OpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according…
Author: Matt Burgess
7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
This week, WIRED obtained a memo that tied dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water and wastewater utilities to Iran, the first official documentation of Iran’s…
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Ever so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have seized deepfake hosting…
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
Apple and Google have been ordered to take down apps that can “nudify” or “undress” people and told that they must stop profiting from the…
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
The Think Family Database holds records on close to half a million people who live in the city of Bristol, England. For many years, few…
The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
Age verification is consuming the internet. From social media bans in Australia to porn restrictions in half of US states, for many having to prove…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
Two prompts that were used to generate material on Grok were rejected by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta AI, and Anthropic’s Claude as inappropriate when tested by…
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
“Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was created…
Cybercriminals Are Complaining About AI Slop Flooding Their Forums
The complaint sounds familiar. “I’m disappointed that you are working to incorporate AI garbage into the site,” one annoyed person, posting anonymously, said in an…