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Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside US infrastructure

reader comments 39 with Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of US infrastructure and establishing permanent presences there if possible. In the past two years, they have scored some wins that could seriously threaten national security. If that wasn’t clear before, three reports released in the… Read More: Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside US infrastructure »

Chinese state hackers infect critical infrastructure throughout the US and Guam

peterschreiber.media | Getty Images reader comments 41 with A Chinese government hacking group has acquired a significant foothold inside critical infrastructure environments throughout the US and Guam and is stealing network credentials and sensitive data while remaining largely undetectable, Microsoft and governments from the US and four other countries said on Wednesday. The group, tracked… Read More: Chinese state hackers infect critical infrastructure throughout the US and… »

China building cyberweapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

Enlarge / The Dragon SpaceX satellite. China’s ambitious cyber attacks aim to mimic the signals that satellites receive from their operators, tricking them into being taken over or to malfunction. European Space Agency. reader comments 44 with Share this story China is building sophisticated cyber weapons to “seize control” of enemy satellites, rendering them useless… Read More: China building cyberweapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak »

China slaps security reviews on AI products as Alibaba unveils ChatGPT challenger

reader comments 59 with Share this story China proposed new checks on artificial intelligence chatbots on Tuesday, in an effort to control how its tech industry rolls out generative AI models, as popularized by ChatGPT in the US. Hours after tech giant Alibaba followed its peers SenseTime and Baidu with the launch of a ChatGPT-like… Read More: China slaps security reviews on AI products as Alibaba unveils… »

Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints

Enlarge / “Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of Baidu,” chief Robin Li introduces the functions of the company’s AI chatbot Ernie in Beijing on Thursday. Li said there was high market demand as Chinese companies raced to develop an equivalent to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT. Ng Han… Read More: Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints »

China plays catch-up to ChatGPT as hype builds around AI

Enlarge / Baidu is leading the ChatGPT AI charge in China with plans to incorporate its Ernie chatbot into its search engine from next month. reader comments 5 with Share this story China’s tech giants, including Baidu, Alibaba, and NetEase, are racing to match the West’s recent developments in artificial intelligence, touting projects that they… Read More: China plays catch-up to ChatGPT as hype builds around AI »

Grim Reaper starts coming for fax machines, pagers, landlines

reader comments 99 with 0 posters participating Share this story The end is near for a bunch of old telecommunications tech in China. On Monday, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced that as of March 1, it would no longer issue permits for fax machines, pagers, or integrated services digital network… Read More: Grim Reaper starts coming for fax machines, pagers, landlines »

China bans AI-generated media without watermarks

Enlarge / An unmarked AI-generated image of China’s flag, which will be illegal in China after January 10, 2023. Ars Technica reader comments 29 with 0 posters participating Share this story China’s Cyberspace Administration recently issued regulations prohibiting the creation of AI-generated media without clear labels, such as watermarks—among other policies—reports The Register. The new… Read More: China bans AI-generated media without watermarks »

Nvidia’s powerful H100 GPU will ship in October

Enlarge / A press handout showing the Nvidia H100 Hopper GPU and its applications. reader comments 20 with 18 posters participating, including story author Share this story At today’s GTC conference keynote, Nvidia announced that its H100 Tensor Core GPU is in full production and that tech partners such as Dell, Lenovo, Cisco, Atos, Fujitsu,… Read More: Nvidia’s powerful H100 GPU will ship in October »

China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content

Enlarge / Images generated by ERNIE-ViLG from the prompt “China” superimposed over China’s flag. Ars Technica reader comments 13 with 11 posters participating Share this story China’s leading text-to-image synthesis model, Baidu’s ERNIE-ViLG, censors political text such as “Tiananmen Square” or names of political leaders, reports Zeyi Yang for MIT Technology Review. Image synthesis has… Read More: China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content »