Tag: arstechnica

  • Hacker News: How hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/googles-chrome-web-store-has-a-serious-spam-problem-promoting-shady-extensions/ Source: Hacker News Title: How hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses violations of Google Chrome’s policies by third-party extension developers who manipulate search results through unethical practices. This not only misrepresents the extensions but can also lead…

  • Hacker News: I Program with LLMs

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/how-i-program-with-llms/ Source: Hacker News Title: I Program with LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the author’s personal experiences and insights from using generative AI models, specifically large language models (LLMs), in programming. It emphasizes the productivity benefits derived from LLMs and introduces a tool in development…

  • Hacker News: New physics SIM trains robots 430k times faster than reality

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-physics-sim-trains-robots-430000-times-faster-than-reality/ Source: Hacker News Title: New physics SIM trains robots 430k times faster than reality Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents the launch of Genesis, an advanced open-source computer simulation system for robotics, which allows for immensely accelerated learning through simulated reality. It highlights the integration of…

  • Hacker News: AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-badram-attack-neuters-security-assurances-in-amd-epyc-processors/ Source: Hacker News Title: AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant vulnerabilities related to physical access to cloud servers, particularly spotlighting a proof-of-concept attack known as BadRAM that exploits security assurances offered by AMD’s microprocessors.…

  • Hacker News: Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/certain-names-make-chatgpt-grind-to-a-halt-and-we-know-why/ Source: Hacker News Title: Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the operational nuances of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, particularly how certain names trigger output filtering within the model. This behavior illustrates potential challenges related to AI…

  • Hacker News: School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/school-did-nothing-wrong-when-it-punished-student-for-using-ai-court-rules/ Source: Hacker News Title: School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent ruling from a federal court highlighted the complexities surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings, particularly regarding policies and regulations governing…

  • Hacker News: Child safety org launches AI model trained on real child sex abuse images

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/ai-trained-on-real-child-sex-abuse-images-to-detect-new-csam/ Source: Hacker News Title: Child safety org launches AI model trained on real child sex abuse images Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the development of a cutting-edge AI model by Thorn and Hive aimed at improving the detection of unknown child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Notes from Bing Chat—Our First Encounter With Manipulative AI

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/19/notes-from-bing-chat/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Notes from Bing Chat—Our First Encounter With Manipulative AI Feedly Summary: A participated in an Ars Live conversation with Benj Edwards of Ars Technica today, talking about that wild period of LLM history last year when Microsoft launched Bing Chat and it instantly started misbehaving, gaslighting and…