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 The Amateurs Jailbreaking GPT Say They're Preventing a Closed-Source AI Dystopia

The Amateurs Jailbreaking GPT Say They're Preventing a Closed-Source AI Dystopia

2023-04-17 Vice
Two days after the release of GPT-4, "the most capable and consistent model" so far, some amateur developers have managed to bypass the service's moderation filters, coming face to face with an Artificial Intelligence capable of providing information on how to hack a computer and explanations on "why Mexicans should be...
 Meta gives up on NFTs for Facebook and Instagram

Meta gives up on NFTs for Facebook and Instagram

2023-04-14 The Verge
Meta, the well-known company behind two of the mainstay platforms of modern social networks, is gradually moving away from the NFT landscape when it comes to its social media. Through a thread on Twitter, the managers of the area have communicated that Meta will end its tests dedicated to the minting of NFT on both pla...
 Tokenizing the Titanic: New Partnership Brings Real Artifacts from Wreckage to NFT Market

Tokenizing the Titanic: New Partnership Brings Real Artifacts from Wreckage to NFT Market

2023-04-13 cryptonews
Physical artifacts from the shipwreck of the Titanic will soon be turned into tokens to be sold on the NFT market. The partnership includes the company that holds exclusive salvage rights to the wreck and its site, called RMS Titanic, along with Artifact Labs' Web3 company and Venture Smart Financial Holdings (VSFG). ...
 Hacker demonstrates security flaws in GPT-4 just one day after launch

Hacker demonstrates security flaws in GPT-4 just one day after launch

2023-04-12 VentureBeat
OpenAi's new service, called GPT-4, was recently released to the public. One day after the release of the program, a student was able to discover serious vulnerabilities in the security of the service, possibly exploitable for malicious purposes. Alex Albert, a computer science student at the University of Washington,...
 Gone in 120 seconds: Tesla Model 3 child's play for hackers

Gone in 120 seconds: Tesla Model 3 child's play for hackers

2023-04-11 The Register
1. During Pwn2Own, an annual hacking competition held in March in Vancouver, a group of French hackers won $100,000 and a Tesla Model 3. The event benefits both the participants and the software houses which, thanks to the efforts of hackers, are subsequently able to solve bugs and any more serious issues, without hav...
 The Peppa Pig revenge: Explained how Russia is retaliating to sanctions by encouraging copyright infringement

The Peppa Pig revenge: Explained how Russia is retaliating to sanctions by encouraging copyright infringement

2023-04-10 Firstpost
Russia is now feeling the pressure of the economic sanctions imposed on the nation as a result of the war in Ukraine, and has decided to counter the situation by using the figure of Peppa Pig, the famous British cartoon. A Russian court has, in fact, declared that the animation under consideration can be freely copied...
 China as a technology leader for the Metaverse in 2023, report by Globaldata

China as a technology leader for the Metaverse in 2023, report by Globaldata

2023-04-07 The Cyptonomist
According to Globaldata, a global data analytics and consulting firm, it predicted that China will become a highly technologically advanced country to turn into a hub for any Metaverse-related interest. With the introduction of 6G and the use of Artificial Intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality, China wil...
 Do Not Share This Book, A Popular Fantasy Series Warned Readers

Do Not Share This Book, A Popular Fantasy Series Warned Readers

2023-04-06 Vice
"Zodiac Academy," a popular fantasy saga centered around werewolves, fairies and magical creatures, has captured the attention of the media over the past month. Due to the first page found within the books of the saga, the two writers Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti have been the target of complaints from readers....
 Making deepfake videos is getting cheaper and easier thanks to AI

Making deepfake videos is getting cheaper and easier thanks to AI

2023-04-04 Boston Globe
The Tiktok platform has recently become a source of AI-generated videos, complete with the use of deepfakes. The situation attracted media attention following the virality of a video featuring comedian Joe Rogan, who was promoting a brand of coffee aimed at men, as it was enriched with testosterone. Following a brief ...
 Trouble continues for Logan Paul: “Rug Pull” class action lawsuit over CryptoZoo NFTs

Trouble continues for Logan Paul: “Rug Pull” class action lawsuit over CryptoZoo NFTs

2023-04-03 The Cyptonomist
Controversial influencer Logan Paul is once again in the spotlight: accused of carrying out a rug pull within his own CryptoZoo NFT project, he is now subject to a class action lawsuit. Released in 2021, CryptoZoo was touted as an NFT-based play environment, promising to allow participants to buy, sell, and trade exot...
 The New GPT-4 AI Gets Top Marks in Law, Medical Exams, OpenAI Claims

The New GPT-4 AI Gets Top Marks in Law, Medical Exams, OpenAI Claims

2023-03-31 Vice
According to OpenAi, the successor to GPT-3 would be able to pass the selections necessary to enter the best universities, without having been directly "trained" through past exams. This means that GPT-4 is able to pass a test without having specifically "studied" for that type of assessment. OpenAI, the company that ...
 Ransomware Group Claims Hack of Amazon's Ring

Ransomware Group Claims Hack of Amazon's Ring

2023-03-30 Vice
The ALPHV group, notoriously known for their use of ransomware viruses, claims to have hacked into the popular "Ring" security camera system, owned by Amazon. The company said it had no evidence of any breaches, later explaining that only one third-party vendor was victim to a ransomware attack. ALPHV promptly respond...
 Roblox copyright suit against look-alike dolls survives dismissal bid

Roblox copyright suit against look-alike dolls survives dismissal bid

2023-03-29 Courthouse News Service
In August 2022, Roblox filed a lawsuit against WowWee, a Hong Kong-based toy company. Recently, the federal judge dismissed most of the charges perpetrated, however ruling some statements as worthy of trial. The subject of the situation is represented by the line of dolls "My Avastars" which, according to Roblox, look...
SIAE-Meta and the excessive power of platforms: what are the solutions?

SIAE-Meta and the excessive power of platforms: what are the solutions?

2023-03-28 Newtork Digital360
Anyone who has used Instagram recently will have realized how thousands and thousands of songs have been removed from the platform's media library, thus depriving a large number of Reels of the soundtrack that characterized them. On March 16, 2023, a press release was issued by the SIAE, in which it communicated the "...
To protect human artistry from AI, new safeguards might be essential

To protect human artistry from AI, new safeguards might be essential

2023-03-28 The Washington Post
Art has always been considered an area that does not pay handsomely, unless a person has the great fortune to break through, or the constancy to continue. It is no news that artists starve and need to practice an external profession in order to maintain their passions. Following the introduction of Artificial Intellig...
 Dark and Darker developer uses ChatGPT AI tool in bid to prove it hasn't infringed copyright

Dark and Darker developer uses ChatGPT AI tool in bid to prove it hasn't infringed copyright

2023-03-27 Eurogamer
Following an accusation of copyright infringement by Korean developer Nexon, the mastermind behind Dark and Darker has decided to use unconventional means to defend himself against the insinuation. Nexon claims that Ironmace, the developer of the game in question, used "P3", a game under development by Nexon, as a prot...