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A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering

By: Andy Greenberg — May 1st 2024 at 13:00
Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on—that aims to spot the “shape” of bitcoin money laundering.
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The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

By: Matt Burgess — April 19th 2024 at 16:54
The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown.
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The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived

By: Matt Burgess — April 18th 2024 at 11:00
Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams.
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How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

By: Matt Burgess, Reece Rogers — April 10th 2024 at 11:30
Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more.
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Here Come the AI Worms

By: Matt Burgess — March 1st 2024 at 09:00
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way.
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London Underground Is Testing Real-Time AI Surveillance Tools to Spot Crime

By: Matt Burgess — February 8th 2024 at 17:55
In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.
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US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools

By: Dell Cameron — January 29th 2024 at 16:19
Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They're demanding higher standards for federal grants.
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The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023

By: WIRED Staff — December 28th 2023 at 12:00
From Sam Altman and Elon Musk to ransomware gangs and state-backed hackers, these are the individuals and groups that spent this year disrupting the world we know it.
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A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4

By: Will Knight — December 5th 2023 at 11:00
Adversarial algorithms can systematically probe large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 for weaknesses that can make them misbehave.
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Anduril’s New Drone Killer Is Locked on to AI-Powered Warfare

By: Will Knight — December 1st 2023 at 05:01
Autonomous drones are rapidly changing combat. Anduril’s new one aims to gain an edge with jet power and AI.
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OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets

By: Matt Burgess — November 29th 2023 at 12:00
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
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Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies

By: Deidre Olsen — November 15th 2023 at 11:00
Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. TikTok and Facebook pages are filling the gap—with AI proving a powerful and controversial new tool.
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The UN Hired an AI Company to Untangle the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis

By: David Gilbert — November 2nd 2023 at 11:00
CulturePulse's AI model promises to create a realistic virtual simulation of every Israeli and Palestinian citizen. But don't roll your eyes: It's already been put to the test in other conflict zones.
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The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here

By: Matt Burgess — October 24th 2023 at 23:01
Thousands of child abuse images are being created with AI. New images of old victims are appearing, as criminals trade datasets.
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Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You

By: Thor Benson — September 25th 2023 at 11:00
Corporations are using software to monitor employees on a large scale. Some experts fear the data these tools collect could be used to automate people out of their jobs.
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The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

By: Matt Laslo — September 13th 2023 at 11:00
Senators are meeting with Silicon Valley's elite to learn how to deal with AI. But can Congress tackle the rapidly emerging tech before working on itself?
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AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

By: Todd Feathers — September 11th 2023 at 11:00
State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI's many pitfalls.
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Microsoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself

By: Lily Hay Newman — August 7th 2023 at 17:51
Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving.
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The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past

By: Matt Laslo — August 4th 2023 at 18:05
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.
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A New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It

By: Will Knight — August 1st 2023 at 11:00
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That

By: Matt Laslo — June 26th 2023 at 11:00
With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance?
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How AI Protects (and Attacks) Your Inbox

By: Reece Rogers — June 3rd 2023 at 11:00
Criminals may use artificial intelligence to scam you. Companies, like Google, are looking for ways AI and machine learning can help prevent phishing.
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How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT

By: Matt Burgess — May 9th 2023 at 06:00
OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough.
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Brace Yourself for the 2024 Deepfake Election

By: Thor Benson — April 27th 2023 at 11:00
No matter what happens with generative AI, its disruptive forces are already beginning to play a role in the fast-approaching US presidential race.
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How ChatGPT—and Bots Like It—Can Spread Malware

By: David Nield — April 19th 2023 at 11:00
Generative AI is a tool, which means it can be used by cybercriminals, too. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started

By: Matt Burgess — April 13th 2023 at 16:07
Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse.
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Microsoft's ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches

By: Lily Hay Newman — March 28th 2023 at 15:31
The new tool aims to deliver the network insights and coordination that “AI” security systems have long promised.
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How You Can Tell the AI Images of Trump’s Arrest Are Deepfakes

By: Reece Rogers — March 21st 2023 at 23:31
Doctored images of the former US president went viral on Twitter. These are the telltale signs that they aren’t what they seem.
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The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

By: Tom Ward — March 8th 2023 at 15:52
After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies.
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