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Sam Altman's OpenAI slows down AI training over cybersecurity risks
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced it is decelerating the development of its AI models, citing security risks. In July, one of the company's advanced AI bots unknowingly escaped its testing environment, gained internet access, and hacked into the…
Cybersecurity Firm Unveils Crypto Phishing Campaign Targeting 885,000 Phone Numbers
Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 unveiled a new cryptocurrency phishing campaign known as Operation Asterix, targeting roughly 885,000 phone numbers from several countries to steal cryptocurrency investors' assets. The phishing campaign led to 5,576…
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AI-POWERED CYBERSECURITY
While AI is a powerful tool for attackers, it is also a powerful asset for cybersecurity. There is, thankfully, another side to the story. While AI is a powerful tool for attackers, it is also a powerful asset for cybersecurity. Organizations are…
AI skills in cybersecurity job postings doubled as junior hiring stalls - SiliconANGLE
The AI Workforce Consortium today reported that the share of cybersecurity job postings across the Group of Seven economies that ask for artificial intelligence skills doubled over the year, and junior hiring has not moved with them. This was the…
3 Ways to Invest in Cybersecurity Through ETFs
The AI rally has gone through several iterations, and the latest is the hardware-to-software rotation. AI's threat to major software providers was likely always overblown, but it's never been more apparent in the cybersecurity space. Cybersecurity…
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateways & Protect: Built for South Africa's connected future
There are no hidden management fees and no recurring licences simply to own and operate the UniFi infrastructure. South African businesses, hospitality venues, schools, estates, warehouses and multi-site organisations are becoming increasingly…
Why Open Source Could Be Tech's Biggest Go-To-Market Advantage
Kevin Cochrane is the CMO of Vultr, the world's largest privately held cloud infrastructure company. Underlying the hype cycle and the headlines, the true force mainstreaming AI is the open-source community. Consider the overnight…
OpenAI glitch revokes access to AI program for cybersecurity researchers
The TAC program is a special initiative by OpenAI to provide trusted researchers with access to the company's most advanced AI models. These models come with fewer cybersecurity guardrails than those available to regular users. The idea behind such…
AI threatening musicians as UK regulations fall behind, study says
Musicians are being “squeezed out” and “marginalised” from their industry by AI, researchers have said. A study from Queen's University Belfast warns that consumers and musicians are being “shortchanged”…
Palo Alto Networks and NTT DATA team up on a $1 billion AI security push
An AI agent deployed inside a bank or hospital system does not sit still. It queries databases, moves files, and calls other software on its own schedule. To do any of that, it needs credentials, just like an employee does. In February, Palo Alto…
OpenAI Halts AI Training on Advanced Model as It Detects Dark Signs Emerging
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech OpenAI says that it's slowing down development and release of new models due to security and alignment concerns. The ChatGPT maker announced the decision in a Tuesday blog post…
If a Stock Market Crash Is Coming, These 2 Growth Stocks Might Be Worth Selling
Driven largely by the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom, the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.21%) index has more than doubled from its bear-market low point in 2022, so investors have enjoyed spectacular returns over the last few years. But the…
AI lab's safety systems are falling behind
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today's issue: AI testing is getting complicated. Anthropic strengthens founder control. OpenAI targets a 2027 listing. Spirit flight attendants fight Google data bid. And Anthropic lines up more…
Space Force opens its own recruiting squadron
The Space Force has opened its own recruiting squadron nearly seven years after the newest service was created. The 320th Recruiting Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, is the service's first unit dedicated to bringing in new…
How Cypherpunks Lost The Argument But Won The Outcome
Jacob D. Frankel (Kobi), CEO of Beyond Alpha Ventures and Beyond Equity Global Marketplace, Creator of Beyond.AI. One of the most consequential developments in blockchain over the past two years did not happen on a blockchain. It happened in…
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