Getty / Futurism Researchers with the UK AI Security Institute, the Alan Turing Institute, and Anthropic have found in a joint study that posting as few as 250 “poisoned” documents online can introduce “backdoor” vulnerabilities in an AI model. It’s a devious attack, because it means hackers can spread adversarial material to the open web,… Continue reading Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online
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Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets
Getty / Futurism The skies above us are teeming with satellites. The latest figures estimate there are over 12,000 satellites currently active, with thousands more defunct craft left to decay in orbit. All that activity has caused numerous complications for astronomers and researchers alike, interfering with radio telescopes with “unintended” radiation leaks. Now it turns… Continue reading Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets
Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Christophe Gateau / picture alliance via Getty Images ; Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images; Kimberly White / Getty Images for TechCrunch Rejoice, netizens of flesh and blood, for only a little over half of all new articles on the internet are AI-generated, according to a new report highlighted… Continue reading Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds
Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If it’s worrying that high school kids are outsourcing their brains to AI, it’s downright alarming to imagine US military leaders — the commanders of the most well-equipped armed forces in history — doing the same. Unfortunately, that scenario is no longer the stuff of cold… Continue reading Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions
Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China
Getty / Futurism Western automotive and green energy executives who visit China are returning humbled — and even terrified. As The Telegraph reports, the executives are warning that the country’s heavily automated manufacturing industry could quickly leave Western nations behind, especially when it comes to electric vehicles. “We are in a global competition with China,… Continue reading Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China
Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As the old saying goes: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s a mindset that’s been fully embraced by Riley Walz, a 23-year-old “tech prankster” who runs a popular account on X-formerly-Twitter. Over the weekend, Walz went viral after posting about the “world’s first Waymo… Continue reading Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Last month, AI company Anthropic agreed to a blockbuster $1.5 billion settlement after being caught red-handed training its models on an enormous cache of pirated versions of copyrighted books and other material. Now, a similar lawsuit aimed at ChatGPT maker OpenAI has taken a dramatic turn, raising the possibility of yet another… Continue reading OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
ChatGPT Is Giving Men Such Bad Advice on Dating That It May Actually Be Trying to Keep Them Single
Getty Images You might’ve heard about human-AI relationships, but what would you do if AI was trying to sabotage your dating life with fellow humans? That’s a question more and more romantic hopefuls are grappling with thanks to the troubling rise of AI-powered wingmen. It’s a phenomenon tied to the prevalence of text-based apps in… Continue reading ChatGPT Is Giving Men Such Bad Advice on Dating That It May Actually Be Trying to Keep Them Single
Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself
Getty / Futurism In 2023, Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised that his EV maker’s upcoming Cybertruck would sell like hotcakes, delivering between 250,000 and 500,000 units per year once the company hit its stride. But over two years later, Tesla hasn’t even gotten close, in yet another instance of Musk vastly overpromising while severely underdelivering.… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself
OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut
Getty / Futurism Eight months ago, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, moved to relax some of its restrictions around naughty content in its “Model Spec,” the document describing how its large language models (LLMs) ought to behave — a noteworthy change from its previous stance prohibiting all sexual content. “To maximize freedom for our users,… Continue reading OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut