OpenAI will soon roll out a new version of ChatGPT, providing erotica for age-verified users. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman say the company will “treat adult users like adults”. Critics are not fond of this idea even though there are already plenty of adult AIs out there. They point out that age verification systems are not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AI hallucinates. Everyone knows that. At least I think they know that. A New York attorney (what is it with attorneys and AI?) had a client who was involved in a lawsuit regarding a disputed loan. So far, so good. His brief to the judge was, apparently, written using AI. Again, maybe, not a problem. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes there is too much news so planned items get moved down the list. Today is one of these days. As I am sure most of you know, starting around 12:11 AM Monday Pacific Time, Amazon Web Services had a meltdown. To paraphrase a quote, when Amazon sneezes, everyone gets sick. That is what happened […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is claiming that the US is doing what it does on a regular basis. NOTE: This information comes from the South China Morning Post (SCMP). While the newspaper is based in Hong Kong and owned by Chinese basillionaire Alibaba Group, it is still Chinese. The substance of the article has been […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]10.17.25 Security News Bites If You Have Connected a Chatbot to Your Email/Calendar. Or other Apps. You May Want to disconnect it. Gemini and other chatbots (such as Grok) can be compromised by hidden input. The example is Gemini and mail and calendar integration. You can construct a prompt, embed it invisibly into an email […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US water utilities are an interesting group. Let us talk about Colorado. Denver Water was founded in 1918, has a budget of $700 million according to Wikipedia and has over 1100 employees. It serves a million and a half people. Indian Hills water district, by comparison, has a budget of $400,000. From what I understand […]
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