Monthly Archives: August 2024

Debate over “open source AI” term brings new push to formalize definition

Enlarge / A man peers over a glass partition, seeking transparency. reader comments 22 The Open Source Initiative (OSI) recently unveiled its latest draft definition for “open source AI,” aiming to clarify the ambiguous use of the term in the fast-moving field. The move comes as some companies like Meta release trained AI language model… Read More »

Hackers infect ISPs with malware that steals customers’ credentials

Getty Images reader comments 24 Malicious hackers likely working on behalf of the Chinese government have been exploiting a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that allowed them to infect at least four US-based ISPs with malware that steals credentials used by downstream customers, researchers said Tuesday. The vulnerability resides in the Versa Director, a virtualization platform that… Read More »

Hobbyists discover how to insert custom fonts into AI-generated images

Enlarge / An AI-generated example of the Cyberpunk 2077 LoRA, rendered with Flux dev. reader comments 43 Last week, a hobbyist experimenting with the new Flux AI image synthesis model discovered that it’s unexpectedly good at rendering custom-trained reproductions of typefaces. While far more efficient methods of displaying computer fonts have existed for decades, the… Read More »