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Anthropic researchers: AI models can be trained to deceive and the most commonly used AI safety techniques had little to no effect on the deceptive behaviors — Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they're exceptionally good at it.
More: arXiv.org, The Decoder, Cryptopolitan, and VentureBeat
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls Binance, Kraken, and other global crypto apps from the Play Store in India, after the country flagged them for operating illegally in December 2023 — Google has pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India, the latest blow …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Interoperability across ecosystems was one of CES 2024's main themes, with widespread support for Qi2 wireless charging perhaps being the most significant shift — Last year, you couldn't mention CES without bringing up Matter. It was a pivotal year for the smart home standard … | Emilia David / The Verge: |
CES 2024 was all about “AI”, with many companies rebranding anything involving algorithms as AI and running the risk of overpromising to consumers — This year at CES was the year AI took over. … It was a little too much. — It may be the year of AI at CES, but many of these …
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| Bloomberg: |
The hack of the @SECGov X account highlights security gaps at the agency, which wasn't fully adhering to US federal cybersecurity standards as of September 2023 — - Agency's X hack on Tuesday shines light on security gaps — Watchdog said the agency wasn't adhering to all standards| Kevin Systrom / Artifact News: |
Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment” — To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Chainalysis analysis of ~400 crypto wallets of CSAM sellers: revenue is down since 2021, but sellers are using mixers and privacy coins to evade law enforcement — Crypto tracing firm Chainalysis found that sellers of child sexual abuse materials are successfully using “mixers” and …
More: Chainalysis. Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange. LinkedIn: Danny van Althuis, Jacqueline Burns Koven, and Andy Greenberg. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Amazon sells products with titles like “I'm sorry, I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy”, as sellers use ChatGPT to write listings — Fun new game just dropped! Go to the internet platform of your choice, type “goes against OpenAI use policy,” …
More: Ars Technica, Futurism, and Defector
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| Financial Times: |
SIA expects global semiconductor sales to recover and grow 13% in 2024 to $588B thanks to high-priced AI chips, but some analysts question the speed of recovery — Analysts see a ‘turning point’ this year for the $600bn market but question the speed of recovery| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
A look at TikTok's e-commerce push, including subsidizing sales and shipping, and promoting sellers in user feeds, as ad sales weaken and social media stagnates — It was supposed to be a test. Suddenly hundreds of people were watching. What's going on here?
More: The Information, Business Insider, and Seattle Business Journal
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Recorded Future's security researchers detail the various ways cybercriminals and APTs are frequently abusing GitHub's services to support and deliver malware — Microsoft says it's doing its best to crack down on crims — The popularity of Github has made it too big to block … | Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg: |
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