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Could C2PA Cryptography be the Key to Fighting AI-Driven Misinformation?
2023-08-03 20:27

One of these standards is a generative AI content certification known as ​​C2PA. C2PA has been around for two years, but it's gained attention recently as generative AI becomes more common. The C2PA specification is an open source internet protocol that outlines how to add provenance statements, also known as assertions, to a piece of content.

The Need for Trustworthy AI
2023-08-03 11:17

If you ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn’t know. It doesn’t take much to make it lambaste the other tech giants, but it’s...

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Google’s AI Red Team: Advancing cybersecurity on the AI frontier
2023-08-03 04:51

Recently, Google unveiled the creation of a dedicated AI red team. The AI red team closely observes both new adversarial research that is being published, as well as where Google is integrating AI into products.

Organizations want stronger AI regulation amid growing concerns
2023-08-03 03:00

AI professionals are still facing some very real challenges in democratizing data, much less AI (much less Generative AI), across their organizations, according to Dataiku. While the global survey...

Cybercriminals train AI chatbots for phishing, malware attacks
2023-08-01 14:08

In the wake of WormGPT, a ChatGPT clone trained on malware-focused data, a new generative artificial intelligence hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged, and at least another one is under development that is allegedly based on Google's AI experiment, Bard. Both AI-powered bots are the work of the same individual, who appears to be deep in the game of providing chatbots trained specifically for malicious purposes ranging from phishing and social engineering, to exploiting vulnerabilities and creating malware.

Hacking AI Resume Screening with Text in a White Font
2023-08-01 11:11

The Washington Post is reporting on a hack to fool automatic resume sorting programs: putting text in a white font. The idea is that the programs rely primarily on simple pattern matching, and the trick is to copy a list of relevant keywords-or the published job description-into the resume in a white font.

Reducing Generative AI Hallucinations and Trusting Your Data: Interview With Cognite CPO Moe Tanabian
2023-07-31 20:58

With the proliferation of generative AI in the business world today, it's critical that organizations understand where AI applications are drawing their data from and who has access to it. I spoke with Moe Tanabian, chief product officer at industrial software company Cognite and former Microsoft Azure global vice president, about acquiring trustworthy data, AI hallucinations and the future of AI. The following is a transcript of my interview with Tanabian.

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OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic Launch Frontier Model Forum to Promote Safe AI
2023-07-28 21:28

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic have announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum. The goal of the Frontier Model Forum is to have member companies contribute technical and operational advice to develop a public library of solutions to support industry best practices and standards.

Think tank calls for monitoring of Chinese AI-enabled products
2023-07-27 18:54

Chinese made AI-enabled products should spark similar concerns to Middle Kingdom sourced 5G equipment and therefore be regulated, said think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute on Thursday. In a report, titled "De-risking Authoritarian AI," ASPI's Simeon Gilding argued that AI-enabled products present perhaps an even greater risk than 5G which is also more difficult to mitigate.

Fooling an AI Article Writer
2023-07-27 11:04

World of Warcraft players wrote about a fictional game element, "Glorbo," on a subreddit for the game, trying to entice an AI bot to write an article about it. The article was left online for a while but has finally been taken down.

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