Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Cybercrime outfits have taken fledgling steps to use generative AI to stage attacks, including Meta’s Llama 2 large language model, according to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike in its annual Global Threat Report, published Wednesday. The group Scattered Spider made use of Meta’s large language model to generate scripts for Microsoft’s PowerShell task automation program, reports … Read more
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Meta’s latest update to its code generation AI model, Code Llama 70B, is “the largest and best-performing model” yet. Code Llama tools launched in August and are free for both research and commercial use. According to a post on Meta’s AI blog, Code Llama 70B can handle more queries than previous versions, which means developers can … Read more
Mistral AI co-founder and CEO Arthur Mensch. Photo: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg (Getty Images) While most AI companies are preciously unveiling their latest algorithms with press tours and blog posts, others seem content to throw their latest wares out into the digital ether like a pirate ship casting off dead weight. One company that fits this latter … Read more
Authors are suing Meta for allegedly utilizing their works to coach its Llama synthetic intelligence software program, in line with a category motion lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Chabon is among the many plaintiffs listed within the lawsuit, which accuses Meta of infringing on their mental property. Why is Everybody Suing AI … Read more