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Applying AI to License Plate Surveillance
2023-08-22 11:04

Typically, Automatic License Plate Recognition technology is used to search for plates linked to specific crimes. In this case it was used to examine the driving patterns of anyone passing one of Westchester County's 480 cameras over a two-year period.

White House Announces AI Cybersecurity Challenge
2023-08-21 11:10

The new AI cyber challenge will have a number of different phases. Interested would-be competitors can now submit their proposals to the Small Business Innovation Research program for evaluation and, eventually, selected teams will participate in a 2024 "Qualifying event." During that event, the top 20 teams will be invited to a semifinal competition at that year's DEF CON, another large cybersecurity conference, where the field will be further whittled down.

Organizations invest in AI tools to elevate email security
2023-08-21 03:30

To counteract new and emerging threat methods enhanced by artificial intelligence, specialized email security vendors are leveraging a synergy of AI and human insights to enhance email security, according to IRONSCALES and Osterman Research. Over 74% of respondents have experienced an increase in the use of AI by cybercriminals in the past six months, and over 85% believe that AI will be used to circumvent their existing email security technologies.

Add 'writing malware' to the list of things generative AI is not very good at doing
2023-08-18 00:39

Analysis Despite the hype around criminals using ChatGPT and various other large language models to ease the chore of writing malware, it seems this generative AI technology isn't terribly good at helping with that kind of work. In two reports published this week, Trend Micro and Google's Mandiant weigh in on the buzzy AI tech, and both reach the same conclusion: internet fiends are interested in using generative AI for nefarious purposes, though in reality, usage remains limited.

31% of Organizations Using Generative AI Ask It To Write Code
2023-08-17 16:32

Code development, content creation and analytics are the top generative AI use cases. A little over half of businesses have experimented with AI. Surveyed companies using generative AI employed it in content generation, analytics insights summary, analytics insights generation, code development and process documentation.

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Detecting “Violations of Social Norms” in Text with AI
2023-08-17 11:07

Researchers are trying to use AI to detect "Social norms violations." Feels a little sketchy right now, but this is the sort of thing that AIs will get better at. Tags: academic papers, artificial intelligence, DARPA, Internet and society.

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Gartner: Generative AI Will Bring “Transformational Benefit” in the Next 2-5 Years
2023-08-16 17:38

Generative AI has landed on Gartner's coveted Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies for 2023, the firm announced Wednesday. The firm said generative AI will bring "Transformational benefit" in the next two to five years.

Just announced: AI and security standards keynotes at mWISE
2023-08-16 14:02

It's taking place September 18-20, 2023 in Washington, DC. mWISE conference organizers have just announced new keynote panels focused on two of the most pressing issues facing security practitioners right now: Artificial Intelligence and advanced adversaries. 1) AI and Security Standards: Maximizing Innovation While Minimizing RiskAI has immense potential, but we need to make sure it works for everyone.

Why the “voluntary AI commitments” extracted by the White House are nowhere near enough
2023-08-16 05:00

Representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI recently convened at the White House for a meeting with President Biden with the stated mission of "Ensuring the responsible development and distribution of artificial intelligence technologies". To continue to research the potential societal risks posed by AI and its various applications To develop AI technologies designed to address society's most significant and pressing challenges.

Zoom Can Spy on Your Calls and Use the Conversation to Train AI, But Says That It Won’t
2023-08-15 11:03

On Monday, the company said in a blog post that there's no need to worry about that. Zoom execs swear the company won't actually train its AI on your video calls without permission, even though the Terms of Service still say it can.