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In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?

arstechnica.com
Dec 4
AIBiz & ITcontractors
HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use

HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use

Product development, internal operations among teams expected to be hit hardest.

arstechnica.com
Nov 26
AIBiz & ITAI layoffs
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices.

arstechnica.com
Nov 26
Biz & ITbitcoincrypto
UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push

UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push

Plan will offer guaranteed payments for British startups making AI hardware

arstechnica.com
Nov 24
AIBiz & ITFinancial Times
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

Voting system required three keys. One of them has been "irretrievably lost."

arstechnica.com
Nov 22
Biz & ITSecurityelection systems
How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers

How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers

So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.

arstechnica.com
Nov 21
Biz & ITSecurityASUS
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

arstechnica.com
Nov 21
AIBiz & ITGoogle
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.

arstechnica.com
Nov 20
Biz & ITTechdell
Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size

Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size

"I worry this is the big botnet flexing," CEO said. But outage was self-inflicted.

arstechnica.com
Nov 19
Biz & ITPolicycloudflare
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data

Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data

Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long?

arstechnica.com
Nov 19
AIBiz & ITSecurity
Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on

Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on

ChatGPT competitor secures billions from Microsoft and Nvidia in deal to use cloud services and chips.

arstechnica.com
Nov 18
AIBiz & ITAI bubble
Bonkers Bitcoin heist: 5-star hotels, cash-filled envelopes, vanishing funds

Bonkers Bitcoin heist: 5-star hotels, cash-filled envelopes, vanishing funds

Bitcoin mining hardware exec falls for sophisticated crypto scam to tune of $200k

arstechnica.com
Nov 18
Biz & ITSecuritysyndication
Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean

Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean

Sundar Pichai says no company is immune if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom fears.

arstechnica.com
Nov 18
AIBiz & ITAI energy
5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

Fleets of laptops run from US residences gave appearance workers were in the US.

arstechnica.com
Nov 17
Biz & ITSecurityapt38
Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet

Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet

Company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts.

arstechnica.com
Nov 17
AIBiz & ITLarry Ellison
Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.

arstechnica.com
Nov 14
AIBiz & ITAI assistants
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous

Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous

The results of AI-assisted hacking aren't as impressive as many might have us believe.

arstechnica.com
Nov 14
AIBiz & ITSecurity
OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities

OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities

New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming.

arstechnica.com
Nov 12
AIBiz & ITAI assistants
Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup

Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup

AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta's shift from research to rapid product releases.

arstechnica.com
Nov 12
AIBiz & ITAI alignment
ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of

ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of

Relatively new technique can bypass many endpoint protections.

arstechnica.com
Nov 11
Biz & ITSecurityclickfix
Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks

Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks

Basic arithmetic ability lives in the memorization pathways, not logic circuits.

arstechnica.com
Nov 10
AIBiz & ITAI alignment