Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins
…Dan Guido, the CEO and cofounder of security firm Trail of Bits and a strategic adviser to mobile security firm iVerify, says a stolen phone may only be worth $50 to $200…
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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
…counterbalance to Google DeepMind, which Musk viewed as a major threat. One of the scenarios was having Altman run a Tesla AI lab. Another scenario read, “Find a way to get Demis…
The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
…I also, we were talking about AI regulation earlier and all this emphasis on national security and these high-level things, but again, not as much on consumer-facing products, which would…
Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’
…By Brockman’s telling, when Musk left OpenAI’s board, he threatened to start a competing AI lab within Tesla. Asked whether Tesla had ever considered being a nonprofit, or open sourcing…
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
…I think we have so many cybersecurity holes, and this is only a bigger problem with AI. We could have a much more secure internet; it would just mean slowing down basically…
New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
…of data centers to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security.” Dozens of cities and counties across the…
You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law
…threatening to leak my nudes/intimate imagery without my permission” as a sub-option of the “They leaked/are threatening to leak my nudes or other intimate imagery (real or AI-generated…
Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI On to His Kids, Sam Altman Says
…Altman also suggested that Musk’s attempt in 2018 to start an AI unit within Tesla—and offering him the chance to run it—felt like a “vague, lightweight threat” that Musk…
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
…The country has, arguably, emerged at the head of Europe’s growing digital sovereignty push, which aims to cut some reliance on US-based technology over concerns around data security, the Trump…
Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale
…Applied AI Engineering division working on tools and data to help research scientists develop better generative AI models. Anyone refusing a transfer faced the prospect of a layoff, an unusual threat in…