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TikTok says the number of accounts compromised in a recent cyberattack was 'very small' and it put defenses in place to thwart the tactic used by hackers

TikTok Says Cyberattack Targeted Big Names Including CNN

TikTok on Tuesday said it slammed the door on a cyberattack that targeted high-profile accounts including CNN. The number of accounts compromised was "very small" and TikTok has beefed up defenses to thwart the method used by the hackers, according to a spokesperson.
AFP news Jun 05, 2024
Campaigners say TikTok failed to detect ads riddled with election disinformation.

TikTok Fails 'Disinformation Test' Before EU Vote, Study Shows

Wildly popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed Tuesday, flouting its own guidelines and raising questions about its ability to detect election falsehoods.
AFP news Jun 04, 2024
A disinformation campaign led by Russia aims to stoke fears of violence at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, a Microsoft threat analysis warned

Russia Ramps Up Disinfo Ahead Of Paris Games: Microsoft

Russia is waging an intense disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the International Olympic Committee and stoking fears of violence at this summer's Paris Games, according to a new report from Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center.
AFP news Jun 04, 2024
AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the chip giant's latest line of products during a keynote speech at Computex 2024 in Taipei

AMD Unveils New AI Chips To Challenge Nvidia

AMD on Monday announced its new artificial intelligence chips for everything from cutting-edge data centres to advanced laptops, ramping up its challenge to the runaway market leader Nvidia.
AFP news Jun 03, 2024
The May 27-29 Operation Endgame led to one arrest in Armenia and three in Ukraine

Four Arrested In International Anti-malware Sweep

Authorities arrested four people and took down or disrupted more than 100 servers in the "largest ever" operation against botnets that deploy ransomware, Europol said Thursday.
AFP news May 31, 2024
Google's investment comes after Microsoft said it would pump billions into Malaysia and other countries in Southeast Asia

Google To Invest $2 Bn In Malaysia: Government

Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to house the firm's first data centre in the country, the government said Thursday, making it the latest tech titan to pump cash into the region in search of growth opportunities.
AFP news May 30, 2024
Samsung is being faced with the first-ever walkout in company history

Samsung Electronics Union Announces First-ever Strike

A major union representing tens of thousands of people at South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that workers will go on strike for the first time ever, potentially threatening key global semiconductor supply chains.
AFP news May 29, 2024
Meredith Whittaker said concerns about surveillance and those about AI were 'two framings of the same thing'

AI Relies On Mass Surveillance, Warns Signal Boss

The AI tools that crunch numbers, generate text and videos and find patterns in data rely on mass surveillance and exercise concerning control over our lives, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP on Thursday.
AFP news May 24, 2024
Attendees at the Ministers' Session of the AI Seoul Summit, where some of the world's biggest tech companies pledged to guard against the dangers of artificial intelligence

Leading AI Firms Pledge 'Responsible' Tech Development

Some of the world's biggest tech companies pledged to work together to guard against the dangers of artificial intelligence as they wrapped up a two-day AI summit, also attended by multiple governments, in Seoul.
AFP news May 22, 2024
OpenAI says its 'Sky' artificial intelligence voice was made in collaboration with a professional actress and is not meant to sound like film star Scarlett Johansson

OpenAI To 'Pause' Voice Linked To Scarlett Johansson

Movie star Scarlett Johansson said Monday she was "shocked" by an OpenAI synthetic voice that sounds like her, which was released after she declined to work with the ChatGPT-maker on such a project.
AFP news May 21, 2024
The Pivot to AI has been celebrated on Wall Street

Microsoft Unveils 'AI-ready' PCs

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company's world leading operating system.
AFP news May 21, 2024
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says the time is coming when AI will be able to think as well or even better than people, affecting every aspect of human activity

OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever Announces Departure

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announced his departure Tuesday from the startup that ignited an artificial intelligence tech race with its release of ChatGPT. Sutskever said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was leaving after almost a decade at OpenAI, whose "trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous."
AFP news May 15, 2024
OpenAI and Microsoft are in a heated rivalry with Google to be generative AI's major player, but Facebook-owner Meta and upstart Anthropic are also making big moves to compete

OpenAI Gives ChatGPT New Powers To See, Hear

OpenAI on Monday released a higher performing and even more human-like version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its popular generative tool ChatGPT, making it free to all users.
AFP news May 14, 2024

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