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Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place

reader comments 164 Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has a vision for the future of work: sending your AI-powered digital twin to attend meetings on your behalf. In an interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel published Monday, Yuan shared his plans for Zoom to become an “AI-first company,” using AI to automate tasks and reduce the… Read More »

Zoom updates terms of service to clarify that it won’t use your calls to train AI

reader comments 28 with Earlier this week, videoconferencing company Zoom made headlines for a recent terms of service update that implied that its customers’ video calls could be used to train AI models. Those terms said that “service generated data” and “customer content” could be used “for the purpose of product and service development,” such… Read More »

AI researchers claim 93% accuracy in detecting keystrokes over Zoom audio

Enlarge / Some people hate to hear other people’s keyboards on video calls, but AI-backed side channel attackers? They say crank that gain. Getty Images reader comments 62 with By recording keystrokes and training a deep learning model, three researchers claim to have achieved upwards of 90 percent accuracy in interpreting remote keystrokes, based on… Read More »

Zoom patches critical vulnerability again after prior fix was bypassed

Enlarge / A critical vulnerability in Zoom for MacOS, patched once last weekend, could still be bypassed as of Wednesday. Users should update again. Getty Images reader comments 23 with 21 posters participating Share this story It’s time for Zoom users on Mac to update—again. After Zoom patched a vulnerability in its Mac auto-update utility that… Read More »

Update Zoom for Mac now to avoid root-access vulnerability

Enlarge / A critical vulnerability in Zoom for Mac OS allowed unauthorized users to downgrade Zoom or even gain root access. It has been fixed, and users should update now. (credit: Getty Images) If you’re using Zoom on a Mac, it’s time for a manual update. The video conferencing software’s latest update fixes an auto-update… Read More »

Critical Zoom vulnerabilities fixed last week required no user interaction

reader comments 2 with 2 posters participating Share this story Google’s Project Zero vulnerability research team detailed critical vulnerabilities Zoom patched last week making that made it possible for hackers to execute zero-click attacks that remotely ran malicious code on devices running the messaging software. Tracked as CVE-2022-22786 and CVE-2022-22784, the vulnerabilities made it possible… Read More »