Tag Archives: Artificial Intelligence

AI will increase the number and impact of cyberattacks, intel officers say

Getty Images reader comments 32 Threats from malicious cyberactivity are likely to increase as nation-states, financially motivated criminals, and novices increasingly incorporate artificial intelligence into their routines, the UK’s top intelligence agency said. The assessment, from the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters, predicted ransomware will be the biggest threat to get a boost from AI over… Read More »

Biden issues sweeping executive order that touches AI risk, deepfakes, privacy

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 53 with On Monday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on AI that outlines the federal government’s first comprehensive regulations on generative AI systems. The order includes testing mandates for advanced AI models to ensure they can’t be used for creating weapons, suggestions for watermarking AI-generated media,… Read More »

FBI warns of increasing use of AI-generated deepfakes in sextortion schemes

reader comments 25 with The FBI on Monday warned of the increasing use of artificial intelligence to generate phony videos for use in sextortion schemes that attempt to harass minors and non-consulting adults or coerce them into paying ransoms or complying with other demands. The scourge of sextortion has existed for decades. It involves an… Read More »

Meet PassGAN, the supposedly “terrifying” AI password cracker that’s mostly hype

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 21 with Share this story By now, you’ve probably heard about a new AI-based password cracker that can compromise your password in seconds by using artificial intelligence instead of more traditional methods. Some outlets have called it “terrifying,” “worrying,” “alarming,” and “savvy.” Other publications have fallen over themselves… Read More »

The AI Revolution: How Chat GPT, Jasper, and Dall-e Are Taking Over the World (But in a Cute and Non-Threatening Way)

The AI Revolution: How Chat GPT, Jasper, and Dall-e Are Taking Over the World (But in a Cute and Non-Threatening Way) Are you ready for the AI revolution? No, of course not. But don’t worry, it’s not like they’re going to take over the world… yet. In the meantime, let’s take a look at some… Read More »

Hackers are selling a service that bypasses ChatGPT restrictions on malware

Getty Images | Carol Yepes reader comments 32 with 0 posters participating Share this story Hackers have devised a way to bypass ChatGPT’s restrictions and are using it to sell services that allow people to create malware and phishing emails, researchers said on Wednesday. ChatGPT is a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence to answer questions… Read More »

ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare, and we ought to be concerned

reader comments 191 with 0 posters participating Share this story ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Within two months of its release it reached 100 million active users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application ever launched. Users are attracted to the tool’s advanced capabilities—and concerned by its potential to cause disruption in various sectors.… Read More »

How to get started with machine learning and AI

Enlarge / “It’s a cookbook?!” (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) “Artificial Intelligence” as we know it today is, at best, a misnomer. AI is in no way intelligent, but it is artificial. It remains one of the hottest topics in industry and is enjoying a renewed interest in academia. This isn’t new—the world has been… Read More »

Sean Gallagher and an AI expert talk today about our crazy machine-learning adventure

reader comments 57 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Is Our Machine Learning? View more stories We’ve spent the past few weeks burning copious amounts of AWS compute time trying to invent an algorithm to parse Ars’ front-page story headlines to predict which ones will win an A/B test—and we learned… Read More »

Ars AI headline experiment finale—we came, we saw, we used a lot of compute time

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 78 with 65 posters participating Share this story Is Our Machine Learning? View more stories We may have bitten off more than we could chew, folks. An Amazon engineer told me that when he heard what I was trying to do with Ars headlines, the first thing he… Read More »