Tag: DoT

  • Slashdot: Meta Permits Its AI Models To Be Used For US Military Purposes

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/05/043209/meta-permits-its-ai-models-to-be-used-for-us-military-purposes Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Permits Its AI Models To Be Used For US Military Purposes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s recent decision to allow the use of its artificial intelligence models for military purposes marks a significant policy shift, enabling U.S. government agencies and defense contractors to leverage…

  • Schneier on Security: AIs Discovering Vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/ais-discovering-vulnerabilities.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AIs Discovering Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: I’ve been writing about the possibility of AIs automatically discovering code vulnerabilities since at least 2018. This is an ongoing area of research: AIs doing source code scanning, AIs finding zero-days in the wild, and everything in between. The AIs aren’t very…

  • Slashdot: Python Overtakes JavaScript on GitHub, Annual Survey Finds

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/11/04/0235235/python-overtakes-javascript-on-github-annual-survey-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Python Overtakes JavaScript on GitHub, Annual Survey Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The “State of the Octoverse” report from GitHub highlights significant trends in programming languages, the rise of data science and machine learning, and global contributions to generative AI projects. Python’s ascendance in popularity,…

  • Slashdot: Leaked Training Shows Doctors In New York’s Biggest Hospital System Using AI

    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/11/03/2145204/leaked-training-shows-doctors-in-new-yorks-biggest-hospital-system-using-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Leaked Training Shows Doctors In New York’s Biggest Hospital System Using AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Northwell Health’s launch of an AI tool called AI Hub, which utilizes large language models (LLMs) for various healthcare-related tasks, including patient data management and clinical…

  • Slashdot: Millions of U.S. Cellphones Could Be Vulnerable to Chinese Government Surveillance

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/03/1953214/millions-of-us-cellphones-could-be-vulnerable-to-chinese-government-surveillance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Millions of U.S. Cellphones Could Be Vulnerable to Chinese Government Surveillance Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article emphasizes the grave implications of a cyberattack by Chinese hackers on U.S. telecom systems, highlighting vulnerabilities that could allow widespread surveillance of millions of U.S. cellphone users. The…

  • Slashdot: Millions of U.S. cellphone users could be vulnera

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/03/1924236/millions-of-us-cellphone-users-could-be-vulnera?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Millions of U.S. cellphone users could be vulnera Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant breach affecting U.S. telecommunications networks, allegedly linked to Chinese hackers. This situation poses a critical threat to national security and highlights vulnerabilities in lawful-access systems used for surveillance…

  • Slashdot: New ‘Open Source AI Definition’ Criticized for Not Opening Training Data

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/03/0257241/new-open-source-ai-definition-criticized-for-not-opening-training-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: New ‘Open Source AI Definition’ Criticized for Not Opening Training Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the controversy surrounding the newly-released Open Source AI definition, which some believe undermines traditional open-source principles by allowing certain proprietary practices around training data. The concerns raised…

  • Slashdot: AI Bug Bounty Program Finds 34 Flaws in Open-Source Tools

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/03/0123205/ai-bug-bounty-program-finds-34-flaws-in-open-source-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Bug Bounty Program Finds 34 Flaws in Open-Source Tools Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights the identification of numerous vulnerabilities in open-source AI and ML tools, particularly through Protect AI’s bug bounty program. It emphasizes the critical nature of security in AI development,…

  • Slashdot: Is AI-Driven 0-Day Detection Here?

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/02/2150233/is-ai-driven-0-day-detection-here?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Is AI-Driven 0-Day Detection Here? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses the advancements in AI-driven vulnerability detection, particularly focusing on the implementation of LLM-powered methodologies that have proven effective in identifying critical zero-day vulnerabilities. The approach combines deep program analysis with adversarial AI agents,…

  • Slashdot: PimEyes ‘Made a Public Rolodex of Our Faces’. Should You Opt Out?

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/02/055255/pimeyes-made-a-public-rolodex-of-our-faces-should-you-opt-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: PimEyes ‘Made a Public Rolodex of Our Faces’. Should You Opt Out? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of PimEyes, a face-image search engine that scans the internet for images and allows users to find and potentially remove unwanted images of themselves.…