General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Researchers say the behavior amounts to a persistent backdoor.
Publish Date: 4/30/2025
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Hackers can run their code on AirPlay devices thanks to a collection of bugs known as AirBorne.
Publish Date: 4/30/2025
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A look back at GPT-4's legacy as OpenAI pulls the pioneering 2023 AI model from ChatGPT.
Publish Date: 4/30/2025
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"This was never approved and is not going to happen," says Amazon.
Publish Date: 4/29/2025
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LLM-produced code could make us much more vulnerable to supply-chain attacks.
Publish Date: 4/29/2025
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ChatGPT will now recommend products to be bought offsite—but no sponsored ads just yet.
Publish Date: 4/28/2025
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Short seller publishes report detailing allegations about Backblaze's financials.
Publish Date: 4/28/2025
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New ChoiceJacking attack allows malicious chargers to steal data from phones.
Publish Date: 4/28/2025
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Top AI models excel at math problems but lack reasoning needed for Math Olympiad proofs.
Publish Date: 4/25/2025
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FBI accepts tips by TOR in likely attempt to woo China-based informants.
Publish Date: 4/25/2025
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Op-ed: As AI outputs flood the Internet, diverse human perspectives are our most valuable resource.
Publish Date: 4/25/2025
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Trojanized mapping app steals users' locations, contacts, and more.
Publish Date: 4/24/2025
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Users complain of new "sycophancy" streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant.
Publish Date: 4/21/2025
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Frustrated software developer believed AI-generated message came from human support rep.
Publish Date: 4/17/2025
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New o3 model appears "near-genius level," according to one doctor, but it still makes mistakes.
Publish Date: 4/16/2025
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Prompt injections are the Achilles' heel of AI assistants. Google offers a potential fix.
Publish Date: 4/16/2025
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Early info is unreliable, but the site has been mostly unavailable for hours.
Publish Date: 4/15/2025
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OpenAI's brand-new "GPT-4.1" has a funky name but reasonable performance for the price.
Publish Date: 4/14/2025
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New announcement seems aimed at appeasing Trump, signals company shift.
Publish Date: 4/14/2025
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Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?
Publish Date: 4/11/2025
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