US Government Launches Cyber Contest on AI to Find and Fix Security Flaws

US Government Launches Cyber Contest on AI to Find and Fix Security Flaws

The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence (AI) to find and fix security flaws in US government infrastructure, in the face of growing use of the technology by hackers for malicious purposes.  “Cybersecurity is a race between offense…

News Organisations Call for Regulations on Content Use by AI Makers, Reveals Letter

News Organisations Call for Regulations on Content Use by AI Makers, Reveals Letter

A group of the world’s biggest news media organizations called for revised regulations on the use of copyrighted material by makers of artificial intelligence technology, according to an open letter published on Wednesday. The note, signed by industry bodies like the News Media Alliance — which includes nearly 2,000 publications…

Worldcoin to Allow Organisations to Use Its Digital ID System

Worldcoin to Allow Organisations to Use Its Digital ID System

Worldcoin will expand its operations to sign up more users globally and aims to allow other organisations to use its iris-scanning and identity-verifying technology, a senior manager for the company behind the project told Reuters. Co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Worldcoin launched last week, requiring users to give their…

Meta to Launch AI-Powered Chatbots With Different Personalities by September: Report

Meta to Launch AI-Powered Chatbots With Different Personalities by September: Report

Meta Platforms is preparing to launch a range of artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbots that exhibit different personalities as soon as September, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Meta has been designing prototypes for chatbots that can have humanlike discussions with its users, as the company attempts to boost its…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

Less than a week after its launch, the Worldcoin crypto project of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is already under scrutiny by European regulators over its reliance on an eye scan to verify a user’s identity, France’s data protection agency said Friday. Worldcoin’s launch on Monday comes as the cryptocurrency…

ChatGPT Android App Now Available in India: How to Download OpenAI’s AI Chatbot on Android

ChatGPT Android App Now Available in India: How to Download OpenAI’s AI Chatbot on Android

ChatGPT, the AI chatbot from OpenAI, has just been released on Android after being available to iOS users for two months now. The rollout of the Android version of the app will take place in phases and it is initially open to users in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil….

Gliding, Not Searching: Here’s How to Reset Your View of ChatGPT to Steer It to Better Results

Gliding, Not Searching: Here’s How to Reset Your View of ChatGPT to Steer It to Better Results

ChatGPT has exploded in popularity, and people are using it to write articles and essays, generate marketing copy and computer code, or simply as a learning or research tool. However, most people don’t understand how it works or what it can do, so they are either not happy with its…

AI Being Misused for Creating Malicious Software, Claims Canadian Cyber Official

AI Being Misused for Creating Malicious Software, Claims Canadian Cyber Official

Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada’s top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals. In an interview this week, Canadian Centre for Cyber…

Meta to Release Open Source AI Model, Llama, to Compete Against OpenAI, Google’s Bard

Meta to Release Open Source AI Model, Llama, to Compete Against OpenAI, Google’s Bard

Meta is releasing a commercial version of its open-source artificial intelligence model Llama, the company said on Tuesday, giving start-ups and other businesses a powerful free-of-charge alternative to pricey proprietary models sold by OpenAI and Google. The new version of the model, called Llama 2, will be distributed by Microsoft…