Drug Cartels Use IT to Kill FBI Informants According to a newly published report, a Sinaloa cartel/El Chapo insider contacted the FBI in 2018 and told it of all the ways in which the cybercrook hired by the cartel helped it track down those who could give up key details about its operation and eliminate […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DOGE Staffer Leaked Private xAI API Key This does not appear to be malicious but both careless and of questionable judgement. Marko Elez, a special government employee who recently worked on systems at Treasury, Social Security and Homeland, published code to his GitHub. The code contained a private API key that exposed dozens of models […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a critical issue for the AI industry and this opinion was issued by a district court judge, so don’t count those chickens or eggs or whichever comes first just yet. The district court judge is William Alsup. He is well known and has been on the bench for more than 20 years. He […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Car Production in US Could Shut Down in Weeks Due to China Rare Earth Magnet Ban The president says he has worked this out with China – we will see how much of a squeeze China wants to put him in. Xi, as a master deal maker, could choose to squeeze the hell out of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]TLS Certificate Lifetimes Will Officially Reduce to 47 Days If you are responsible for a website, this applies to you. TLS certificates, the tech behind making HTTPS:// work on your website, has been changing over the years. A website owner used to be able to buy a certificate and it would be valid for 10 years. But […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FTC Says it Won’t Regulate AI Until After it Causes Harm While I understand the concept, I am not sure it is the best strategy for protecting you and me. On the other hand, regulators really don’t understand technology and rules, once made, are hard to change. Given the rate of change of AI, the […]
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