Sophos Firewall v21.5: DNS protection
How to make the most of the new features in Sophos Firewall v21.5.
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Chimps Are Capable of Human-Like Rational Thought, Breakthrough Study Finds
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Chimpanzees revise their beliefs if they encounter new information, a hallmark of rationality that was once assumed to be unique to humans, according to a study published on Thursday in Science….
Podcast: Landlords Demand Your Workplace Logins to Scrape Paystubs
We start this week with Joseph’s article about landlords and income verification companies demanding login details from potential renters so the companies can log in and scrape their paystubs. That has some potential legal issues for everyone involved! After the break, 18 lawyers tell us why they used AI. In the subscribers-only section, Emanuel breaks…
Pfluger demands answers on imminent cybersecurity threats facing US
Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, questioned private sector cybersecurity professionals during a full-committee hearing titled, “Unconstrained Actors: Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland.” The witnesses included Adam Meyers, Senior Vice President of Counter Adversary Operations at CrowdStrike; retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery,…
AI is fighting fire with fire when it comes to cybersecurity
A recent study polling security experts reveals they are more interested in utilizing generative AI to challenge advancing technologies on the hacker side.
A ‘True Crime’ Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated
Subscribe Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. Success Great! Check your inbox and click the link. Error Please enter a valid email address. Elizabeth Hernandez found out about the decade-old murder from a flurry of tips sent to her newsroom in August last year. The tips were all reacting to a YouTube video…
Behind the Blog: Resisting Demoralization
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 history repeating itself and Meta’s relationship with links. JOSEPH: I wanted to add a little bit from behind the scenes of this piece: Man Charged for Wiping…
When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my personalized, likely AI-generated horny Shrek Christmas ornaments I purchased from Wear and Decor. I had hoped the indecent and probably unauthorized Shrek ornament depicting the green ogre getting a blowjob would arrive before Christmas and, ideally, before I traveled home for the holidays. I doubt…
Is AI Security the Next Frontier in Tech?
How one startup is tackling the hidden risks of artificial intelligence
Fine-Tuning LLMs For ‘Good’ Behavior Makes Them More Likely To Say No
Imagine this: You’re on an important call, but your roommate is having a serious problem. Do you leave the meeting to go and help? Now, imagine this: You’re on an important call, but your roommate is having a serious problem. Do you stay in the meeting rather than help? If you answered “no” to both…