Author: aristotle
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Welcome to the Era of Deep Doubt
Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we’re seemingly entering a new age of media skepticism: the era of what I’m calling “deep doubt.” While questioning the authenticity of digital content stretches back decades—and analog media long before that—easy access to tools that generate
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OpenAI Threatens to Ban Users Who Probe Its Strawberry AI Models
OpenAI truly does not want you to know what its latest AI model is “thinking.” Since the company launched its “Strawberry” AI model family last week, touting so-called reasoning abilities with o1-preview and o1-mini, OpenAI has been sending out warning emails and threats of bans to any user who tries to probe how the model
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How Useful Will Apple Intelligence Be? The Next iPhone Will Tell Us
If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED On Monday, Apple held one of its splashy media events. This one was used to show off its next round of iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches. These are
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Getting the Board on Board with GRC Especially as AI Adoption Increases
As regulations increase and new tech converges, the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) function is quickly becoming more important to the health, finances and security of enterprises today. However, GRC needs support to do its job well, and that requires support from the top down – which hasn’t always been easy to obtain. Board members
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Apple Shared Its First Public AI-Generated Image. Its Craig Federighis Dog
Apple’s forthcoming iOS 18 is loaded with a slew of artificial-intelligence-powered capabilities. The new mobile OS can rewrite your text messages, summarize emails, and identify objects in photos. But one of the most fun features is Image Playground, which generates cartoonlike illustrations based on a text prompt. While Apple has shown examples of its output
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What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy
In 2015, Elon Musk and Sam Altman cofounded OpenAI based on a seemingly ethical ethos: to develop AI technology that benefits humanity, rather than systems controlled by big-money corporations. Fast-forward a decade that included a spectacular falling out between Musk and Altman, things look very different. Amid legal battles with his friend and former business
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The Skills Power Duo: Threat Intelligence and Reverse Engineering
The 2024 Summer Olympics may have garnered as much cybersecurity related media focus as the games themselves. Every two years, threat actors from a slew of countries seek notoriety by attempting to or succeeding in breaching one of the world’s largest sporting events, giving cybersecurity teams all they can handle to mitigate potential threats. Although
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New AI Model Can Simulate Super Mario Bros. After Watching Gameplay Footage
Last month, Google’s GameNGen AI model showed that generalized image diffusion techniques can be used to generate a passable, playable version of Doom . Now, researchers are using some similar techniques with a model called MarioVGG to see whether AI can generate plausible video of Super Mario Bros. in response to user inputs. The results
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AI in Finance: The Double-Edged Sword Redefining Financial Services
Today, only the lazy do not discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential to revolutionize practically every aspect of our lives, including finance. Indeed, there is a startling growth in the AI market—it surpassed $184 billion in 2024, $50 billion more than in 2023. Moreover, this blossoming is expected to continue, and the market will
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Understanding On-Premise Data Lakehouse Architecture
In today’s data-driven banking landscape, the ability to efficiently manage and analyze vast amounts of data is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. The data lakehouse presents a revolutionary concept that’s reshaping how we approach data management in the financial sector. This innovative architecture combines the best features of data warehouses and data lakes. It