson.
Publish Date: 9/12/2024
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My dead father is “writing” me notes again

A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father's handwriting—and I want anyone to use it.
Publish Date: 9/12/2024
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As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its core crypto library

Two algorithms added so far, two more planned in the coming months.
Publish Date: 9/12/2024
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Taylor Swift cites AI deepfakes in endorsement for Kamala Harris

Taylor Swift on AI: "The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth."
Publish Date: 9/11/2024
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Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have

.mobi top-level-domain managers changed the location of its WHOIS server. No one got the memo.
Publish Date: 9/11/2024
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Speakers announced for the Ars Technica infrastructure event in San Jose

Come register to join us on September 18, learn some stuff, and hang out!
Publish Date: 9/10/2024
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Roblox announces AI tool for generating 3D game worlds from text

New AI feature aims to streamline game creation on popular online platform.
Publish Date: 9/9/2024
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Found: 280 Android apps that use OCR to steal cryptocurrency credentials

Optical Character Recognition converts passwords shown in images to machine-readable text.
Publish Date: 9/6/2024
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Nvidia’s AI chips are cheaper to rent in China than US

Supply of processors helps Chinese startups advance AI technology despite US restrictions.
Publish Date: 9/6/2024
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WaveCore runs right through a concrete wall with gigabit-speed network signal

Core drilling is tricky. Getting a 6 GHz signal through concrete is now easier.
Publish Date: 9/6/2024
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US charges Russian military officers for unleashing wiper malware on Ukraine

WhisperGate campaign targeted Ukrainian critical infrastructure and allies worldwide.
Publish Date: 9/5/2024
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AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support

Ars cited in lawsuit AT&T recently filed against Broadcom.
Publish Date: 9/5/2024
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FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist

Feds say it's the first US criminal case involving artificially inflated music streaming.
Publish Date: 9/5/2024
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