Raspberry Pi is preparing for an IPO in London for likely more than $500M
Enlarge / Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! Andrew Cunningham The business arm of Raspberry Pi is…
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ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says
Getty Images ChatGPT is leaking private conversations that include login credentials and other personal details of unrelated users, screenshots submitted by an Ars reader on Monday indicated. Two of the seven screenshots the reader submitted…
OpenAI and Common Sense Media partner to protect teens from AI harms and misuse
On Monday, OpenAI announced a partnership with the nonprofit Common Sense Media to create AI guidelines and educational materials targeted at parents, educators, and teens. It includes the curation of family-friendly GPTs in OpenAI’s GPT…
Indian state government fixes website bugs that exposed residents’ sensitive documents
An Indian state government has fixed security issues impacting its website that exposed the sensitive documents and personal information of millions of residents. The bugs existed on the Rajasthan government website related to Jan Aadhaar,…
In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges
The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major gaffe on the company’s…
NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant
The U.S. National Security Agency is buying vast amounts of commercially available web browsing data on Americans without a warrant, according to the agency’s outgoing director. NSA director Gen. Paul Nakasone disclosed the practice in…
OpenAI announces ChatGPT-4 Turbo and ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo model updates
On Thursday, OpenAI announced updates to the AI models that power its ChatGPT assistant. Amid less noteworthy updates, OpenAI tucked in a mention of a potential fix to a widely reported “laziness” problem seen in…
ICO confirms data breach probe as UK councils remain downed by cyberattack
Three local councils in the United Kingdom continue to experience disruption to their online services, a week after confirming a cyberattack had knocked some systems offline. The councils for Canterbury, Dover, and Thanet — all…
Microsoft says Russian hackers also targeted other organizations
On Friday, Microsoft revealed that it had been the victim of a hack carried out by Russian government spies. Now, a week later, the technology giant said that it was not the only target of…
How a mistakenly published password exposed Mercedes-Benz source code
Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed a trove of internal data after leaving a private key online that gave “unrestricted access” to the company’s source code, according to the security research firm that discovered it. Shubham Mittal, co-founder…