Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Researchers have finally cracked Fast16, mysterious code capable of silently tampering with calculation and simulation ...
Opinion
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Generative AI may cut costs in machine-learning systems, but it increases risks of cyberattacks and data leaks

Using generative AI to design, train, or perform steps within a machine-learning system is risky, argues computer scientist Micheal Lones in a paper appearing in Patterns. Though large language models ...
MIT Technology Review

Does AI know too much?

The growing field of machine unlearning aims to make large language models forget harmful information without retraining them ...

An Economist Lectures The Fed On AI And The Future Of Knowledge Work

Economist Scott Cunningham showed the Fed how AI agents can replicate studies for $11—and why the same tools could erode the ...
IEEE

Vulnerability Detection with Code Language Models: How Far are We?

Abstract: In the context of the rising interest in code language models (code LMs) and vulnerability detection, we study the effectiveness of code LMs for detecting vulnerabilities. Our analysis ...

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most ...