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Shareholder Arrested After Ranting at Warren Buffet for His Contributions to 'Woke Culture'
A Berkshire Hathaway shareholder was arrested at 'Woodstock for Capitalists' after going on a rant about Jeffrey Epstein and Critical Race Theory.
China Arrests Man for Allegedly Using ChatGPT to Create Fake News
This is what appears to be the first arrest in the country related to the misuse of artificial intelligence.
CYBER: Apple II and How the Computer Became Personal
The Apple II ushered in an age of personal computing, this is its little understood story.
Verified Twitter Accounts Spread Misinfo About Imminent Nuclear Strike
YouTube and Twitter accounts spread rumors about nuclear war after two drones struck the Kremlin.
Striking Writers Are on the Front Line of a Battle Between AI and Workers
"If we don’t strike for this right now, the AI technology will advance so quickly that it will no longer be possible to negotiate a fair contract in the context of AI."
Drone Explodes Over Kremlin, Russia Alleges Putin Assassination Attempt
Ukraine has denied any connection to the incident and said Russia was planning its own terror attack.
GPT-4 Can’t Replace Striking TV Writers, But Studios Are Going to Try
The desire to replace writers with AI is a symptom of the larger problem that the guild is fighting for—which is that companies do not value writers and their work.
Beleaguered Russia to Show Troops Videos of NATO Tanks Exploding to Boost Morale
Russia is deploying 75 year old tanks to the battlefield and coming up with unique plans to counter the modern ones NATO is sending to the battlefield.
Scary 'Emergent' AI Abilities Are Just a 'Mirage' Produced by Researchers, Stanford Study Says
"There's no giant leap of capability," the researchers said.
Ukraine Is Now Using Steam Decks to Control Machine Gun Turrets
A crowdfunding campaign led to the development of a turret controlled by a video game console.
A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.
A German stock photographer tried to get his photos removed from the AI-training LAION dataset. Lawyers replied that he owes $979 for making an unjustified copyright claim.
Palantir Demos AI to Fight Wars But Says It Will Be Totally Ethical Don’t Worry About It
The company says its Artificial Intelligence Platform will integrate AI into military decision making in a legal and ethical way.
DIY GPT-Powered Monocle Will Tell You What to Say in Every Conversation
A student coder used GPT-4 and open-source hardware to create RizzGPT and LifeOS, systems designed to feed you the right line for the right time.
‘Fallout’-Style Cartoons Meant to Train Russian Soldiers Are Spreading on Telegram
The meme-filled videos spread on Ukrainian and Russian Telegram channels, though it's unclear if the Kremlin created them.
'High Risk of Biological Hazard' In Sudan After Fighters Seize Biolab, WHO Says
Soldiers have seized a biolab containing samples of cholera and the measles in Khartoum.
AI Spam Is Already Flooding the Internet and It Has an Obvious Tell
The phrase 'as an AI language model' is starting to flood Amazon user reviews and Twitter bot accounts.
Inside the Discord Where Thousands of Rogue Producers Are Making AI Music
On Saturday, they released an entire album using an AI-generated copy of Travis Scott's voice, and labels are trying to kill it.
CYBER: Thieves are Stealing Cars Using Old Nokia Phones
A bluetooth speaker or old phone hides simple electronics that can break into almost any car in the world.
The Best Deals This Week, From Marshall Speakers to Lovehoney Sex Toys
Score serious deals on early Way Day teasers, Caraway cookware, and REI bikes.
How to Clean Your Smartphone and Tech Devices Like a Pro
It’s not like you can give your iPhone a shower—but these tips and tricks will keep all your devices germ-free.
Writers Are Becoming ‘AI Prompt Engineers,’ a Job Which May or May Not Exist
Freelancers say they’re quitting to become ChatGPT whisperers. But is it a legitimate career path, or just another short-lived gold rush?
‘Counter Strike’ Gun Skin Sells for $400,000
A private collector just paid more than $500,000 for a digital blue tinged AK-47 and weathered looking knife used in the game ‘Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.’
Gamers Encouraged Not to Commit War Crimes in ‘Fortnite’ Mode Designed by Red Cross
The Red Cross wants gamers to consider the laws of war when they’re scoring a dub in Call of Duty: Warzone.
Why Did a 21-Year-Old Guardsman Have Access to State Secrets?
"I have a feeling that at least one, if not multiple people on the security side were asleep at the wheel."
CYBER: Someone Is Selling Computer Generated Swatting Services
A wave of swatting across the U.S. can be traced back to groups selling automated calls online.
Suspect In Murder of Tech Exec in San Francisco Also Worked in Tech
Sources told Mission Local that the suspect knew Bob Lee, and also worked in the tech industry, contrary to assumptions many people in tech made about his killer.
Farmers Win the Right to Repair Their Own Tractors in Colorado
A new law in Colorado that will make it easier for farmers to fix their own equipment is the first in the nation.
AI Tasked With 'Destroying Humanity' Now 'Working on Control Over Humanity Through Manipulation'
The video of the bot's 'thought process' is an interesting window into the current state of easily accessible AI tools.
CYBER: What We Know about the Pentagon Leaks
Classified Pentagon documents leaked onto several Discord servers. What's in them and how did this happen?
Leaked Pentagon Docs Share Wild Rumor: Kremlin Plans to ‘Throw’ Putin’s War While He’s Getting Chemo
The leaked documents suggested that a top Kremlin general would sabotage the war while Putin is distracted with cancer treatments.
Google Tells AI Agents to Behave Like 'Believable Humans' to Create 'Artificial Society'
The characters have developed specific routines, such as waking up, taking a shower, cooking breakfast, interacting with their families, then going to work every day.
Leaked Classified Documents Also Include Roleplaying Game Character Stats
An early upload of the leaked Pentagon documents contained a character sheet, but what game was it from? And what can the stats tell us about the person who made it? Motherboard investigates.
CYBER: Uber's April Fools Glitch
This week on Cyber we’re talking about Uber’s glitch screwing drivers, tenants in California unionizing to fight a giant investment firm, and what a public bank might look like.
I Went to Maggie Rogers' Ticketmasterless, In-Person Presale
Here's what some fans had to say as they waited in a five-hour line for concert tickets.
Pentagon’s Ukraine War Plans Leaked on Minecraft Discord Before Telegram and Twitter
The earliest version of the leaked Pentagon documents online seem to come from a small gaming community forum.
Developers Are Connecting Multiple AI Agents to Make More ‘Autonomous’ AI
They hope to create an agent that can do a number of tasks on its own, such as developing a website, creating a newsletter, and writing on a Google doc.
Australia Bans TikTok On Government Devices Amid ‘Security Concerns’
Fears of data harvesting and foreign interference are prompting a growing number of Western nations to crack down on the Chinese social media app.
Lord Miles Flees Taliban, Publishes Memoir at White Nationalist Press, Gets Captured by Taliban
Before his capture by the Taliban, the "danger tourist" was complaining about the soy in his food while boarding a flight to Afghanistan.
Russian Blogger Assassinated By Explosive Hidden In Statue of Himself
Pro-Kremlin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky died after opening a package containing a golden statue of himself.
North Carolina Seeks to Ban Participation Trophies for Children
Republican senators are standing up to a major threat to the nation.
CYBER: What’s Driving the AI Hype?
Fake historical photos, demands to stop the development of AI, and early fears of sentience mark a banner week in hype over artificial intelligence.
AI Theorist Says Nuclear War Preferable to Developing Advanced AI
A prominent AI theorist penned an op-ed calling for the end of AI research backed up by airstrikes and the threat of nuclear war.
'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says
The incident raises concerns about guardrails around quickly-proliferating conversational AI models.
Hackers Claim to Dox Russian 'War Criminal,' Convince His Wife to Do 'Patriotic Photoshoot'
A group of Ukrainian hacktivists say they've hacked the accounts of a Russian colonel.
Principal Sends $100,000 of School Funds to Fake Elon Musk, Claims She Was 'Groomed'
The principal of a charter school in Florida resigned after falling for a scammer posing as Elon Musk.
CYBER: The DEA Is Skipping Warrants and Buying Data from Rogue Employees
The Drug Enforcement Agency is bribing employees to help it seize drugs and money, skipping the complicated process of obtaining a warrant.
The Open Letter to Stop 'Dangerous' AI Race Is a Huge Mess
The letter has been signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Andrew Yang, and leading AI researchers, but many experts and even signatories disagreed.
ChatGPT Can Replace the Underpaid Workers Who Train AI, Researchers Say
The underpaid workers on platforms like Mechanical Turk who train AI models could be replaced by those same systems.
U.S. Hardware Is Fueling Russia's Facial Recognition Crackdown on Anti-War Dissidents
According to a new report, Russia’s facial recognition systems are powered by American technologies.
Arms Manufacturer Says TikTok ‘Cat Videos’ Are Keeping It From Making Ammo
A Norwegian arms company had said that TikTok servers' electricity demands are keeping it from producing artillery shells for the war in Ukraine.
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