AI helps researchers find PHP flaws and attackers exploit them
Researchers identify longstanding vulnerabilities with AI tools, followed by attacks that also use the technology.
By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess · Wired
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Studied for 40 years, the material contains differing crystal structures separated by broad boundaries that may weaken its superconductivity.
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Collections support medical care, education and sporting events, among other purposes, with security concerns for the platforms.
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Incidents mount at a reactor intended to demonstrate nuclear power’s revivalArs Technica
A contractor falls into a cavity within the reactor, while a fuel assembly comes close to toppling.
A study finds costs limit robots’ ability to replace human workers
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OpenAI and Anthropic are interested in this prospect, whose risks concern some researchers.
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The technique retains approximately 99.9% accuracy with every qubit active at the same time.
China tightens oversight of its most capable AI models
At launch, Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 was available as a free download and could compete with some leading American tools.
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Researchers keep an antimatter particle confined for months
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Digital policy
Deloitte faces repayment demand from Western Australian government over report errorsThe Guardian Technology
The university merger study contains references fabricated by artificial intelligence and discrepancies in dollar cost estimates reaching into the hundreds of millions.
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Indian workers record their jobs for artificial intelligence trainingBBC Technology
They receive payment for producing footage used to train the systems.
Technology
Orange doubles subscribers’ mobile data allowances after its outage01net
The measure lasts 1 month, but most customers already use far less data than their plans allow.
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Anthropic faces legal action over 274 Elvis Presley songsThe Guardian Technology
Authentic Brands Group alleges the company trained its models on the works without authorization.
Science and space
The Pentagon seeks a location for a new space launch facilityArs Technica
The Space Force is weighing a public-private partnership, a federal facility or land owned by a state.