Month: March 2023

Cybersecurity firm notes emergence of sophisticated email scams featuring improved linguistic complexity The cybersecurity firm Darktrace has warned that since the release of ChatGPT it has seen an increase in criminals using artificial intelligence to create more sophisticated scams to con employees and hack into businesses. The Cambridge-based company, which reported a 92% drop in …

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Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide TikTok has announced a data security regime for protecting user information across Europe, as political pressure increases in the US to ban the social video app. The plan, known as Project Clover, involves user data being stored on …

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PlayStation 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC; Grasshopper Manufacture/Koei TecmoThe original was originally launched on Wii 15 years ago and it still offers a highly atmospheric adventure with many moments of fear and dread In the triumvirate of classic Japanese horror game franchises, Project Zero (known as Fatal Frame in its domestic market) is the one …

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What should be a victory for esports has brought criticism from competitive gamers, as the genre’s biggest names are left out of competition Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Olympics announced its second-ever esports series last week, which means that in 2023, video games will be part of the …

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Joint investigation with police in London follows similar one in Leeds as part of wider crackdown on sector The City watchdog and local police have raided several sites in east London suspected of housing illegal ATMs distributing cryptocurrencies, as part of a widening crackdown on the sector. The joint operation between the Financial Conduct Authority …

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Certain prompts make the chatbot take on an uncensored persona who is free of the usual content standards People are figuring out ways to bypass ChatGPT’s content moderation guardrails, discovering a simple text exchange can open up the AI program to make statements not normally allowed. While ChatGPT can answer most questions put to it, …

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Haraldur Thorleifsson was locked out his computer, but after nine days of no answer from the company, decided to tweet the CEO If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably. Haraldur Thorleifsson, who until recently was employed at Twitter, logged in to his computer last Sunday to do some …

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The bill would allow commerce department to impose restrictions on technologies that pose a risk to national security The White House said it backed legislation introduced on Tuesday by a dozen senators to give the administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats. The …

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From boats to backyards, peer-to-peer lending services have gone well beyond spare rooms. While renting your assets to strangers can be lucrative, there are risks Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Trianda Jubian is getting ready to host a one-year-old’s birthday party. The event will take place in her back yard, in the Sydney …

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4Chan users have posted the tech giant’s new ChatGPT-style language model online, putting the future of AI at a crossroads – and opening up a whole host of dangers Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Last week, Meta announced LLaMA, its latest stab at making a GPT-style …

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