Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books

The blog recommended that users learn to train their own AI models by downloading the Harry Potter dataset and then uploading text files to Azure Blob Storage. It included example models based on a ...
Make Tech Easier

Prove Your Photos are Real and Not AI-Generated: Try This Simple Method

The quality of AI-generated images has improved so much that they can easily fool casual viewers. Use EXIF metadata to prove your photos are real, not AI.

Fake ‘Antivirus’ App Spreads Android Malware, Steals Banking Credentials

A fake Android antivirus app called TrustBastion is spreading malware and stealing banking credentials. Here’s how it works and how to stay protected.
Inside Higher Ed

Featured Gig: Vice President, Learning Product Development at UMGC

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is widely recognized as a pioneer in the online education community. For that reason, I was excited to learn about the UMGC search for a Vice President, ...
Los Angeles Times

Fake ivy installed along U.S. 101 in downtown Los Angeles to deter graffiti

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In a bid to foil graffiti vandals, the California Department of Transportation ...
TheWrap

‘Ghost in the Machine’ Review: Documentary Delivers a Searing Takedown of AI, Elon Musk and Techno-Fascism

Valerie Veatch’s blistering “Ghost in the Machine” is a radical, necessary Molotov cocktail of a documentary that’s being thrown right into the heart of our nonsense, nightmarish world of overinflated ...
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science

Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers. OpenAI just revealed what its new in-house team, OpenAI for Science, has been up to. The ...
Medical Xpress

Machine learning can predict patients' responses to antidepressants—while disentangling drug and placebo effects

Depression is one of the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, affecting approximately 4% of the global population. It is characterized by a persistent low mood, disruptions in typical ...
Tom's Guide

Fake Grok app built using generative AI discovered spreading malware on macOS devices

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The Escapist

Code Violet review: A dino crisis, and not in a good way

Survival horror and action horror are often associated with zombies; if you pick up a game from either niche, chances are that you’ll be tackling hordes of the undead, either with a steel pipe or a ...
Entrepreneur

A DoorDash Driver Was Fired for Using AI to Fake Food Delivery

A DoorDash driver got caught red-handed trying to scam a customer with AI. The driver accepted an order in Austin, Texas, immediately marked it as delivered, and sent an AI-generated image of food ...
Military Times

Army stands up AI, machine-learning career field for officers

U.S. Army Gen. James J. Mingus speaks with soldiers assigned to the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, July 2024. (Spc. Rebeca Soria/Army) The Army on Tuesday announced that it is standing up ...