Tech firms pushing to deploy AI fast are facing mounting pushback from whistleblowers who say that generative AI products aren't ready or safe for broad distribution. Previous high-profile …
Gaza Ceasefire Talks End in Cairo with ‘No Substantial Answer or Solution’
Hamas says its delegation has left Egypt but talks on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will continue next week until an agreement is reached with Israel. Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Israel …
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Orders Heightened War Preparations
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered heightened readiness for war after inspecting troops at a major military operations base in the country’s west. Kim’s visit took place as forces from the …
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U.S. Military to Build Floating Pier to Ferry Gaza Aid, White House Says
On Thursday, the United States announced plans for a temporary port in the Mediterranean Sea that would allow hundreds of truckloads of aid to reach Gazans on the brink of starvation. This plan would …
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Cybercriminals Spoof US Government Organizations in BEC, Phishing Attacks
Since at least 2021, organizations in the US have faced targeted phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaigns by a threat actor known as TA4903, as revealed by Proofpoint. The attacks aimed …
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Nigerian BEC Scammer Pleads Guilty in US Court
Henry Onyedikachi Echefu, a Nigerian national residing in South Africa at the time, pleaded guilty in a US court to participating in a business email compromise (BEC) fraud scheme, which operated …
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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $12.5 Billion in 2023
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its 2023 annual report, showing a nearly 10% increase in cybercrime complaints compared to the previous year. With over 880,000 complaints …
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Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73 Million for FHE Solution
France-based Zama, an open-source cryptography company, announced raising $73 million in a Series A funding round, led by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs, among others. Zama specializes in fully …
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Hugging Face is launching an open source robotics project led by former Tesla scientist
Hugging Face, the New York City-startup that maintains the popular open source repository of machine learning and AI code of the same name and the open source ChatGPT-rival Hugging Chat, is launching …
Elon Musk may yet hold OpenAI to account — unlike its board
The plaintiff is conflicted. The legal arguments appear tenuous. And, in places, the 35-page lawsuit that Elon Musk filed last week with the Superior Court of California against OpenAI reads like a …
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