The emergence of deepfakes －where synthesized speech can be used to mimic machine and human voices for malicious purposes－ is a serious problem in the current world. The advances in generative artificial intelligence were geared towards improving personalized voice assistants.…
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AI as a Tool for Constructing New Bridges and Buildings
Engineers are currently using artificial intelligence to develop lighter concrete blocks for construction in Pennsylvania where about 13% of the bridges have been declared structurally deficient. Artificial intelligence is also being used to develop a highway wall capable of absorbing…
Researchers Discover Security Threats in ChatGPT and Other AI Tools
According to research by the University of Sheffield’s Department of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT can be fooled into creating malicious code that can be used to launch cyber attacks. This study provides a novel demonstration…
First Man to Receive Software Patent Dies at 93
Martin Goetz, a UNIVAC programmer in the 1950s, famous for receiving the first U.S. patent for software, died on the 10th of October at his home in Brighton. Leukemia claimed the programmer’s life at 93. In 1968, Mr Goetz…
Researchers Spot Data Leak Associated with Autofill Feature
A research team recently discovered that the ‘autofill’ feature in Android-based apps accidentally leaked login details to some apps that host the webpage. The paper ‘AutoSpill: Credential Leakage from Mobile Password Managers’ won the best paper award at the ACM…
Google Takes Action Against Spanish Spyware Framework
Across the European Union, spyware has been used to target opposition leaders, activists, journalists, and lawyers in multiple countries, calling for reforms. Recently, Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced an action to block one of these tools targeted at desktop computers,…
Interpol is Setting Up a Police Team in the Metaverse
Interpol, the global security organization has just announced ‘the first-ever metaverse specifically designed for law enforcement worldwide.’ They report that this would help police officers worldwide to ‘interact with other officers via their avatars,’ and take ‘immersive training courses in…
Researchers Say Anonymous Data doesn’t equal Private Data
A research team at the Illinois Institute of Technology have been successful in extracting personal information such as gender and age from anonymous cellphone data making use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. This has raised a lot of…
Leading Tech Firms Promise not to Weaponize Robots
Boston Dynamics as well as five other robotics companies recently signed an open letter promising not to weaponize general-purpose robots— a much needed relief to the public. Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, Unitree, and Boston Dynamics—the six leading…
Apple Cautions Against Security Vulnerability in iPhones, Macs, and iPads
On Wednesday, Apple revealed that their iPhones, iPads and Macs have serious vulnerabilities which could give hackers complete control of these devices. The explanation of the vulnerability given by Apple suggests that the attacker could obtain ‘full admin access’ to…