General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world

Plugins allow ChatGPT to book a flight, order food, send email, execute code (and more).
Publish Date: 3/24/2023
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Huge collection of vintage Apple computers goes to auction next week

Ars picks out some of its favorites from the 500-computer collection.
Publish Date: 3/24/2023
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If your Netgear Orbi router isn’t patched, you’ll want to change that pronto

The threat is serious enough to warrant a manual check ASAP.
Publish Date: 3/22/2023
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Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded in his face

Explosives replace malware as the scariest thing a USB stick may hide.
Publish Date: 3/22/2023
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Ethical AI art generation? Adobe Firefly may be the answer.

Adobe trained new AI generator on Adobe Stock, licensed content, public domain.
Publish Date: 3/22/2023
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“Acropalypse” Android screenshot bug turns into a 0-day Windows vulnerability

Unpatched bug can be exploited with modified versions of the Android scripts.
Publish Date: 3/22/2023
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Hackers drain bitcoin ATMs of $1.5 million by exploiting 0-day bug

Don't store digital coins in hot wallets! It's great advice but can't always be followed.
Publish Date: 3/21/2023
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Amazon layoffs will shut down camera review site DPReview.com after 25 years [Updated]

Updates stop on April 10, site will be available for "a limited period" after.
Publish Date: 3/21/2023
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Bing’s AI chatbot can now generate unhinged images along with unhinged text

"Advanced" version of OpenAI's DALL-E will roll out to Bing preview users.
Publish Date: 3/21/2023
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Amazon is laying off another 9,000 workers

It announced 18,000 job cuts in January and says more are likely this year.
Publish Date: 3/20/2023
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Anthropic introduces Claude, a “more steerable” AI competitor to ChatGPT

Anthropic aims for "safer" and "less harmful" AI, but at a higher price.
Publish Date: 3/17/2023
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Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling to avoid infection

If your device runs Exynos chips, be very, very concerned.
Publish Date: 3/17/2023
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AI-imager Midjourney v5 stuns with photorealistic images—and 5-fingered hands

"Lack of dopamine hits, because the results are too perfect every time."
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
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Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years

A code-execution bug with a 9.8 severity rating gave control over agency's network.
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
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Free data-center heat is allegedly saving a struggling public pool $24K a year

Deep Green deploys data centers in places that could use wasted data-center heat.
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
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Microsoft 365’s AI-powered Copilot is like an omniscient version of Clippy

Each of the former Office apps will get AI-assisted automation features.
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
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Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints

After demo, no one knows if Ernie can compete with ChatGPT.
Publish Date: 3/16/2023
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OpenAI checked to see whether GPT-4 could take over the world

"ARC's evaluation has much lower probability of leading to an AI takeover than the deployment itself."
Publish Date: 3/15/2023
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Security firm Rubrik is latest to be felled by GoAnywhere vulnerability

GoAnywhere customers are dropping like flies, courtesy of code execution bug.
Publish Date: 3/15/2023
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Hilariously sad: My great mobile provider, Mint, will sell to T-Mobile for $1.35B

Ryan Reynolds now works for the Un-Carrier.
Publish Date: 3/15/2023
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