
AI
Hurrah! AI won't destroy developer or DBA jobs
Uncle Sam's number-crunchers warn lawyers, customer service reps to brace for change, say techies will be fine (16:31 | register)

ServiceNow's new AI agents will happily volunteer for your dullest tasks
: Yokohama release also adds meta-observabiilty and takes a tilt at CRM (16:31 | register)

Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud claim (13:39 | register)

Microsoft goes native with Copilot. Again
This time we mean it for the Windows chatbot (13:39 | register)

ChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is good at creative writing
As tech firms battle creative industries over copyright, OpenAI chief Sam Altman says he was really struck by products output (12:28 | guardiantech)

LLM aka Large Legal Mess: Judge wants lawyer fined $15K for using AI slop in filing
Plus: Anthropic rolls out Claude 3.7 Sonnet (11:08 | register)

Despite Wall Street jitters, AI hopefuls keep spending billions on AI infrastructure
Sunk cost fallacy? No, I just need a little more cash for this AGI thing Ive been working on (11:08 | register)

Brits end probe into Microsoft's $13B bankrolling of OpenAI
Redmond doesn't have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops (00:31 | register)

Microsoft adds another Copilot hotkey this time for AI voice chat
Hold Alt + Spacebar for two seconds, and Clippy 2.0 is all ears (00:31 | register)

Microsoft's drawback on datacenter investment may signal AI demand concerns
Investment bank claims software giant ditched 'at least' 5 land parcels due to potential 'oversupply' (Tegnap | register)

FDA clears Google watch feature to call 911 if you flatline
It looks like you have died. Would you like help? (Tegnap | register)

Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through' (Tegnap | register)

Worry not. China's on the line saying AGI still a long way off
Instead of Turing Test, subject models to this Survival Game to assess intelligence, scientist tells The Reg (Tegnap | register)

Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI's GPT-4o
Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software then suggested enslaving humanity (Tegnap | register)

Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
Great, we've taken away computers' ability to be accurate and given them anxiety (Tegnap | register)

Study: AI Search Engines Are Confidently Wrong Too Often
A new study from Columbia Journalism Review showed that AI search engines and chatbots, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Deepseek Search, Microsoft Copilot, Grok and Google's Gemini, are just wrong, way too often. I have said this time and time again, when I see an AI Answer, at this poi... (Tegnap | searchengineroundtable)

Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes
Said bugs 'can have significant implications' glad to hear that from Redmond (Tegnap | register)

Cash torrent pouring into Nvidia slows despite booming Blackwell adoption
May we all have problems like annual revenue growth dropping from 126 to 114 percent (Tegnap | register)

MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users
Nothing like an OpenAI-powered agent leaking data or getting confused over what someone else whispered to it (Tegnap | register)

Data deluge pushes financial services deeper into AI
Harnessing AI to optimize applications and services is crucial but building the infrastructure is equally important (Tegnap | register)

The future of AI is ... analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice
EnCharge claims 150 TOPS/watt, a 20x performance-per-watt edge (Tegnap | register)

GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes
Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers werent buying it claim (Tegnap | register)

As China embraces Big Tech again, Alibaba plans vast spend to push for artificial general intelligence
Plus: Samsung exec jailed for selling DRAM secrets; ASUS launches sweetly scented mouse; Toyotas smart city nears opening; and more (Tegnap | register)

Judge says Meta must defend claim it stripped copyright info from Llama's training fodder
Facebook giant allegedly didn't want neural networks to emit results that would give the game away (Tegnap | register)

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Inks $12B Deal With CoreWeave Ahead of Planned IPO
The OpenAI deal follows CoreWeave's $1.7 billion bid for AI platform Weights & Biases days earlier as it plans to go public this year. (Tegnap | decrypt)

China's Manus AI Challenges OpenAI's $200 AgentIf You Can Get an Invite
A new autonomous AI agent platform claims benchmark superiority over Deep Research, even as skeptics question its legitimacy. (Tegnap | decrypt)

Data intelligence comes first when building AI
Getting better with AI might depend on the data infrastructure getting better first (Tegnap | register)

Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system
Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims (Tegnap | register)

If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them
Aleph Alpha's Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI (Tegnap | register)

CoreWeave rides AI wave with IPO filing but its fate hinges on Microsoft
GPU farm discloses 77% of revenue tied to just two customers, putting Redmond giant front and center (Hét. | register)

Nagyot fejlődött a Copilot chatbot
Ingyen elérhető benne egy komplexebb gondolkodásra képes modell. (Hét. | Origo)

3,6 millió álhír egy év alatt: annyi valótlanságot terjeszt az orosz propagandahálózat, hogy már a ChatGPT is visszamondja őket
Ügyes módszerekkel árasztja el a webet az orosz dezinformációs gépezet, és úgy tűnik, már arra is rájöttek, hogyan lehet befolyásolni az MI-chatbotok válaszait. (Hét. | Hvg)

A big AI build has stalled and wont happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive
Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid (Hét. | register)

Satya Nadella says AI is yet to find a killer app that matches the combined impact of email and Excel
Microsoft CEO is more interested in neural nets boosting GDP than delivering superhuman intelligence (Hét. | register)

HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs
Thousands brace for layoffs as shares slide 20% (Hét. | register)

Consumer Reports calls out slapdash AI voice-cloning safeguards
Study finds 4 out of 6 providers don't do enough to stop impersonation (Hét. | register)

Akár havi 7,3 millió forintba is kerülhet az OpenAI újdonsága
Adott feladatra fejlesztett MI-ügynököket adhat ki az OpenAI, melyek szoftverfejlesztésben és PhD-szintű kutatásban is segédkezhetnek. (Hét. | Hvg)

Az AI elképesztő statisztikáit mindenkinek meg kell ismernie
Amikor 2022. november 30-án a ChatGPT a nyilvánosság elé lépett, senki sem sejtette, hogy micsoda hallatlan és gyors változásokat indít el a technológia világában. Arra sem számított senki, hogy néhány hónapon belül elkezdi fenekestől felforgatni az életünket, és ez a változás egyre csak gyorsul. Az... (Hét. | Blikk)

Are AI-generated video games really on the horizon?
Microsoft and Google have both recently released new generative AI models that simulate video game worlds with notable limitations. What can they do? (Hét. | guardiantech)

Az OpenAI ellen fejleszt saját AI-t a Microsoft
A jelentések szerint érvelő AI-modelleket fejleszt a Microsoft, hogy az OpenAI ellen versenyezzen. (Hét. | ITCafe)

This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice
El Reg shows you how to run Zyphra's speech-replicating AI on your own box (Hét. | register)

Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty
240M found for three-year sprint to develop three chiplets for HPC, AI (Hét. | register)

Manus mania is here: Chinese general agent is this weeks future of AI' and OpenAI-killer
Prompts see it scour the web for info and turn it into decent documents at reasonable speed (Hét. | register)

Pinterest Begins Labeling Generative AI Content in Pins
The new tags will help to highlight AI generated content in-stream. (Hét. | socialmediatoday)

Phantom of the Opera: AI agent now lurks within browser, for the lazy
Too shiftless to even click on a few things while online shopping, hm? Just ask this built-in assistant (Hét. | register)

IBM plans to buy open source Cassandra wrangler DataStax
Big Blue eyes integration with its AI development studio (Vas. | register)

Ex-Googler Schmidt warns US: Try an AI 'Manhattan Project' and get MAIM'd
That's Mutual Assured AI Malfunction in the race for superintelligence (Vas. | register)

T-Mobile rival is giving free ChatGPT Plus, worth hundreds, to its subscribers - but there's a catch
Orange

I compared Manus AI to ChatGPT now I understand why everyone is calling it the next DeepSeek
But you don

Apple rushed Apple Intelligence and now the company is stuck playing catch up
Could Apple have done things differently? Or is Apple Intelligence doomed to fail?

Microsofts Remote Desktop app becomes the Windows App
With a new app comes a bumpy transition

Outdated ID verification myths put businesses at risk
These identity verification myths are leaving your organization wide open to fraud

This worrying botnet targets unsecure TP-Link routers - thousands of devices already hacked
An old router vulnerability is being abused in botnet building again

NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, March 13 (game #375)
My clues will help you solve the NYT

Secret hearing on Friday in Apple and UK government data row
The BBC understands the dispute over accessing encrypted data is set to be heard at the High Court.

Nvidia could unleash RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti GPUs on PC gamers tomorrow, but theres no sign of rumored RTX 5050 yet
RTX 5050 desktop GPU was previously believed to be imminent, but perhaps we now have cause to doubt this

UK cybersecurity sector could be worth £13bn, research shows
The sector now employs 67,000

Apple fixes dangerous zero-day used in attacks against iPhones and iPads
This is the third zero-day patched this year

The Google Pixel 10 could get a big camera boost if this new leak is legit
Plus a speculative look at the Pixel 10 Pro XL

Many workers aren't sure how much their companies are set up to help them be productive
We need a more personalized experience

Disney+ is making Andor free to stream on YouTube, and now you have no excuse not to watch the best Star Wars show
Fire up your podracer engines

It's just a concept for now, but this RTX 5090 liquid-cooled gaming laptop is possibly the craziest thing I've seen in a while
I actually want to buy this

Big Rivian update delivers hands-off driving to rival Tesla Autopilot and a new 'Rally' mode
Second-gen R1S and R1T get serious about autonomous driving

Daredevil: Born Again episode 3 contains another Marvel reference to Spider-Man, but it's got nothing to do with Tom Holland's Peter Parker
Stop teasing me, Marvel

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is being tipped to come with a sweet Google Gemini deal
Advanced AI for free

7 of my favorite upgrades in the all-new Roomba robovacs plus 2 I'm worried about
Rotating mop pads, coherent naming, and LiDAR at last

Four key questions to strengthen your cyber threat detection strategy
The disparity in detecting attackers highlights the need for a robust approach to cyber defense.

Virgin Media O2 reveals £700m network transformation plan to boost reliability across the board
O2 networks are getting stronger

Building a strong digital culture relies on investing in your people and your tech
How businesses can overcome obstacles to cultivate a thriving digital culture

This renter-friendly smart lock fits over your existing door hardware, and costs less than you might expect
Secure your door in just 1.5 seconds

France rejects controversial encryption backdoor provision
Encryption is saved, but

Fed up of adverts creeping into Windows 11? You wont like Microsofts latest update, then, although it does provide some important bug fixes
Windows 11 officially gets Game Pass advert in new update

Update your Apple device now: iOS 18.3.2 fixes a flaw that could be exploited by hackers
Better safe than sorry

Cybereason CEO leaves after months of boardroom blowups
Complaint alleges 13 funding proposals foundered amid battle for control

Microsoft quantum breakthrough claims labelled 'unreliable' and 'essentially fraudulent'
Redmond insists it's got this right and has even more impressive results to share soon

Stephen Colbert goes to town on Trump and Musks Tesla ad
"Of course, all of this was to shore up Elon's fading brand and Trump almost got the name right."

Chromecasts are still broken but Google tells fuming owners not to factory reset their devices
Google says it

Daredevil: Born Again episode 3's shocking final scene is a big misdirect, and I've got the evidence to back it up
One batch, two batch, penny and dime

New figures claim the smartwatch market just shrunk for the first time ever, and the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is to blame
Hopefully 2025 is a better year

Hitman: World of Assassination hits PSVR 2 soon, finally giving you a reason to dust off your headset
Plus loads of Meta Quest games revealed

iRobot is overhauling its entire robovac range, and for the first time in years I'm excited about a new Roomba
iRobot is back with a bang

You season 5: everything we know so far about the twisted Netflix shows return
Joe Goldberg returns for a twisted finale on April 24, 2025

UK workers are spending more than one day per week tracking down information
Britain is in a productivity crisis

The 8 best Bluetooth speakers, tested
These compact wireless speakers offer stellar sound on the go and at home.

Trump and Musk hosted a Tesla ad at the White House
The U.S. president just became a car salesman.

How AI can help the UKs scale-ups realize the growth agenda
AI empowers UK scale-ups to overcome growth barriers

Google unveils open source Gemma 3 model with 128k context window
Google's Gemma 3 is multimodal, comes in four sizes and can now handle more information and instructions thanks to a larger context window.

39 of the best MIT courses you can take online for free
Find lessons on hot topics like investing and machine learning.

The best eSIM for Ireland in 2025
Stay connected without the hassle over Saint Patrick's Day.

Intel wins something: Judge tosses out shareholder lawsuit over foundry losses
If you find Chipzilla's financial figures hard to parse, don't worry, it stumped these folks, too

As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA
A major policy directive strongly suggesting use of the royalty-free architecture is apparently imminent

iRobot just completely overhauled its lineup with 8 new Roombas for 2025
The Roomba family tree had several glaring gaps... until now.

Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt
Lemme guess ... he'll fix it all with tariffs? We sat through the entire speech so you don't have to

Apple Vision Pro goes off to never never land with Metallica concert footage
Sleep with both eyes open

How to process grief in interactive virtual reality
A new VR project offers a whimsical way to process loss by layering on elements of other users' grief.

Now HP printers are being bricked following firmware update
HP LaserJet printers are reportedly being blocked

Facebook engineers say bigger hard disk drives is making one critical metric far, far worse
Meta believes the future of data center storage is QLC flash

Apple One's Premier subscription tier just got two new perks, but I still don't think it's worth nearly $40 a month
Does anyone even use Apple Arcade?

Still using an iPad as a Home Hub? Bad news Apple is about to end support for it
The latest HomeKit architecture is about to become mandatory

Future PlayStation games could have AI-powered characters, if this leaked prototype of Aloy is anything to go by
And AI-loy could lead the change

Sean Plankey selected as CISA director by President Trump
Plankey also served in the first Trump administration

Fake jobs and phone calls: How Americans lost $12.5 bn to fraud in 2024
The FTC shares new figures on record losses from fraud schemes

New leak claims Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PS5 release will come in April
The Premium Edition will allow two days of early access

Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU spotted in Acer gaming PC, suggesting rumors of imminent launch are correct and that itll run with only 8GB of video RAM
Im still worried about this GPUs level of future-proofing, frankly

Score a pair of OnePlus Nord Buds 3 Pro for $30 off
Snag a new pair of buds just in time for warm weather outings.

Neil Druckmann reveals new details about Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, says it's 'a game about faith and religion' and wants players to be '...
The game takes place

Business investors are positive about AIs impact on the economy
Investors and CEOs anticipate economic growth, fuelled by AI

Asus might have just changed the display game for good with three new air-purifying monitors - and one of them is ultrawide
Good move from you Asus...

Ransomware gangs allegedly hit two major US healthcare firms, 300,000 patients have data stolen
Sunflower Medical Group and Community Care Alliance confirm suffering cyberattack

Roblox fashion sphere grows as Bunka launches Digital Fashion Program
Bunka Fashion College debuted its Digital Fashion Program, with its students making avatar looks alongside physical clothing.

Cruel Intentions has been canceled after one season on Prime Video, but I'm not surprised by its cruel fate
All cruel things must come to an end

Ending the fix/break cycle of End User Computing support
Automating EUC workflows to break repetitive task cycles

Allstate sued for exposing personal customer information in plaintext
Two data breaches were never reported, lawsuit claims

Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, March 12 (game #1143)
My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going

Global smartwatch sales fall for first time
Market researchers say the slumping popularity of the market-leading Apple Watch was to blame

Want to buy an RX 9070 or 9070 XT but fed up of the GPUs being out of stock? AMD promises that more supply is coming ASAP
Pricing worries around MSRP graphics cards remain, though

This new health protocol combines 40 smartwatch biomarkers and blood tests to give you a health score
Available on Wear OS and Apple Watch now

A new SMS energy scam is using Elon Musks face to steal your money
Scammers are selling a fake energy device

Nation-state threats are targeting UK AI research
Alan Turing Institute warns of threats against UK AI

CRM provider Creatio launches first AI native platform with agentic digital talent built-in
Creatio unveiled a new CRM paradigm that puts a prompt entry box front and center, allowing the user to simply type in what they need.

iOS 19: the 3 biggest rumors so far, and what I want to see
A design overhaul, a new camera app, and more

Google bug bounty payments hit nearly $12 million in 2024
660 security researchers got Google bounty payouts last year

Fluance's new active stereo speakers look like a dream soundbar alternative, as well as being perfect for turntables or Bluetooth music
Who needs a soundbar, anyway?

Warner Bros is replacing some DVDs that rot and become unwatchable but theres a big catch that undermines the value of physical media
Some affected movies are literally irreplaceable

Camera-toting AirPods with Apple Intelligence said to be in active development but the idea may be too flawed to take off
AirPods with eyes might not be Apple

Cerebras just announced 6 new AI datacenters that process 40M tokens per second and it could be bad news for Nvidia
Cerebras Systems is challenging Nvidia with six new AI data centers across North America, promising 10x faster inference speeds and 7x cost reduction for companies using advanced AI models like Llama 3.

Security flaw means AMD Zen CPUs can be "jailbroken"
Google showed everyone how to push microcode updates

Google Chromecast users' fury at second day of TV streaming issue
Google says it is aware of an issue impacting some Chromecast devices and is working to fix.

PS5 Pro games will soon get something 'very similar' to FSR 4 for what Sony is calling 'the next evolution of PSSR'
PS5 Pro games in 2026 will feature FSR 4-level tech

What time is Daredevil: Born Again episode 3 going to be released on Disney+?
I find the answer... quite profound

A Nintendo Switch 2 FCC filing confirms Wi-Fi 6 and NFC support for the upcoming console
Keep your amiibos

Modders do what AMD can't (or won't) by adding FSR 4 support to more games
The modding community remains undefeated

How decision makers can overcome analysis paralysis with AI
How AI is streamlining business strategy and enhancing decision-making.

The next Xbox console is reportedly now 'fully in production' and targeting a 2027 release
The next-gen Xbox console is

Criminals are spreading malware disguised as DeepSeek AI
Fake DeepSeek websites are distributing dangerous malware, experts warn
