The sixth sense for cyber defense: Multimodal AI
Sophos X-Ops’ research, presented at Virus Bulletin 2024, uses ‘multimodal’ AI to classify spam, phishing, and unsafe web content
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The People Tracking America’s AI Data Centers
We start this week with Matthew’s story about an organization tracking the location of AI data centers around the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. After the break, Jason tells us all about what Grok got up to over the holiday break, and we ruminate on what the breakdown in the information ecosystem means. In…
Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram
While other social media sites and streaming services rush to scrub Kanye West’s pro-Nazi song from their platforms , the curious or the enthused can find memes, remixes, and unedited audio of West’s new song, “Heil Hitler,” all over Instagram. Nazism is one of the only groups that Meta calls out by name in its…
Behind the Blog: Debriefing on Two Trips
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss San Diego and Costa Rica reporting trips. SAM: Some weeks I feel like I’ve absorbed way too much internet to be able to formulate any more thoughts…
AI Video of Trump Sucking Musk’s Toes Blasted on Government Office TVs
An AI-generated video of President Donald Trump sucking on Elon Musk’s feet, overlaid with the text “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING,” played on TV screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) headquarters in Washington, D.C., multiple journalists are reporting on social media. Journalist Marisa Kabas posted the video on Bluesky, writing, “this…
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Sued for Not Telling Patients Hackers Stole Their Nude Photos
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. To subscribe to Court Watch, click here. A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon’s patients filed a class action lawsuit against him earlier this month after they say he didn’t tell them that his patient information database had been hacked…
‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants
During a presentation at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence on December 3, a US Department of Energy scientist laid out a grand vision of the future where nuclear energy powers artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence shapes nuclear energy in “a virtuous cycle of peaceful nuclear deployment.” “The goal is…
Behind the Blog: Trolling on the Internet
This week, we discuss getting back on our AI slop bullshit, deepfakes in schools, and epistemic virtues.
County begins implementing cybersecurity measures
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently adopted a resolution that set minimum foundational standards to safeguard against cybersecurity threats and better protect county data, information technology, and information technology resources,…