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DuckDuckGo launches AI-powered search query answering tool
2023-03-08 15:22

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has launched the first beta version of DuckAssist, an AI-assisted feature that writes accurate summaries to answer users' search queries. DuckAssist uses OpenAI's natural language technology to generate answers to user's search queries at the top of the search results page, making responses more direct than traditional search results.

AI is taking phishing attacks to a whole new level of sophistication
2023-03-08 04:00

92% of organizations have fallen victim to successful phishing attacks in the last 12 months, while 91% of organizations have admitted to experiencing email data loss, according to Egress. "The growing sophistication of phishing emails is a major threat to organizations and needs to be urgently addressed," said Jack Chapman, VP of Threat Intelligence, Egress.

Brave Search launches AI-powered summarizer in search results
2023-03-03 16:46

Brave Search has incorporated a new AI-powered tool named Summarizer, which gives a summarized answer to an inputted question before the rest of the search results. Brave Search is a fast-growing privacy-centric internet search engine allowing users to search the web anonymously without being tracked.

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The role of human insight in AI-based cybersecurity
2023-03-03 03:45

If AI-based cybersecurity tools leveraged RLHF, they would be immensely powerful, intuitive, and effective and could improve detection and response times to even the most sophisticated threats. RLHF can be used to train AI-based models to detect and respond to potential threats more effectively by using human feedback to learn from real-world examples.

ML practitioners push for mandatory AI Bill of Rights
2023-03-03 03:00

The AI Bill of Rights, bias, and operational challenges amid tightening budgets are pressing issues affecting the adoption of ML as well as project and initiative success, according to Comet. "Our latest survey comes as ML practitioners are facing a new reality, with its own unique set of challenges ahead," said Gideon Mendels, CEO of Comet.

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Fooling a Voice Authentication System with an AI-Generated Voice
2023-03-01 12:06

A reporter used an AI synthesis of his own voice to fool the voice authentication system for Lloyd’s Bank.

Microsoft adds AI-powered Bing Chat to Windows 11 taskbar
2023-02-28 14:00

Microsoft announced today that it's integrating the new AI-powered Bing Chat into the Windows 11 search box with the latest Windows feature update. "Today, we take the next major step forward and combine the incredible breadth and ease of use of the Windows PC with the amazing power of the new AI-enhanced Bing to provide hundreds of millions of Windows 11 users the next era of computing," said Microsoft EVP & Chief Product Officer Panos Panay on Tuesday.

How to Use AI in Cybersecurity and Avoid Being Trapped
2023-02-24 13:22

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2023-02-21 15:39

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Cybersecurity takes a leap forward with AI tools and techniques
2023-02-20 06:00

Such tools are essential for evaluating the performance of deep reinforcement learning algorithms. The method is emerging as a powerful decision-support tool for cybersecurity experts - a defense agent with the ability to learn, adapt to quickly changing circumstances, and make decisions autonomously.