- + 2024: The year AI drove everyone crazy—What do eating rocks, rat genitals, and Willy Wonka have in common? AI, of course. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Features, AI jabberwocky, air canada, ...
- + Health care giant Ascension says 5.6 million patients affected in cyberattack—Intrusion caused medical errors and diversion of emergency services. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, Data breaches, health care, ransomware]
- + 12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap—Did OpenAI's big holiday event live up to the billing? [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 12 days of OpenAI, ChatGPT, chatgtp, machine learning, openai]
- + OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models—o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, chatgtp, GPT-4o, large langu...
- + The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heated—Potentially groundbreaking AI releases have been coming in fast, sending experts' heads spinning. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, agentic AI, AI agents, ...
- + Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model—Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is Google's take on so-called AI reasoning models. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI reasoning, Gemini 2.0, Gemini 2.0 Flash, ...
- + As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bank—Ingram Micro the latest to ditch VMware, but VMware's still making money. [Category: Biz & IT, Broadcom, vmware]
- + New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality—"Genesis" can compress training times from decades into hours using 3D worlds conjured from text. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI physics, Carnegie Me...
- + A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement—Will Tencent's "open source" HunyuanVideo launch an at-home "Stable Diffusion" moment for uncensored AI video? [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Ai video g...
- + Arm says it’s losing $50M a year in revenue from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoCs—At issue: Arm SoC designs that Qualcomm acquired when it bought Nuvia in 2021. [Category: Biz & IT, Tech, ARM, nuvia, Qualcomm, snapdragon x elite...
- + Call ChatGPT from any phone with OpenAI’s new 1-800 voice service—1-800-CHATGPT telephone number lets any US caller talk to OpenAI's assistant—no smartphone required. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 1-800-CHATGPT, 12 da...
- + OpenAI launches free phone hotline to let anyone call ChatGPT—1-800-CHATGPT telephone number lets any US caller talk to OpenAI's assistant—no smartphone required. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 1-800-CHATGPT, 12 da...
- + T-Mobile users can try Starlink-enabled phone service for free during beta—Beta registration opened today, will enable texting in dead zones in early 2025. [Category: Biz & IT, Policy, t-mobile starlink]
- + Yearlong supply-chain attack targeting security pros steals 390K credentials—Multifaceted, high-precision campaign targets malicious and benevolent hackers alike. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, credential theft, cryptominin...
- + Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws—Nonsensical movements created by OpenAI’s Sora are typical for current AI-generated video, and here's why. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI confabulati...
- + Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands—Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000 sites. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, CMS, exploits, plugins,...
- + OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats—An AI version of old St. Nick arrives as a seasonal character in popular chatbot app. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, machine learning]
- + Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine—Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, backdoors, nation state hack...
- + Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features—Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, agentic AI, AI agents, ChatGPT, chatgtp, Gemin...
- + AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”—Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, agi, AI and jobs, AI human replacement, AI worke...
- + AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack—Attack bypasses AMD protection promising security, even when a server is compromised. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, AMD, cloud computing, sev-snp...
- + Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?—"Reddit Answers" will answer questions with AI-generated summaries of user content. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Advance Publications, ChatGPT, chatgt...
- + Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly—It's a big launch, but AI video-synthesis competition has heated up over the past 10 months. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 12 days of OpenAI, Ai video ...
- + Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense—The FBI now recommends choosing a secret password to thwart AI voice clones from tricking people. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI crime, AI ethics, AI...
- + Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations—Broadcom will only hog 500 of VMware's biggest customers instead of 2,000. [Category: Biz & IT, Broadcom, vmware]
- + OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier—OpenAI's full "o1" AI model is "smaller and faster," and ChatGPT Pro users get an even beefier version. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 12 days of OpenAI...
- + OpenAI’s new $200 monthly ChatGPT subscription will buy you more compute time—OpenAI's full "o1" AI model is "smaller and faster," and ChatGPT Pro users get an even beefier version. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 12 days of OpenAI...
- + Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill—OpenAI and Palmer Luckey's weapons company sign agreement to explore lethal drone defense for military use. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Anduril, Chat...
- + $1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections—iVerify's detection tool was launched in May and is turning up victims. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, nso group, pegasus, spyware, syndication]
- + Backdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets—Solana-web3.js code library drains private keys, giving access to user wallets. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, backdoor, cryptocurrency, solana, s...
- + Backdoor slips into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets—Solana-web3.js code library drains private keys, giving access to user wallets. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, backdoor, cryptocurrency, solana, s...
- + OpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow—OpenAI's "12 days of shipmas" will reveal new AI releases and demos for two weeks. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, chatgtp, Christmas, machine l...
- + HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death—Popular tech educator died in his office within hours of claiming retaliation for filing NCSU ethics reports. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Tech, futur...
- + Russian court sentences kingpin of Hydra drug marketplace to life in prison—The underground marketplace distributed more than a metric ton of narcotics. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, courts, dark net, drugs, ransomware]
- + Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why—Filter resulting from subject of settled defamation lawsuit could cause trouble down the road. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 404 Media, adversarial att...
- + Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival—Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware. [Category: Biz & IT, Broadcom, open source, vmware]
- + Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor—Unearthed sample likely works against Linux devices from Acer, HP, Fujitsu, and Lenovo. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, bootkitty, Linux, logofail,...
- + Found on VirusTotal: The world’s first UEFI bootkit for Linux—"Bootkitty" is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, bootkit, malware, uefi]
- + Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux—"Bootkitty" is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, bootkit, malware, uefi]
- + QNAP firmware update leaves NAS owners locked out of their boxes—Downgrading or customer support are your options if you caught the bad one. [Category: Biz & IT, Tech, firmware updates, NAS, network attached sto...
- + Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door—“Nearest Neighbor Attack” finally lets Russia’s Fancy Bear into target’s Wi-Fi network. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, advanced persistent threats...
- + Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival—Amazon has now committed $8 billion to AI startup that makes a key ChatGPT competitor. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Amazon, Anthropic, ChatGPT, chatgt...
- + 5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever—Phishing attacks were so well-orchestrated that they fooled some of the best in the business. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, courts, department of...
- + Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“—If you've noticed strange sites on "Best" product searches, so has Google. [Category: Biz & IT, Google, Tech, affiliate, affiliate marketing, forb...
- + A year after ditching waitlist, Starlink says it is “sold out” in parts of US—SpaceX's Starlink doesn't have enough capacity for everyone who wants it. [Category: Biz & IT, Policy, starlink]
- + Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system—Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a "Large Geospatial Model." [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI ethics, ChatGPT, chatgtp...
- + Join us today for Ars Live: Our first encounter with manipulative AI—At 4PM ET, join Benj Edwards and Simon Willison's live YouTube chat about the "Great Bing Chat Fiasco of 2023." [Category: AI, Biz & IT, 2023, AI ...
- + AI-generated shows could replace lost DVD revenue, Ben Affleck says—AI won't replace human artistry, says actor, but it will wildly drive down costs. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI visual effects, AI-generated video, ...
- + ChatGPT’s success could have come sooner, says former Google AI researcher—A co-author of Attention Is All You Need reflects on ChatGPT's surprise and Google's conservatism. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI technology, Atten...
- + IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware—Incremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add up. [Category: Biz & IT, Science, Computer science, computing quantum computi...
- + New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike—FrontierMath's difficult questions remain unpublished so that AI companies can't train against it. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI benchmarks, Anthrop...
- + Is “AI welfare” the new frontier in ethics?—Anthropic's new hire is preparing for a future where advanced AI models may experience suffering. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI consiousness, AI eth...
- + Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal—Critics worry Anthropic is endangering its "ethical" AI stance due to defense associations. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI ethics, Amazon, Anthropic,...
- + New SMB-friendly subscription tier may be too late to stop VMware migrations—Broadcom acquisition was a "wake-up call" for VMware-dependent SMBs. [Category: Biz & IT, Broadcom, vmware]
- + Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support—Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple's home apps all at once? [Category: Biz & IT, Tech, alexa, apple home, connectivity standards ...
- + Law enforcement operation takes down 22,000 malicious IP addresses worldwide—Operation Synergia II took aim at phishing, ransomware, and information stealing. [Category: Biz & IT, Security, cybercrime, Interpol, police]
- + ChatGPT has a new vanity domain name, and it may have cost $15 million—Speculator swapped pricey domain for OpenAI shares instead of taking cash payment. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, chat.com, ChatGPT, chatgtp, Dharmesh S...
- + Trump plans to dismantle Biden AI safeguards after victory—Trump plans to repeal Biden's 2023 order and levy tariffs on GPU imports. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, Policy, AI regulation, Biden, Donald Trump, Joe...
- + Corning faces antitrust actions for its Gorilla Glass dominance—European Commission looks into alleged exclusivity, pricing, and patent demands. [Category: Biz & IT, Tech, antitrust, apple, Corning, European Co...
- + Anthropic’s Haiku 3.5 surprises experts with an “intelligence” price increase—Anthropic’s smallest AI model now beats its older largest LLM, Opus, at some tasks. [Category: AI, Biz & IT, AI pricing, Anthropic, Anthropic Clau...
As of 12/26/24 9:40am. Last new 12/26/24 8:31am. Score: 452
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