Apple Offers Developers MLX Framework for Machine Learning
The MLX framework was released on GitHub amid the generative AI storm. Continue reading Apple Offers Developers MLX Framework for Machine Learning
Category Archives: Whisper
ChatGPT Powers a Different Kind of Logic Analyzer
If you’re hoping that this AI-powered logic analyzer will help you quickly debug that wonky digital circuit on your bench with the magic of AI, we’re sorry to disappoint you. …read more Continue reading ChatGPT Powers a Different Kind of Logic Analyzer
Here’s a Plain C/C++ Implementation of AI Speech Recognition, So Get Hackin’
[Georgi Gerganov] recently shared a great resource for running high-quality AI-driven speech recognition in a plain C/C++ implementation on a variety of platforms. The automatic speech recognition (ASR) model is …read more Continue reading Here’s a Plain C/C++ Implementation of AI Speech Recognition, So Get Hackin’
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Impact, Hacking the Hackers, Whisper App Data Leak
In episode 112 for March 16th 2020: The cybersecurity impact of COVID-19, who’s hacking the hackers, and details on a data leak of the secret sharing app Whisper. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Resilient in Times of Disruption h… Continue reading COVID-19 Cybersecurity Impact, Hacking the Hackers, Whisper App Data Leak
Confessions app Whisper spills almost a billion records
Researchers say the exposure includes exact locations of users’ last posts, nicknames, age, and gender. Continue reading Confessions app Whisper spills almost a billion records
Secret-sharing app Whisper failed to keep users’ fetishes and locations private
Security researchers raised the alarm after discovering that hundreds of millions of Whisper users’ intimate messages, tied to their locations, had been left publicly available since the app’s launch in 2012.
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Secret-sharing app Whisper failed to keep users’ fetishes and locations private
Launched in 2012, the Whisper app declared itself to be a place where anyone could post their private thoughts and extreme confessions anonymously. In its promotional material it describes itself as “the largest online platform where people share… Continue reading Secret-sharing app Whisper failed to keep users’ fetishes and locations private
You Won’t Hear This Word On The Street
The simplest answer to a problem is not necessarily always the best answer. If you ask the question, “How do I get a voice assistance to work on a crowded subway car?”, the simplest answer is to shout into a microphone but we don’t want to ask Siri to put toilet paper on the shopping list in front of fellow passengers at the top of our lungs. This is “not a technical issue but a mental issue” according to [Masaaki Fukumoto], lead researcher at Microsoft in “hardware and devices” and “human-computer interaction.” SilentVoice was demonstrated in Berlin at the ACM …read more
How to prevent snoops from stalking you in Waze with “ghost” drivers
A team of researchers has published a paper claiming they can track a Waze driver’s exact route using thousands of simulated “ghost” vehicles in the app. Continue reading How to prevent snoops from stalking you in Waze with “ghost” drivers