The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week advised users and administrators to upgrade their Apple software due to security vulnerabilities. “Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device,” the notice, dated March 28, reads….
Federal Agency Warns Users to Update iPhones as Soon as Possible
The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week advised users and administrators to update their Apple software due to security vulnerabilities. “Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected device,” the notice, dated March 28, reads….
Elon Musk Leads Joins Over 1,000 Experts Calling for Pause on Advanced AI Development
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has joined dozens of artificial intelligence (AI) experts and industry executives in signing an open letter calling on all AI labs to “immediately pause” training of systems more powerful than Chat GPT-4 for at least six months. The letter, issued by the non-profit Future of Life Institute, has been signed by more than 1,100…
Elon Musk Joins Over 1,000 Experts Calling for Pause on Advanced AI Development
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has joined dozens of artificial intelligence (AI) experts and industry executives in signing an open letter calling on all AI labs to “immediately pause” training of systems more powerful than Chat GPT-4 for at least six months. The letter, issued by the non-profit Future of Life Institute, has been signed by more than 1,100…
Arkansas Sues Meta, TikTok for Designing ‘Addictive’ Platforms, Exposing Personal Data
March 29, 2023
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Social media giants Meta and TikTok are being sued by the state of Arkansas for allegedly intentionally designing their platforms to be manipulative and addictive to children, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on March 28. Griffin has filed three separate lawsuits against the social media companies in state court: one against Meta,…
Japanese Lawmakers Eye Ban on TikTok, Others If Used Improperly
March 28, 2023
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TOKYO—A group of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns, an LDP lawmaker said on Monday. Many U.S. lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to ban the Chinese-owned social…
TikTok Harvests Your Location, Contacts, Passwords: Cyber Firm Reveals
March 28, 2023
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Chinese-backed social media giant TikTok has been accused of “excessive data harvesting” by cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0. In a new report, the Australian-based firm found the popular music video app tracked the location of users every hour, accessed calendars and contacts, and also conducted “device mapping”—tracking what other apps were installed on a person’s phone….
TikTok Harvests Your Location, Contacts, Passwords, Cybersecurity Firm Reveals
March 28, 2023
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Chinese-backed social media giant TikTok has been accused of “excessive data harvesting” by cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0. In a new report, the Australian-based firm found the popular music video app tracked the location of users every hour, accessed calendars and contacts, and also conducted “device mapping”—tracking what other apps were installed on a person’s phone….
Researchers Show Risk of ChatGPT Academic Plagiarism in New Paper
The rollout and subsequent popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT has brought with it significant stresses in the education sector, with concerns about academic honesty and plagiarism brought to the forefront following the adoption of such technology. Three researchers from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marjon University in the United Kingdom set out…
White House Urged Meta to Censor WhatsApp Messages to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
March 28, 2023
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President Joe Biden’s administration pressured Meta to restrict messages on WhatsApp, according to newly disclosed emails. Rob Flaherty, an assistant to the president, messaged Meta executives in March 2021 to ask about how the company was working to reduce “harm,” one of the emails shows. “On Whatsapp, which I may seem like I’m playing gotcha,…
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