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Not just ChatGPT anymore: Perplexity and Anthropic’s Claude get desktop apps

posted onNovember 1, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Arstechnica

There's a lot going on in the world of Mac apps for popular AI services. In the past week, Anthropic has released a desktop app for its popular Claude chatbot, and Perplexity launched a native app for its AI-driven search service.

On top of that, OpenAI updated its ChatGPT Mac app with support for its flashy advanced voice feature.

AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream

posted onJuly 9, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Wired

The day is slowly turning into night, and the American special operators are growing concerned. They are deployed to a densely populated urban center in a politically volatile region, and local activity has grown increasingly frenetic in recent days, the roads and markets overflowing with more than the normal bustle of city life. Intelligence suggests the threat level in the city is high, but the specifics are vague, and the team needs to maintain a low profile—a firefight could bring known hostile elements down upon them.

Two of the German military’s new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit

posted onJuly 3, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Arstechnica

On the day before Christmas last year, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from California and put two spy satellites into low-Earth orbit for the armed forces of Germany, which are collectively called the Bundeswehr.

Initially, the mission appeared successful. The German satellite manufacturer, OHB, declared that the two satellites were "safely in orbit." The addition of the two SARah satellites completed a next-generation constellation of three reconnaissance satellites, the company said.

YouTube tries convincing record labels to license music for AI song generator

posted onJune 27, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Arstechnica

YouTube is in talks with record labels to license their songs for artificial intelligence tools that clone popular artists’ music, hoping to win over a skeptical industry with upfront payments.

The Google-owned video site needs labels’ content to legally train AI song generators, as it prepares to launch new tools this year, according to three people familiar with the matter.

One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down

posted onJune 13, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Arstechnica

One of the major data brokers engaged in the deeply alienating practice of selling detailed driver behavior data to insurers has shut down that business.

Verisk, which had collected data from cars made by General Motors, Honda, and Hyundai, has stopped receiving that data, according to The Record, a news site run by security firm Recorded Future. According to a statement provided to Privacy4Cars, and reported by The Record, Verisk will no longer provide a "Driving Behavior Data History Report" to insurers.

Chinese-Made Biometric Access System Has 24 Vulnerabilities

posted onJune 12, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Gov Infosecurity

A promise of better security through biometrics fell short after security researchers dismantled an access system manufactured by a Chinese manufacture, only to discover 24 vulnerabilities contained inside.

Researchers from Kaspersky examined a biometric access system manufactured by Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco that accepts facial scans as well as passwords, QR codes and an electronic card as authentication methods. The device has different names, depending on its distributor.

Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in tech

posted onJune 12, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Arstechnica

On Monday, Apple premiered "Apple Intelligence" during a wide-ranging presentation at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California. However, the heart of its new tech, an array of Apple-developed AI models, was overshadowed by the announcement of ChatGPT integration into its device operating systems.

China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs

posted onJune 12, 2024
by l33tdawg
Credit: Arstechnica

Hackers working for the Chinese government gained access to more than 20,000 VPN appliances sold by Fortinet using a critical vulnerability that the company failed to disclose for two weeks after fixing it, Netherlands government officials said.