Cybercriminals are exploiting AI tools like ChatGPT to craft more convincing phishing attacks, alarming cybersecurity experts

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If you’ve noticed a spike in suspicious-looking emails in the last year or so, it might be partly due to one of our favorite AI chatbots – ChatGPT. I know – plenty of us have had intimate and private conversations where we’ve learned about ourselves with ChatGPT, and we don’t want to believe ChatGPT would … Read more

Security flaws in court record systems used in five US states exposed sensitive legal documents

Witness lists and testimony, mental health evaluations, detailed allegations of abuse, and corporate trade secrets. These are some of the sensitive legal court filings that security researcher Jason Parker said they found exposed to the open internet for anyone to access, and from none other than the judiciaries themselves. At the heart of any judiciary … Read more

Amazon finally releases its own AI-powered image generator

Amazon is releasing an image generator — joining the ranks of the many, many other tech giants and startups that have already done so. During a keynote at its re:Invent conference this morning, Amazon debuted Titan Image Generator, which is now available in preview for AWS customers. Titan Image Generator, a part of Amazon’s Titan … Read more

Oxford study says internet use doesn’t harm mental health, but its research has limits

In one of the largest studies ever on mental health and internet use, the Oxford Internet Institute has declared that there is no “smoking gun” linking the internet with psychological harm. Professors Andrew Przybylski and Matti Vuorre studied data from two million people aged 15 to 89 in 168 countries, finding that in the last … Read more

AWS re:Invent 2023 – Day 1 news, updates and more

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We’re live in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent 2023, the technology giant’s annual flagship event. We’re expecting a host of new announcements, upgrades and releases this week, all sprinkled with a hefty dose of AI, no doubt. The event kicks off this morning with an opening keynote from AWS CEO Adam Selipsky, with further speeches … Read more