New Images of Colossus Released
January 31 2024GCHQ has released new images of the WWII Colossus code-breaking computer, celebrating the machine’s eightieth anniversary (birthday?). News article.
Read moreNSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant
January 30 2024It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden. This is almost certainly illegal, although the NSA maintains that...
Read moreMicrosoft Executives Hacked
January 29 2024Microsoft is reporting that a Russian intelligence agency—the same one responsible for SolarWinds—accessed the email system of the company’s executives.
Beginning in late November 2023, the threat actor used...
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Amazing footage of a black-eyed squid (Gonatus onyx) carrying thousands of eggs. They tend to hang out about 6,200 feet below sea level. As usual, you can also use this...
Read moreChatbots and Human Conversation
January 26 2024For most of history, communicating with a computer has not been like communicating with a person. In their earliest years, computers required carefully constructed instructions, delivered through punch cards;...
Read moreQuantum Computing Skeptics
January 25 2024Interesting article. I am also skeptical that we are going to see useful quantum computers anytime soon. Since at least 2019, I have been saying that this is hard....
Read morePoisoning AI Models
January 24 2024New research into poisoning AI models:
The researchers first trained the AI models using supervised learning and then used additional “safety training” methods, including more supervised learning, reinforcement learning,...
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Side Channels Are Common
January 23 2024Really interesting research: “Lend Me Your Ear: Passive Remote Physical Side Channels on PCs.”
Abstract:
We show that built-in sensors in commodity PCs, such as microphones, inadvertently capture electromagnetic side-channel...
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AI Bots on X (Twitter)
January 22 2024You can find them by searching for OpenAI chatbot warning messages, like: “I’m sorry, I cannot provide a response as it goes against OpenAI’s use case policy.” I hadn’t thought...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: New Foods from Squid Fins
January 20 2024We only eat about half of a squid, ignoring the fins. A group of researchers is working to change that. As usual, you can also use this squid post to...
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