The AI Fix #42: AIs with anxiety, and why AIs don’t know what happened

In episode 42 of the AI Fix, our hosts discover why ads for the Neo Gamma robot are so sinister, Graham plays peek-a-boo with a crow, humans give up writing, an AI designs a drug, an upstart AI agent gets everyone’s attention, and a talking fish offers… Continue reading The AI Fix #42: AIs with anxiety, and why AIs don’t know what happened

Borked Chromecasts are beginning to receive their update – just hope you didn’t do a factory reset

The news can’t have come too soon for the many Chromecast users who have found themselves unable to stream their favourite TV shows, movies, and other media.

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Medusa ransomware: FBI and CISA urge organisations to act now to mitigate threat

The Medusa ransomware gang continues to present a major threat to the critical infrastructure sector, according to a newly-released – with at least one organisation hit with a “triple-extortion” threat.

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Smashing Security podcast #408: A gag order backfires, and a snail mail ransom demand

What happens when a healthcare giant’s legal threats ignite a Streisand Effect wildfire… while a ransomware gang appears to ditch the dark web for postage stamps?

Find out about this, and more, in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcas… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #408: A gag order backfires, and a snail mail ransom demand

Man found guilty of planting infinite loop logic bomb on ex-employer’s system

Davis Lu had planted malicious Java code onto his employer’s network that would cause “infinite loops” that would ultimate result in the server crashing or hanging.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Man found guilty of planting infinite loop logic bomb on ex-employer’s system

The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists

In episode 41 of the AI Fix, our hosts learn that society needs to be completely reordered by December, Grok accuses Trump of being a Russian asset, Graham discovers that parents were wrong about computer games all along, and Mark wonders if a kung-fu … Continue reading The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists