The University of Cambridge is constantly ranked among the world’s top universities, with its medical school and vast research facilities among the very best. But for the past month, staff at the prestigious medical school have had work hampered following “malicious activity” on its computer network. An emailed “staff notice” seen by WIRED, believed to … Read more
It comes up every time Haiti suffers a crisis. Take 2010, when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook Port-au-Prince flat, killing some 220,000 people. Aftershocks were still rattling the capital when Pat Robertson took to the Christian Broadcasting Network to pinpoint the disaster’s cause. “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want … Read more
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is none too pleased with Apple’s new App Store rules, dubbing them once again a case of “malicious compliance” and filled with “junk fees.” As reported earlier this week, Apple decided it will charge fees on “sideloaded” apps in the EU — that is, apps and games downloaded from outside … Read more
BeeBright/Getty Images PyPI is the official Python Package Index that currently contains 500,972 projects, 5,228,535 million releases, 9,950,103 million files, and 770,841 users. PyPI helps users locate and install software developed and released by the Python community as well as serving as a repository where developers can distribute their software. Also: How to use ChatGPT … Read more
Scholars found by gathering as little as a hundred examples of question-answer pairs for illicit advice or hate speech, they could undo the careful “alignment” meant to establish guardrails around generative AI. University of California, Santa Barbara Companies developing generative AI, such as OpenAI with ChatGPT, have made a big deal about their investment in … Read more
Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Google announced in October the new real-time app scanning feature built into Google Play Protect that the company says can help catch … Read more
The parents of the Princess of Wales have been targeted by a malicious poster campaign in their home village, according to reports. Posters were put up on trees and lampposts around Carole and Michael Middleton’s home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, over the administration of the couple’s party goods business, Party Pieces. The Princess’s younger brother, James, … Read more
On the Defcon safety convention in Las Vegas final weekend, hundreds of hackers competed in a red-team problem to search out flaws in generative AI chat platforms and assist higher safe these rising programs. In the meantime, researchers introduced findings throughout the convention, together with new discoveries about methods to bypass a current addition to … Read more