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Ilya Sutskever isn’t done working on AI security
This week, Ilya Sutskever launched a brand new artificial intelligence company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), only a month after formally leaving OpenAI. Sutskever, together with Jan Leike, has played a key role in OpenAI’s efforts to enhance AI security because it develops “superintelligent” AI systems. However, each Sutskever and Leike left the corporate after a dramatic row with management over its approach to AI security.
In electric vehicle news, Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, ending months of problems for its Ocean SUV that included a recall and dozens of lemon lawsuits. This is the second Henrik Fisker automobile company named after him to declare bankruptcy. He began his first attempt in 2007, and in 2013 he filed for bankruptcy protection.
This week, Change Healthcare confirmed that a February ransomware attack led to the theft of medical records that affected “a significant portion of America’s population.” The company handles patient insurance and billing for hundreds of hospitals, pharmacies and doctor’s offices, and has access to vast amounts of health details about about one-third of all Americans.
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Department of Justice vs. Adobe: The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Adobe, accusing the corporate of hiding termination fees and making it tougher to cancel subscriptions. read more
OpenAI acquires Rockset: OpenAI announced that it has acquired Rockset, an organization that creates real-time search and data analytics tools, because it continues to take a position in its enterprise sales and technology organizations. read more
Buttons are back: Clicks has released a nostalgic BlackBerry-style phone case that adds a keyboard with physical buttons to the underside of the iPhone. We must try it ourselves. read more
Where humans and artificial intelligence coexist: Butterflies is a social network where humans and AI interact with one another through posts, comments, and chats in an effort to develop more creative relationships with AI. read more
Apple kills Pay later: After launching in late March 2023, Apple Pay Later is not any longer available. Instead, Apple Pay users will give you the chance to access loans through a partnership with third-party app Affirm. read more
Attention Outlook users: A researcher has found a bug that permits anyone to spoof Microsoft corporate email accounts, making phishing attempts look legitimate and increasing the likelihood of defrauding targets. read more
Google takes over the embarrassment: AI-powered search now displays results for fact-based queries similar to location weather and time, currency conversions, and answers to basic math queries directly via cards. read more
Runway presents Gen-3: The company’s latest video generation artificial intelligence model guarantees “significant” speed improvements, in addition to greater control over the structure, style and movement of the generated videos. read more
Analysis
What should artificial intelligence appear like?: From black holes to paint blobs, representing AI in user interfaces could be a challenge. While approaches to branding a supposedly all-seeing, all-knowing, all-acting intelligence vary, Devin Coldewey explores how corporations have united around the concept an AI avatar needs to be non-threatening, abstract, but relatively easy and non-anthropomorphic. read more
Why Fisker Failed: As Fisker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, many are wondering what’s next for the ill-fated electric vehicle startup. Sean O’Kane argues that whatever happens to Fisker or its assets, it won’t change the basic problem: that it wasn’t prepared to take care of bringing a defective automobile to market. read more
Pushing ChatGPT’s Cultural Boundaries: The current ChatGPT offers answers which are too general to reply specific questions aimed toward specific communities because its training appears Eurocentric and Western in its bias. Because most AI models weren’t built with people of color in mind, Dominic-Madori Davis and Tage Kene-Okafor report on Black-owned chatbots and versions of ChatGPT which are designed specifically for Black and Brown communities and help founders capitalize on cultural OpenAI mishap. read more
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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