Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition
Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else.
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1960s chatbot ELIZA beat OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 in a recent Turing test study
AI chatbot deception paper suggests that some bots (and people) aren't very persuasive.
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ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world.
Examining 365 days with OpenAI's bot: The good, the bad, the ugly—and the productive?
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How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US
China's flagship smartphone maker pulled off the feat despite sanctions.
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Sam Altman officially back as OpenAI CEO: “We didn’t lose a single employee”
Altman addresses Sutskever; Microsoft will serve observer role on new OpenAI board.
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Amazon unleashes Q, an AI assistant for the workplace
Aimed at the office, Amazon Q can summarize docs and assist with programming tasks.
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Stable Diffusion XL Turbo can generate AI images as fast as you can type
Even at home, SDXL Turbo can create detailed images with startling speed.
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2 municipal water facilities report falling to hackers in separate breaches
The facilities in Pennsylvania and Texas serve more than 2 million residents.
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Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs are breaking up over money-losing Apple Card
Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.
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Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously
Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70%.
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ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severity score comes under “mass” exploitation
Easy-to-exploit flaw gives hackers passwords and cryptographic keys to vulnerable servers.
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Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected
Chipmaker claims breach had no "material adverse effect."
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Amazon’s $195 thin clients are repurposed Fire TV Cubes
Amazon Workspaces Thin Client is a Fire TV Cube with different software.
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New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image
Given GPU and patience, SVD can turn any image into a 2-second video clip.
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Thousands of routers and cameras vulnerable to new 0-day attacks by hostile botnet
Internet scans show 7,000 devices may be vulnerable. The true number could be higher.
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USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide
LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?
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Sam Altman reportedly in talks for potential return as OpenAI CEO
Altman's unpopular firing may be undone—if a deal can be worked out.
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OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO; Altman may head to Microsoft
Ilya Sutskever announces regret; 700+ OpenAI employees sign letter asking board to resign.
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95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board
OpenAI's future hangs in the balance as staff says they'll join former CEO at Microsoft.
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Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI
Microsoft CEO "furious"; OpenAI president and 3 researchers resign. COO says "No malfeasance."
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The FCC says new rules will curb SIM swapping. I’m pessimistic
SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren't likely to change that.
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OpenAI board attempts to hit “Ctrl-Z” in talks with Altman to return as CEO
Cleared of malfeasance, Altman's unpopular firing may be undone—if he's interested.
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OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as shocked employees hold all-hands meeting
Details emerge in Sam Altman firing, which blindsided Microsoft and investors.
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“Hallucinating” AI models help coin Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year
Cambridge: "When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information."
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OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as nervous employees hold all-hands meeting
Microsoft blindsided by Altman firing; has "utmost confidence" in partner OpenAI.
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The “Windows App” for Mac, iOS, and browsers is a fancy remote desktop, for now
Microsoft wants you in Windows, whether you're on iPad, Android, or Chrome OS.
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No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon
Some changes will arrive for non-EU users, too, but not the easy removals.
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