S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cybercriminal? [Audio + Text]
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:43:50 +0000
Latest episode – listen now!
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S3 Ep128: So you want to be a cybercriminal? [Audio + Text]
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:43:50 +0000
Latest episode – listen now!
Read moreLegislation to rein in AI’s use in hiring grows
Organizations are rapidly adopting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the discovery, screening, interviewing, and hiring of candidates. It can reduce time and work needed to find job candidates and it can more accurately match applicant skills to a job opening.
But legislators and other lawmakers are concerned that using AI-based tools to discover and vet talent could intrude on job seekers’ privacy and may introduce racial- and gender-based biases already baked into the software.
“We have seen a substantial groundswell over the past two to three years with regard to legislation and regulatory rule-making as it relates to the use of AI in various facets of the workplace,” said Samantha Grant, a partner with the law firm of Reed Smith.
Tech big wigs: Hit the brakes on AI rollouts
More than 1,100 technology luminaries, leaders and scientists have issued a warning against labs performing large-scale experiments with artificial intelligence (AI) more powerful than ChatGPT, saying the technology poses a grave threat to humanity.
In an open letter published by The Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit organization that aims is to reduce global catastrophic and existential risks to humanity, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and MIT Future of Life Institute President Max Tegmark joined other signatories in saying AI poses “profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs.”
ChatGPT leaks bits of users’ chat history
Categories: News Tags: ChatGPT Tags: privacy Tags: chat history ChatGPT suddenly started showing users the titles of other users’ chats. |
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Read moreWooCommerce Payments plugin for WordPress has an admin-level hole – patch now!
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:48:35 +0000
Admin-level holes in websites are always a bad thing… and for “bad”, read “worse” if it’s an e-commerce site.
Read moreBitcoin ATM customers hacked by video upload that was actually an app
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:50:17 +0000
As the misquote goes, “Once is misfortune…” This is the second time, and you know what Lady Bracknell had to say about that…
Read moreFacebook illegally processed user data, says court
Categories: News Categories: Privacy Two European privacy watchdogs have won cases against Meta. The rulings may have serious consequences for European website owners. |
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Read moreS3 Ep 126: The price of fast fashion (and feature creep) [Audio + Text]
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:56:56 +0000
Worried about rogue apps? Unsure about the new Outlook zero-day? Clear advice in plain English… just like old times, with Duck and Chet!
Read more“Just awful” experiment points suicidal teens at chatbot
Categories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Koko Tags: Robert Morris Tags: Motherboard Tags: AI ethics Tags: AI Tags: artificial intelligence Startup Koko has been criticized for experimenting with young adults at risk of harming themselves. Worse, the young adults were unaware they were test subjects. |
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