Category: Security
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How This Video Game Controller Became the US Military’s Weapon of Choice
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After decades of relying on buttons, switches, and toggles, the Pentagon has embraced simple, ergonomic video-game-style controllers already familiar to millions of potential recruits.
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License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of Political Lawn Signs and Bumper Stickers
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From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.
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Apple Intelligence Promises Better AI Privacy. Here’s How It Actually Works
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Private Cloud Compute is an entirely new kind of infrastructure that, Apple’s Craig Federighi tells WIRED, allows your personal data to be “hermetically sealed inside of a privacy bubble.”
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What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy
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xAI’s generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It’s also scooping up a ton of data people post on X. Here’s how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should.
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Harmful ‘Nudify’ Websites Used Google, Apple, and Discord Sign-On Systems
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Single sign-on systems from several Big Tech companies are being incorporated into deepfake generators, WIRED found. Discord and Apple have started to terminate some developers’ accounts.
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Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports
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Protesters took to Citi Field Wednesday to raise awareness of the facial recognition systems that have become common at major league sporting venues.
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The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
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The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems.
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Microsoft’s AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine
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Attacks on Microsoft’s Copilot AI allow for answers to be manipulated, data extracted, and security protections bypassed, new research shows.
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Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?
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OpenAI’s newest model is “a data hoover on steroids,” says one expert—but there are still ways to use it while minimizing risk.
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At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You
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A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.