Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline built by two independent Israeli researchers (dubbed Auto Exploit) uses prompts to a large language model, CVE…
China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call Summary The correspondence notes a major chikungunya (CHIKV) outbreak in Guangdong province, China, with more than 7,000 reported cases since July…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google has been fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission for anti-competitive conduct in its adtech business.…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times he expects AI to concentrate wealth among…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is restricting access to its AI services for companies that are majority-owned by entities from certain countries — notably…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to ease heated discussions…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris operates a district cooling network that uses water from the Seine to cool around 800 buildings, including the Louvre,…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Content summary A first-of-its-kind international expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the Atlantic…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation brought…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System Content Summary Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed A2, an AI-powered agent that automates vulnerability discovery and validation…
