A Carta employee contacted someone listed on the cap table, an action described as part of the internal breach of protocol.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Carta employee person on the cap table
Carta is investigating an “internal breach of protocol” that affected Linear and two other companies, where an employee contacted someone “on the cap table”
Bloomberg · 2024-01-08 · #10
Carta is investigating an internal breach of protocol that affected Linear and two other companies.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Carta Linear two other companies
Carta is investigating an “internal breach of protocol” that affected Linear and two other companies, where an employee contacted someone “on the cap table”
Bloomberg · 2024-01-08 · #10
Carta's CEO blames a rogue employee for the attempted sale of Linear shares.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-08
Carta Carta CEO rogue employee attempted sale of Linear shares
Linear's CEO, who uses Carta to manage Linear's cap table, says Carta tried to sell Linear shares without his consent; Carta's CEO blames a rogue employee
TechCrunch · 2024-01-08 · #9
Linear's CEO alleges that Carta attempted to sell Linear shares without his consent.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-08
Carta Linear shares Linear
Linear's CEO, who uses Carta to manage Linear's cap table, says Carta tried to sell Linear shares without his consent; Carta's CEO blames a rogue employee
TechCrunch · 2024-01-08 · #9
The guest post states the views are solely those of the authors and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Guest post authors IEEE Spectrum IEEE
How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims
IEEE Spectrum · 2024-01-07 · #3
Steven Levy argues that AI hallucinations should be defended because they spur creativity and can act as a protective firewall during the transition to coexistence with superintelligent AI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Steven Levy AI hallucinations
A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur creativity and, by requiring fact-checks, act as a firewall in the transition to coexist with superintelligent AI
Wired · 2024-01-07 · #4
AI/LLM hallucinations can spur human creativity by prompting novel ideas and creative responses.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
AI hallucinations LLMs chatbots human creativity
A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur creativity and, by requiring fact-checks, act as a firewall in the transition to coexist with superintelligent AI
Wired · 2024-01-07 · #4
Chatbots and large language models frequently produce untruths and hallucinations, which is a significant problem.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
chatbots LLMs false information hallucinations
A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur creativity and, by requiring fact-checks, act as a firewall in the transition to coexist with superintelligent AI
Wired · 2024-01-07 · #4
Hackers (Rhysida) demanded a \u00a3600,000 ransom from the British Library.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Rhysida \u00a3600,000 demanded
Source: the British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October cyberattack that rendered most of its services inaccessible
Financial Times · 2024-01-07 · #19
The hacking group Rhysida listed 490,191 stolen British Library files for sale and made roughly 90% of the data available for download when the library refused to pay.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Rhysida 490,191 files listed for sale about 90% of the data released
Source: the British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October cyberattack that rendered most of its services inaccessible
Financial Times · 2024-01-07 · #19
An October cyberattack on the British Library rendered most of its services inaccessible.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
British Library October most services inaccessible
Source: the British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October cyberattack that rendered most of its services inaccessible
Financial Times · 2024-01-07 · #19
X is reported to be displaying malicious crypto ads that include links to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump-and-dump schemes.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
X crypto drainers fake airdrops Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
Users say that X is increasingly showing malicious crypto ads, including links to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-07 · #11
TRM Labs reports that North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for almost a third of all cryptocurrency thefts in 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
TRM Labs North Korea-affiliated hackers
TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for almost a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is ~30% less than in 2022
CoinDesk · 2024-01-07 · #5
Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 are reported to produce plagiaristic outputs, even when not directly prompted.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
Midjourney v6 DALL-E 3 plagiaristic outputs
How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims
IEEE Spectrum · 2024-01-07 · #3
Sources say some executives and board members fear Elon Musk's use of drugs (LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, ketamine) could harm his companies.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
Elon Musk Elon Musk's companies
Sources: some executives and board members fear that Elon Musk's use of LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, ketamine, and other drugs could harm his companies
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-07 · #1
Users report that X is increasingly showing malicious crypto advertisements linking to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump-and-dump schemes.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
Users X
Users say that X is increasingly showing malicious crypto ads, including links to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-07 · #11
Adam Mosseri says Threads experienced low-quality recommendations over the past few weeks and should see much better recommendations over the next few weeks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Adam Mosseri Threads low quality recommendations
Adam Mosseri says Threads has had some issues with “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks and should get “much better over the next few weeks”
The Verge · 2024-01-07 · #10
North Korea-affiliated hackers accounted for nearly one-third (~33%) of cryptocurrency thefts in 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
North Korea-affiliated hackers crypto thefts (2023)
TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for almost a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is ~30% less than in 2022
CoinDesk · 2024-01-07 · #5
Cybercriminals are abusing X's advertising system to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels that facilitate pump-and-dump scams.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
Cybercriminals X websites leading to crypto drainers fake airdrops Telegram pump-and-dump channels
Users say that X is increasingly showing malicious crypto ads, including links to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-07 · #11
Google downplays reports that malware abused an undocumented Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones expired, saying such token-theft attacks 'are not new'.
denied 1 article 2024-01-07
Google malware undocumented Chrome API authentication cookies
Google downplays reports of malware abusing an undocumented Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies, saying such token theft attacks “are not new”
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-07 · #12
The British Library refused to pay the £600,000 ransom demanded by the hackers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
British Library refused to pay £600,000 ransom
Source: the British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October cyberattack that rendered most of its services inaccessible
Financial Times · 2024-01-07 · #19
Daniel Stenberg (founder of curl) says easy access to LLMs is producing junk AI-assisted bug reports.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Daniel Stenberg LLMs AI-assisted bug reports
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
daniel.haxx.se · 2024-01-07 · #20
Commenters report that LLMs make it cheaper and easier for opportunists to generate large quantities of fake vulnerability/bug reports to try to collect bug-bounty rewards.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
LLMs opportunists fake vulnerability reports bug bounty programs
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
daniel.haxx.se · 2024-01-07 · #20
Multiple community sources describe a growing problem of spammy AI-generated security and bug reports affecting projects like curl.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
AI-generated bug reports
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
daniel.haxx.se · 2024-01-07 · #20
OpenAI asserts that The New York Times' prompting strategy violates OpenAI's terms of service.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-07
OpenAI The New York Times
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Washington Post · 2024-01-07 · #21
Cybercriminals are abusing X's advertising platform to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels pushing pump-and-dump scams.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-06
Cybercriminals X websites leading to crypto drainers fake airdrops Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps
CertiK reports private key compromises caused nearly half of 2023's losses despite representing just 6% of incidents.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
CertiK private key compromises nearly 50% of losses 6% of incidents
CertiK: $1.8B+ in digital assets was lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023, down 51% from the $3.7B lost in 2022; Q3 2023 recorded the most losses, at $686M+
Cointelegraph · 2024-01-06 · #28
Insurers denied cyberattack insurance coverage to Merck for NotPetya losses, citing a 'Warlike Action' exclusion.
denied 1 article 2024-01-06
insurers Merck NotPetya losses
Merck settles its cyberattack insurance dispute with insurers over denying coverage for NotPetya losses due to “Warlike Action”; the amount was not disclosed
Bloomberg Law · 2024-01-06 · #24
The survey indicates the scientific community has no consensus on the risks and opportunities posed by AI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI no consensus on risks and opportunities of AI
A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development's pace will keep accelerating, and more
The Decoder · 2024-01-06 · #6
Threads experienced low-quality recommendation behavior over the past few weeks, according to Adam Mosseri.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
Threads