Monthly Archives: April 2024

Detroit Lions, Jared Goff not close to contract extension, per report

As the Detroit Lions locked up a pair of franchise cornerstones Wednesday in wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and right tackle Penei Sewell, fans and media are wondering who’s next. The most logical choice would be quarterback Jared Goff, who recently said that he and the Lions have talked about a contract extension this offseason.… Read More »

Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP

Getty Images reader comments 16 Hackers abused an antivirus service for five years in order to infect end users with malware. The attack worked because the service delivered updates over HTTP, a protocol vulnerable to attacks that corrupt or tamper with data as it travels over the Internet. The unknown hackers, who may have ties… Read More »

Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

Getty Images reader comments 20 On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new, freely available lightweight AI language model named Phi-3-mini, which is simpler and less expensive to operate than traditional large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo. Its small size is ideal for running locally, which could bring an AI model of similar capability to… Read More »