China’s New Open-Source AI Sparks Global Cybersecurity Fears: Experts Warn ‘Pandora’s Box’ Has Been Opened A powerful new Chinese open-source artificial intelligence model is raising alarm among cybersecurity experts, who warn it could dramatically lower the barrier for hackers to launch sophisticated cyberattacks. The model, GLM-5.2, developed by Chinese AI company Z.ai, is being hailed […]
Hackers Claim to Be Selling 54 Million GameStop Customer Records in Alleged Massive Data Breach Millions of GameStop customers could be at risk after cybercriminals claimed to have stolen and listed a massive customer database for sale on a notorious hacking forum, raising fresh concerns about identity theft and online fraud. According to cybersecurity researchers, […]
Philip Morris Accused of Using AI to Flood EU With Fake Public Comments on Vape Rules Tobacco giant Philip Morris is facing mounting scrutiny after an investigation alleged the company used artificial intelligence to generate thousands of public responses opposing stricter European Union regulations on vaping and other nicotine products. The controversy centers on an […]
Bank of England Weighs AI ‘Kill Switches’ to Prevent Future Market Meltdowns The Bank of England is considering emergency safeguards for artificial intelligence as officials warn that increasingly autonomous AI systems could one day trigger a major financial market crisis. In one of its strongest warnings yet on the risks of AI in finance, the […]
Your HR Department’s Software Might Be the Weakest Link in Your Identity; Nissan Just Found Out the Hard Way You trust your employer with your Social Security number, your bank account, even your kids’ names as beneficiaries. But what happens when the software your company uses to store that data becomes the target of one […]
