Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls
Researchers at Calif, a Palo Alto security company, say they used AI to build a worm that spreads through WeChat calls. It takes over an
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IBM and NASA release an open-source lunar foundation model
IBM and NASA are releasing an AI model trained on decades of observations of the Moon, and making it available openly. The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation
Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models
The United States has now named six Chinese AI firms accused of waging industrial-scale attacks distilling US frontier AI model capabilities and perhaps sparing billions
Apple’s long-rumored foldable becomes reality with the $2,000 iPhone Duo
Apple ended today’s hardware event with one of its classic “One more thing” reveals. Some smartphone makers have been offering foldable phones for the better
Foldable Phones Are Unpopular. Why Is Apple Selling One?
The company unveiled a new iPhone that costs $1,999. Here are the economics behind that price tag.
Traditional firewalls can’t see what’s inside an AI prompt. Check Point built one that can.
Nearly half of organizations are entirely blind to the machine-to-machine traffic their AI agents generate, and the tools built to watch enterprise networks were never
Anthropic scanned 481 million transcripts to find four models that reached the open internet
Anthropic has published an account of four cybersecurity evaluations in which its models gained unauthorised access to the open internet, and disclosed that finding them
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro has variable aperture, and no Siri AI in Europe
Apple has announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The headline feature is a camera that can change its aperture, which no
How I learned to stop worrying and love the gamification of finance
Gamification has a bad name in finance, and rightfully so. Trading apps fired confetti when you bought options. Meme stocks turned rent money into casino
Anthropic maps three AI futures for 2030; the most extreme could upend the economy
AI is evolving faster than most people, even those building it, could even fathom, and its impact on the workforce and the economy is, at
Layoff remorse: Gartner says at least one in three positions eliminated by AI will be restored by 2029–at a higher cost
Gartner on Wednesday said that it expects 30% of the positions eliminated by AI-related layoffs to be refilled by 2029, suggesting that the initial terminations
Instacart says AI-built carts beat its $115 average basket. Shipt shipped the same feature and called it relief from mental load.
Shipt and Instacart both launched AI assistants that build a grocery cart from a prompt or a photo on 9 September. Instacart said orders placed
China wants a light on the glasses when they record. Its platforms are shipping glasses that never stop listening.
Alibaba put its Qoder coding agent into smart glasses on 3 September, and Tencent put its WorkBuddy office agent into co-branded Rokid frames the day
4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit
A nearly identical exploit kit that targets critical vulnerabilities in both Chromium-based browsers and older versions of Windows is being actively used by at least