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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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Truly Autonomous Cars May Be Impossible Without Helpful Human Touch
While startups have promised to develop truly driverless cars, industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may need to be a permanent part of the...
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Hacker Claims to have Stolen 1 Billion Records of Chinese Citizens from Police
Anonymous Internet user "ChinaDan" posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the data for 10 bitcoin, worth about $200,000.
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China Bank Protest Stopped by Health Codes Turning Red
Bank depositors in China said a protest in Henan province was halted by authorities using COVID surveillance infrastructure to turn health code applications red...
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Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool Coming to Apps, Schools
Clearview AI said it is expanding sales of its facial recognition software to companies outside of law enforcement.
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Uber Launches Robot Food Delivery in California
Uber has rolled out pilot food delivery services that use autonomous vehicles in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, CA.
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Google Faces Internal Battle Over Research on AI to Speed Chip Design
Studies by big institutions such as Google in well-known journals can have an outsized influence on whether similar projects are funded in the industry...
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China's Weibo Shows User Locations to Combat 'Bad Behavior'
Chinese social media application Weibo will publish users' Internet Protocol addresses on their account pages and when they post comments, in order to rein in...
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AI Is Explaining Itself to Humans. It's Paying Off.
Startups and major technology companies alike are investing heavily in explainable artificial intelligence.
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U.S. FBI Says It Disrupted Russian Hackers
U.S. officials said the Federal Bureau of Investigation had seized control of thousands of routers and firewall appliances from Russian hackers.
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Russia Finds Meta Guilty of 'Extremist Activity,' but WhatsApp Can Stay
Moscow court says Meta engaged in "extremist activity."
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Texas Sues Meta's Facebook over Facial-Recognition Practices
The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed suit against Facebook for allegedly violating state law with its facial recognition technology.
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North Korean Internet Downed by Suspected Cyberattacks: Researchers
Seoul-based news site NK Pro reported that log files and network records showed Websites on North Korean Web domains were largely unreachable.
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U.S. National Security Adviser Asks Software Companies to Discuss Cybersecurity
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has asked major software companies and developers to discuss ways to improve digital security, as hacks against...
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Trucks Catch Up in Self-Driving Vehicle Race
Some investors expect trucks to overtake cars in becoming fully autonomous and profitable, as trucks face fewer regulatory and technological barriers to deployment...
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South Korea to Test AI-Powered Facial Recognition to Track COVID-19 Cases
South Korea in January plans launch a pilot project to track the movements of persons infected with COVID-19 and anyone with whom they had close contact
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Australia Says U.S. Facial Recognition Software Firm Clearview Breached Privacy Law
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Clearview AI violated domestic privacy laws by collecting images from Websites without Australians' consent...
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Latest Russian Cyberattack Targeting Hundreds of U.S. Networks
Microsoft warns the Russia-based agency Nobelium has targeted hundreds of U.S. companies and organizations, in its latest cyberattack.
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Apple Warns of Cybercrime Risks if EU Forces it to Allow Others' Software
An Apple analysis of the threats of side-loading warned of malicious apps migrating to third-party stores and infecting consumer devices.
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Google Wants to Use AI to Time Traffic Lights More Efficiently
Google said it intends to test the use of artificial intelligence to optimize traffic-signal timing in Rio de Janeiro.
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