OpenAI unveils easy voice assistant creation at 2024 developer event

OpenAI unveils easy voice assistant creation at 2024 developer event

On Monday, OpenAI kicked off its annual DevDay event in San Francisco, unveiling four major API updates for developers that integrate the company’s AI models into their products. Unlike last year’s single-location event featuring a keynote by CEO Sam Altman, DevDay 2024 is more than just one day, adopting a global approach with additional events…

“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says

“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom quoted AT&T a 1,050 percent price hike for VMware offerings, AT&T has claimed in legal documents. AT&T sued Broadcom on August 29, accusing Broadcom of unlawfully denying it the second of three one-year renewals for support services that AT&T thinks it’s entitled to. AT&T cites a contract signed before Broadcom bought…

“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says

“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says

Broadcom quoted AT&T a 1,050 percent price hike for VMware offerings, AT&T has claimed in legal documents. AT&T sued Broadcom on August 29, accusing Broadcom of unlawfully denying it the second of three one-year renewals for support services that AT&T thinks it’s entitled to. AT&T cites a contract signed before Broadcom bought VMware. The telecommunications…

Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities

Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities

Public records systems that courts and governments rely on to manage voter registrations and legal filings have been riddled with vulnerabilities that made it possible for attackers to falsify registration databases and add, delete, or modify official documents. Over the past year, software developer turned security researcher Jason Parker has found and reported dozens of…

Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities

Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Public records systems that courts and governments rely on to manage voter registrations and legal filings have been riddled with vulnerabilities that made it possible for attackers to falsify registration databases and add, delete, or modify official documents. Over the past year, software developer turned security researcher Jason Parker has found…

Google and Meta update their AI models amid the rise of “AlphaChip”

Google and Meta update their AI models amid the rise of “AlphaChip”

Enlarge / There’s been a lot of AI news this week, and covering it sometimes feels like running through a hall full of danging CRTs, just like this Getty Images illustration. (credit: Grandfailure via Getty Images) It’s been a wildly busy week in AI news thanks to OpenAI, including a controversial blog post from CEO…

Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees. Meta disclosed the lapse in early 2019. The company said that apps for connecting to various Meta-owned social networks had logged user passwords in plaintext and stored them in…

Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees. Meta disclosed the lapse in early 2019. The company said that apps for connecting to various Meta-owned social networks had logged user passwords in plaintext…

Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”

Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”

OpenAI’s new Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) of its ChatGPT AI assistant rolled out to subscribers on Tuesday, and people are already finding novel ways to use it, even against OpenAI’s wishes. On Thursday, a software architect named AJ Smith tweeted a video of himself playing a duet of The Beatles’ 1966 song “Eleanor Rigby” with…