X blocks searches for Taylor Swift as a temporary action and out of an abundance of caution following circulation of explicit AI-generated images.
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X Taylor Swift
X blocks Taylor Swift searches as a “temporary action and done with an abundance of caution”, days after explicit AI-generated images of her flooded the site
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-28 · #7
Columnist John Herrman argues that Chrome's 'Help Me Write' could be a key step toward a web where most words are written by bots rather than people.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-28
John Herrman New York Magazine web content being mostly written by bots
Forum reports indicate an AI startup banned an account that was blamed for circulating a Biden audio deepfake.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-28
AI startup account blamed for Biden audio deepfake
With high-stakes elections in 2024, some experts are worried that a piece of disinformation potentially involving a deepfake might soon have a calamitous impact
Financial Times · 2024-01-28 · #19
The loss of political and developer goodwill is likely to negatively affect the success of new platforms like Vision Pro.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-27
Apple Vision Pro
Apple's reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill, affecting the success of new platforms like Vision Pro
TechCrunch · 2024-01-27 · #5
Microsoft's failover operations did not provide immediate relief to all end users in North and South America, with remediation and optimizations still ongoing.
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Microsoft North America region South America region Microsoft Teams users
Microsoft says some users may be experiencing “multiple issues” with Microsoft Teams, and that it is applying “mitigations across the affected infrastructure”
The Verge · 2024-01-27 · #22
Microsoft 365 Status announced it was investigating an incident (TM710344) impacting multiple Microsoft Teams features and provided updates on remediation progress.
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Microsoft 365 Status Microsoft Teams
Microsoft says some users may be experiencing “multiple issues” with Microsoft Teams, and that it is applying “mitigations across the affected infrastructure”
The Verge · 2024-01-27 · #22
Some analysts claim the iOS 17.4 client code appears to call GPT-3.5 directly from the device (implying use of OpenAI keys on-device).
rumored 1 article 2024-01-27
iOS 17.4 code GPT-3.5 (OpenAI)
iOS 17.4 code shows that Apple may be testing two versions of its Ajax LLM for Siri and Messages, comparing their responses to results from OpenAI's ChatGPT
9to5Mac · 2024-01-27 · #27
Microsoft publishes detailed analysis of techniques used by Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard to breach email accounts of its executives and other organizations.
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Microsoft Midnight Blizzard
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-27 · #30
Mozilla criticizes Apple's plan to restrict BrowserEngineKit to EU-specific apps, arguing the restriction is problematic for cross-region browser support.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
Mozilla Apple BrowserEngineKit EU-specific apps
Mozilla criticizes Apple's plans to restrict BrowserEngineKit to EU-specific apps, forcing “Firefox to build and maintain two separate browser implementations”
The Verge · 2024-01-27 · #7
Researchers say ElevenLabs' technology was used to make an audio deepfake of President Joe Biden that was used in a fake robocall.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-27
ElevenLabs audio deepfake Biden robocall
Source: ElevenLabs banned a creator's account after researchers said the company's tech was used to make an audio deepfake used in a fake Biden robocall
Bloomberg · 2024-01-27 · #8
NYMag columnist John Herrman argues that Chrome's new AI text-generation feature could be a key step toward the web being dominated by bot-written text.
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John Herrman New York Magazine Chrome 'Help Me Write' feature web content automation
Chrome's upcoming “Help Me Write” experimental AI feature could be a key step in making the web a place where most words are written by bots instead of people
New York Magazine · 2024-01-27 · #11
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass-report pro-Palestinian content online.
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Supporters of Israel pro-Palestinian content online
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass report pro-Palestinian content online, raising questions for tech platforms over “citizen-led propaganda” campaigns
Washington Post · 2024-01-27 · #19
Experts quoted in the article claim Israeli government ministries support and encourage tools used by pro-Israel actors to mass-report pro-Palestinian content.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-27
Government ministries in Israel apps used to mass report pro-Palestinian content
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass report pro-Palestinian content online, raising questions for tech platforms over “citizen-led propaganda” campaigns
Washington Post · 2024-01-27 · #19
Tech platforms are facing questions about how to respond to citizen-led propaganda campaigns and coordinated mass-reporting of content.
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Tech platforms citizen-led propaganda campaigns mass reporting
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass report pro-Palestinian content online, raising questions for tech platforms over “citizen-led propaganda” campaigns
Washington Post · 2024-01-27 · #19
Experts say the widespread use of mass-reporting tools is warping the online discussion of the war.
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Experts who study communication online online discussion of the war
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass report pro-Palestinian content online, raising questions for tech platforms over “citizen-led propaganda” campaigns
Washington Post · 2024-01-27 · #19
Journalists and commentators allege Israeli activists flood social media with misleading or false content as part of coordinated campaigns.
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Israeli activists social media
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass report pro-Palestinian content online, raising questions for tech platforms over “citizen-led propaganda” campaigns
Washington Post · 2024-01-27 · #19
ElevenLabs banned a creator's account after researchers said the company's technology was used to create an audio deepfake tied to a fake Biden robocall.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
ElevenLabs creator's account
Source: ElevenLabs banned a creator's account after researchers said the company's tech was used to make an audio deepfake used in a fake Biden robocall
Bloomberg · 2024-01-27 · #8
Meta's platforms are described as critical for many people and likely to have a major impact on global democracy.
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Meta global democracy
Interview with Meta Oversight Board member Pamela San Martín on preparing Meta for a critical year in elections, the weaponization of social platforms, and more
Wired · 2024-01-27 · #21
Meta has a spotty history of keeping hate speech and disinformation off its platforms in the US and around the world.
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Meta hate speech disinformation
Interview with Meta Oversight Board member Pamela San Martín on preparing Meta for a critical year in elections, the weaponization of social platforms, and more
Wired · 2024-01-27 · #21
The interview discusses the risk that Meta's social platforms can be weaponized in the context of elections.
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Meta elections
Interview with Meta Oversight Board member Pamela San Martín on preparing Meta for a critical year in elections, the weaponization of social platforms, and more
Wired · 2024-01-27 · #21
Midnight Blizzard breached the email accounts of Microsoft executives and other organizations.
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Midnight Blizzard Microsoft executives' email accounts other organizations' email accounts
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-27 · #30
Midnight Blizzard identified and compromised a legacy test OAuth application that had elevated access to the Microsoft corporate environment.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
Midnight Blizzard legacy test OAuth application Microsoft corporate environment access
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-27 · #30
Midnight Blizzard leveraged an initial password-spray attack as part of their intrusion chain to gain access to Microsoft accounts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
Midnight Blizzard Microsoft accounts
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-27 · #30
Apple's 'five app stores' approach may cause fewer developers to support iPad and, consequently, macOS and visionOS.
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Apple iPad macOS visionOS
Apple's reluctant, punitive compliance with regulators will burn its political and developer goodwill, affecting the success of new platforms like Vision Pro
TechCrunch · 2024-01-27 · #5
Midnight Blizzard is identified as the same actor known by aliases APT29, UNC2452, and Cozy Bear.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
Midnight Blizzard APT29 UNC2452 Cozy Bear
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-27 · #30
23andMe became aware of the breach in October 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
23andMe October 2023
Filing: 23andMe says hackers started breaking into users' accounts in April 2023 and continued through September; 23andMe became aware of the breach in October
TechCrunch · 2024-01-26 · #44
Access to compromised accounts gave hackers access to personal data belonging to 6.9 million 23andMe customers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Hackers personal data of 6.9 million customers
Filing: 23andMe says hackers started breaking into users' accounts in April 2023 and continued through September; 23andMe became aware of the breach in October
TechCrunch · 2024-01-26 · #44
Apple informed some users that iMessage access on their Mac was revoked due to irregular activity.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Apple iMessage access for Beeper users on Mac
Cruise denies hiding the pedestrian-dragging video from regulators, attributing the issue to poor internet connectivity.
denied 1 article 2024-01-26
Cruise pedestrian-dragging video
A Cruise report finds its top executives' adversarial approach toward regulators led to a cascade of events that ended with a suspension of its autonomous fleet
New York Times · 2024-01-26 · #23
Apple's EU terms introduce a per-install fee (reported as \u20ac0.50 per first annual download) and a core technology fee, which critics say will impose substantial costs on developers and hinder alternative app stores and payment services.
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Apple
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple's “anticompetitive scheme rife with new junk fees” is illegal under the EU's DMA and an example of “malicious compliance”
9to5Mac · 2024-01-26 · #25