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Cyberattack Strikes OpenAI: ChatGPT and API outages linked to DDoS attack by Anonymous Sudan

ChatGPT suffered a cyberattack apparently tied to the Kremlin. A ChatGPT outage on November 8 most likely was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, OpenAI revealed.
Defcon Contest Highlights AI Security: A hacker competition to break guardrails around language models
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Defcon Contest Highlights AI Security: A hacker competition to break guardrails around language models

Hackers attacked AI models in a large-scale competition to discover vulnerabilities. At the annual Defcon hacker convention in Las Vegas, 2,200 people competed to break guardrails around language models, The New York Times reported.
Washington Gears Up to Regulate: The plan to educate the U.S. Senate on AI
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Washington Gears Up to Regulate: The plan to educate the U.S. Senate on AI

United States lawmakers are getting a crash course in AI. Chuck Schumer, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, announced an unusual plan to educate legislators who are crafting AI regulations, The New York Times reported. It could lead to legislation “within months,” he said.
Scanner Sees Guns, Misses Knives: AI scanner didn't detect a knife used in school attack.
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Scanner Sees Guns, Misses Knives: AI scanner didn't detect a knife used in school attack.

An automated security-screening system failed to detect a weapon that went on to be used in an attack. Administrators at Proctor High School in Utica, New York, decommissioned an AI-powered weapon detector by Evolv Technologies after a student snuck a knife into the school, BBC reported.
Eyes on the Olympics: The 2024 Paris Olympics may have AI surveillance.
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Eyes on the Olympics: The 2024 Paris Olympics may have AI surveillance.

French lawmakers said “oui” to broad uses of AI-powered surveillance. France’s National Assembly authorized authorities to test systems that detect unlawful, dangerous, or unusual behavior at next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris. The bill will become law unless the country’s top court blocks it.
Animated charts show how scientists misuse machine learning.
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Bad Machine Learning Makes Bad Science: Is Machine Learning Driving a Scientific Reproducibility Crisis?

A recent workshop highlighted the impact of poorly designed AI models in medicine, security, software engineering, and other disciplines.
Remote-controlled drone capable of firing electroshock darts
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Ethics Team Scuttles Taser Drone: Axon Cancels Plans to Sell a Taser Drone

A weaponized AI system intended to protect students has been grounded. Axon, which makes law-enforcement equipment such as tasers and body cameras, canceled a plan to sell remote-controlled drones capable of firing electroshock darts.
Man with gun walking by detector
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Stopping Guns at the Gate: How Camden Yards uses AI to scan for weapons.

A Major League Baseball stadium will be using computer vision to detect weapons as fans enter.What’s new: A system called Hexwave will look for firearms, knives, and explosives carried by baseball fans who visit Camden Yards, home field of the Baltimore Orioles.
Face recognition system working on a person entering a building
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Who Has the Best Face Recognition? U.S. Government Agency Ranks the Best Face Recognition Systems

Face recognition algorithms have come under scrutiny for misidentifying individuals. A U.S. government agency tested over 1,000 of them to see which are the most reliable.
Animation showing GPT-3 in full action
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GPT-3 for All: GPT-3 NLP Model is Available for Select Azure Users

Microsoft is making GPT-3 available to selected customers through its Azure cloud service.
GIF showing Amazon Housold Robot working
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Guard Bot: Amazon Household Robot Patrols Home for Intruders

Amazon unveiled a robot that patrols users’ homes, scopes out strangers, and warns of perceived dangers.
Different Apple products using augmented reality
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Apple Kicks AI Into High Gear: Inside Apple's efforts to make pro-privacy AI

After years of trailing other tech giants in AI, Apple has a new ambition: to become the industry’s leading purveyor of products powered by machine learning. In an interview with Ars Technica, the company’s AI chief argues that its pro-privacy.
Video showing ShotSpotter in action
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Shots in the Dark: Evidence shows Shotspotter altered evidence for police.

A crime-fighting AI company altered evidence to please police, a new investigation claims — the latest in a rising chorus of criticism. ShotSpotter modified the system’s findings in some cases.
Series of images related to face recognition protocols for federal agencies
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U.S. Lax on Face Recognition: U.S. agency calls for stricter face recognition controls.

A U.S. government watchdog agency called for stronger face recognition protocols for federal agencies. An audit found that, while many employ face recognition, they may not know where it came from, how it’s being used, or the hazards involved.
Graph showing types of phishing attacks
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24/7 Phish Fry: How Nestle built an AI-Powered phishing detector with Azure.

Foiling attackers who try to lure email users into clicking on a malicious link is a cat-and-mouse game, as phishing tactics evolve to evade detection. But machine learning models designed to recognize phishing attempts can evolve, too, through automatic retraining and checks to maintain accuracy.
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