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Inside the US Government's Unpublished Report on AI Safety

wired.com Will Knight 2025-12-01 00:00:00

At a computer security conference in Arlington, Virginia, last October, a few dozen AI researchers took part in a first-of-its-kind exercise in “red teaming,” or stress-testing a cutting-edge language model and other artificial intelligence systems. Over the course of two days, the teams identified 139 novel ways to get the systems to misbehave including by generating misinformation or leaking personal data. More importantly, they showed shortcomings in a new US government standard designed to h

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I built a tool to help people remove their info from the Tea App

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 17:57:05

From: To: [email protected], [email protected] Copy Subject: Request for Immediate Removal of Unauthorized Personal Information Copy To Whom It May Concern, My name is . I have discovered that my personal information is being published and distributed through the Tea Dating Advice app without my knowledge or consent. This includes a post referencing me. This anonymous and unverified content violates my right to privacy, and I am requesting the immediate removal of any

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PBS confirms data breach after employee info leaked on Discord servers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-03 05:06:29

PBS has suffered a data breach exposing the corporate contact information of its employees and those of its affiliates, BleepingComputer has learned. Earlier this month, BleepingComputer was alerted to a file circulated on Discord servers that allegedly contained this information. This data was not distributed on dark web sites, hacking forums, or other mediums frequented by threat actors. Instead, it was being shared on Discord servers for fans of "PBS Kids," where young adults, teenagers, an

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Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-03 20:28:10

Cisco said that one of its representatives fell victim to a voice phishing attack that allowed threat actors to download profile information belonging to users of a third-party customer relationship management system. “Our investigation has determined that the exported data primarily consisted of basic account profile information of individuals who registered for a user account on Cisco.com,” the company disclosed. Information included names, organization names, addresses, Cisco assigned user I

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Cisco discloses data breach impacting Cisco.com user accounts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-05 00:17:12

Cisco has disclosed that cybercriminals stole the basic profile information of users registered on Cisco.com following a voice phishing (vishing) attack that targeted a company representative. After becoming aware of the incident on July 24th, the networking equipment giant discovered that the attacker tricked an employee and gained access to a third-party cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system used by Cisco. This allowed the threat actor to steal the personal and user infor

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Could Apple create an AI search engine to rival Gemini and ChatGPT? Here's how it could succeed

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-12-06 05:52:00

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Apple reportedly has an AI search in the works. The AI search experience could have a standalone app and power Siri. Timely and strategic release with broader success of AI search engines. With the launch of Apple Intelligence, Apple sought to enter the AI space after a somewhat late entry. However, several delays of its most sought-after feature, including Siri 2.0, have made it difficult to keep up with more established competitors. A new report d

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EHRs: The hidden distraction in your doctor's office

news.ycombinator.com Robert N. Charette 2025-12-07 12:07:44

Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006. As described in IEEE Spectrum, Cheryl’s husband, Tom, has a rare genetic disease that causes ammonia to accumulate in his blood. At an emergency room visit two decades ago, Cheryl told the doctors Tom needed an immediate dose of lactulose to avoid going into a coma, but they refused to medicate him until his primary doctor confirmed his medical condition hours later. Making the situation more vexing w

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Mystery packages with QR codes spark new wave of scams

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-07 21:12:00

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust WTF?! A new twist on package-related scams is drawing concern from federal authorities, as the FBI warns Americans to be vigilant when receiving unexpected parcels containing QR codes. According to a recent alert, criminals have begun exploiting the ubiquity of QR codes as a tool for financial fraud and identity theft. The scheme unfolds when an individual receives a package that's addressed to the

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Ongoing Lean formalisation of the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-04 20:59:41

Fermat's Last Theorem An ongoing multi-author open source project to formalise a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in the Lean theorem prover. Information about the project The project is currently being led by Kevin Buzzard. Until September 2029 it is being funded by grant EP/Y022904/1, awarded by the EPSRC. The project is hosted at Imperial College London. Kevin would like to extend many many thanks to both of these institutions for their ongoing support of this nonstandard research. General

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Thousands of private ChatGPT conversations found via Google search after feature mishap

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-07 20:24:00

What just happened? Numerous organizations have repeatedly warned ChatGPT users over the years never to share personal information with OpenAI's chatbot. A recent incident involving a now-removed feature reveals that potentially thousands of people disclosed deeply intimate information with ChatGPT and also inadvertently made it discoverable through Google search. OpenAI recently confirmed that it has deactivated an opt-in feature that shared chat histories on the open web. Although the functio

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Google AI Model Helps Us See the Planet as We Never Have Before

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-11 18:14:00

It's a view of Mother Earth as we've never seen her, and it just might help us solve some our most existential issues. Google has launched a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations, which can take images and measurements from satellites and other sources to create current and accurate digital representations of lands and waters. With all this data, scientists and researchers can monitor problems like water scarcity, deforestation and crop health. Google says AlphaEarth's AI modeling has alr

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AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-12 23:00:06

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask Jeeves. Sure, a lot has changed under the hood, the results are likely far more relevant and the interface has some new features, but you're still typing in keywords and getting a list of websites that might hold the answer. That way of searching, it seems, is starting to go the way of AltaVista, may i

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Dropbox Passwords is shutting down, and you have to act fast

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-14 15:38:08

Dropbox has announced that its password manager, Dropbox Passwords, is shutting down soon. And you don’t have long to find a new solution. Dropbox Passwords shutdown will happen in three stages on accelerated timeline Dropbox Passwords is being discontinued, and users are encouraged to find a new password solution elsewhere. Why the shutdown? Per a support doc, it’s “part of our efforts to focus on enhancing other features in our core product.” Though web service shutdowns often come with ex

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Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-15 00:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed “harmful” — including Reddit, Discord, Grindr, X, and Bluesky — to verify that users are over the age of 18. The early results have been chaotic. While many services have complied, so

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A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

news.ycombinator.com Eileen Guo 2025-12-16 04:59:09

Indeed, the curators of DataComp CommonPool were themselves aware it was likely that PII would appear in the data set and did take some measures to preserve privacy, including automatically detecting and blurring faces. But in their limited data set, Hong’s team found and validated over 800 faces that the algorithm had missed, and they estimated that overall, the algorithm had missed 102 million faces in the entire data set. On the other hand, they did not apply filters that could have recognize

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Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-12-17 00:12:43

In Brief AI video-generating startups Luma and Runway are looking beyond movie studios. These video-generating AI companies have their sights set on other markets for future revenue streams and have been in talks with both robotics and self-driving car companies, according to reporting from The Information. The report didn’t identify which companies Luma and Runway are in talks with. This potential revenue stream makes sense for Luma in particular. The company announced it was looking to buil

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Data breach at Tea reportedly contains images and DMs from last week

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-19 04:48:23

Last week, social network Tea experienced a data breach that exposed personal information for its users. The dating safety app for women said at the time that "there is no evidence to suggest that current or additional user data was affected." However, 404 Media reports that the problem is bigger than originally stated. The site credits independent security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi , who found that content from the platform as recent as last week has been exposed. Additionally, this source cla

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Solid protocol restores digital agency

news.ycombinator.com Bruce Schneier 2025-12-17 10:32:50

How Solid Protocol Restores Digital Agency The current state of digital identity is a mess. Your personal information is scattered across hundreds of locations: social media companies, IoT companies, government agencies, websites you have accounts on, and data brokers you’ve never heard of. These entities collect, store, and trade your data, often without your knowledge or consent. It’s both redundant and inconsistent. You have hundreds, maybe thousands, of fragmented digital profiles that ofte

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GPT might be an information virus (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 15:23:21

Obligatory: the views and opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not represent the views and opinions of my employer. In light of all the hype going around about ChatGPT, I wanted to offer my “hot take” on what the next 2-5 years of the web look like. One aspect of the rise of generative models that isn’t getting the right amount of attention is the long-term effects on the information economy. I think that being able to automatically produce arbitrary content that is indistinguisha

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AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's a Look Under the Hood

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-21 10:00:05

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask Jeeves. Sure, a lot has changed under the hood, the results are likely far more relevant and the interface has some new features, but you're still typing in keywords and getting a list of websites that might hold the answer. That way of searching, it seems, is starting to go the way of AltaVista, may i

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DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban

news.ycombinator.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-21 11:02:50

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. DJI barely sells drones in the United States anymore. The shelves are bare; resellers are jacking up prices. It appears an unofficial ban at US customs is to blame. But on Amazon, you can now buy a drone that’s a a dead ringer for the DJI Mini 4 Pro — the SkyRover X1 — for a reasonable $758. And that’s probably because DJI made it happen.

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DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-22 05:43:21

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. DJI barely sells drones in the United States anymore. The shelves are bare; resellers are jacking up prices. It appears an unofficial ban at US customs is to blame. But on Amazon, you can now buy a drone that’s a a dead ringer for the DJI Mini 4 Pro — the SkyRover X1 — for a reasonable $758. And that’s probably because DJI made it happen.

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The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-12-23 06:00:00

Beginning today, millions of adults trying to access pornography in the United Kingdom will be required to prove that they are over the age of 18. Under sweeping new online child safety laws coming into force, self-reporting checkboxes that allow anyone to claim adulthood on porn websites will be replaced by age-estimating face scans, ID document uploads, credit card checks, and more. Some of the biggest porn websites—including Pornhub and YouPorn—have said that they will comply with the new rul

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Major European healthcare network discloses security breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-31 05:27:10

AMEOS Group, an operator of a massive healthcare network in Central Europe, has announced it has suffered a security breach that may have exposed customer, employee, and partner information. The organization published a statement on its website, as required by Article 34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates a public notice in the event of a data breach. AMEOS is a Zurich-based healthcare provider that employs 18,000 staff in over 100 hospitals, clinics, rehabilitati

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I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-01 00:33:56

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET One of the best parts of my job is that I get to chat with industry folks who, like me, eat and breathe AI tools. After meeting with yet another (non-Google-affiliated) media person last week who told me how much they loved NotebookLM, I decided to give it a real try. Also: OpenAI wins gold at prestigious math competition - why that matters more than you think Although I've tried several NotebookLM features for the site before and have been impressed, finding a wa

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I know genomes and I didn’t delete my data from 23andMe

news.ycombinator.com Steven Salzberg 2025-12-31 02:52:26

As word spread last year that 23andMe was about to go bankrupt, many of their millions of customers wondered if they should delete their data. Social and conventional media were quick to offer advice, sometimes coming from experts in genetics and genomics–my field, I should note–on how to go onto the 23andMe website and delete all of your data. In March of this year, the California attorney general issued a warning that 23andMe was “in financial distress,” and he told Californians that they oug

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My favourite German word

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-29 09:11:14

My favourite German word¶ 30th June 2025 A documentation colleague recently challenged me with a question: Nowadays, more and more people reach for an LLM tool to provide the information they want. If human beings don’t actually read it, what is the point of writing and structuring documentation for humans? Newer generations (she said) are becoming unskilled at finding information for themselves. They seem less able to digest what they find, to apply it to their problems. But it’s not just t

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I know genomes. Don't delete your DNA

news.ycombinator.com Steven Salzberg 2026-01-02 14:52:26

As word spread last year that 23andMe was about to go bankrupt, many of their millions of customers wondered if they should delete their data. Social and conventional media were quick to offer advice, sometimes coming from experts in genetics and genomics–my field, I should note–on how to go onto the 23andMe website and delete all of your data. In March of this year, the California attorney general issued a warning that 23andMe was “in financial distress,” and he told Californians that they oug

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How to remove personal information to protect yourself from stalkers

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2025-12-31 11:00:00

With data brokers making big money by selling your personal details, it’s never been easier for bad actors to get access to your phone number, email address, physical address, and even sensitive data like your social security number. That doesn’t just leave you at risk from spammers and scammers, but some people unfortunately have to worry about their contact details being used for stalking and harassment … How to remove personal information Data brokers are companies whose business is buying

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Dior begins sending data breach notifications to U.S. customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-03 15:31:28

The House of Dior (Dior) is sending data breach notifications to U.S. customers informing them that a May cybersecurity incident compromised their personal information. Dior is a French luxury fashion house, part of the LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) group, which is the world's largest luxury conglomerate. The Dior brand alone generates an annual revenue of over $12 billion, operating hundreds of boutiques worldwide. The security incident occurred on January 26, 2025, but the company only

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Latest Tech News

Inside the US Government's Unpublished Report on AI Safety

I built a tool to help people remove their info from the Tea App

PBS confirms data breach after employee info leaked on Discord servers

Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco

Cisco discloses data breach impacting Cisco.com user accounts

Could Apple create an AI search engine to rival Gemini and ChatGPT? Here's how it could succeed

EHRs: The hidden distraction in your doctor's office

Mystery packages with QR codes spark new wave of scams

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Dropbox Passwords is shutting down, and you have to act fast

Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

Data breach at Tea reportedly contains images and DMs from last week

Solid protocol restores digital agency

GPT might be an information virus (2023)

AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's a Look Under the Hood

DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban

DJI couldn’t confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban

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Major European healthcare network discloses security breach

I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer

I know genomes and I didn’t delete my data from 23andMe

My favourite German word

I know genomes. Don't delete your DNA

How to remove personal information to protect yourself from stalkers

Dior begins sending data breach notifications to U.S. customers

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