Tag: whisper

  • Hacker News: Listen to the whispers: web timing attacks that work

    Source URL: https://portswigger.net/research/listen-to-the-whispers-web-timing-attacks-that-actually-work Source: Hacker News Title: Listen to the whispers: web timing attacks that work Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text introduces novel web timing attack techniques capable of breaching server security by exposing hidden vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack surfaces more effectively than previous methods. It emphasizes the practical…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: TextSynth Server

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/textsynth-server/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: TextSynth Server Feedly Summary: TextSynth Server I’d missed this: Fabrice Bellard (yes, that Fabrice Bellard) has a project called TextSynth Server which he describes like this: ts_server is a web server proposing a REST API to large language models. They can be used for example for text…

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Project: VERDAD – tracking misinformation in radio broadcasts using Gemini 1.5

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/7/project-verdad/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Project: VERDAD – tracking misinformation in radio broadcasts using Gemini 1.5 Feedly Summary: I’m starting a new interview series called Project. The idea is to interview people who are building interesting data projects and talk about what they’ve built, how they built it, and what they learned…

  • Wired: OpenAI’s Transcription Tool Hallucinates. Hospitals Are Using It Anyway

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/hospitals-ai-transcription-tools-hallucination/ Source: Wired Title: OpenAI’s Transcription Tool Hallucinates. Hospitals Are Using It Anyway Feedly Summary: In health care settings, it’s important to be precise. That’s why the widespread use of OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool among medical workers has experts alarmed. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses an investigation revealing serious…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: W̶e̶e̶k̶n̶o̶t̶e̶s̶ Monthnotes for October

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/30/monthnotes/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: W̶e̶e̶k̶n̶o̶t̶e̶s̶ Monthnotes for October Feedly Summary: I try to publish weeknotes at least once every two weeks. It’s been four since the last entry, so I guess this one counts as monthnotes instead. In my defense, the reason I’ve fallen behind on weeknotes is that I’ve been…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Say AI Transcription Tool Used In Hospitals Invents Things

    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/10/29/0649249/researchers-say-ai-transcription-tool-used-in-hospitals-invents-things?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Say AI Transcription Tool Used In Hospitals Invents Things Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report discusses significant flaws in OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool, particularly its tendency to generate hallucinations—fabricated text that can include harmful content. This issue raises concerns regarding the tool’s reliability in…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Say AI Tool Used in Hospitals Invents Things No One Ever Said

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/28/1510255/researchers-say-ai-tool-used-in-hospitals-invents-things-no-one-ever-said?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Say AI Tool Used in Hospitals Invents Things No One Ever Said Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a report on OpenAI’s Whisper tool, revealing significant flaws related to hallucinations—instances where the AI fabricates text—which can lead to harmful content. This raises critical…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-whisper-api

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/27/llm-whisper-api/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-whisper-api Feedly Summary: llm-whisper-api I wanted to run an experiment through the OpenAI Whisper API this morning so I knocked up a very quick plugin for LLM that provides the following interface: llm install llm-whisper-api llm whisper-api myfile.mp3 It uses the API key that you previously configured…