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AI Helped Find a Critical Bug Affecting Huge Swathes of the Internet

Newly announced vulnerabilities could affect broad swathes of the internet after being discovered by teams of cybersecurity professionals—with heavy AI assistance. The issues affect PHP, a widely-used open-source programming language that provides a foundation for content management systems like WordPress, which powers a broad array of websites…

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Mother Jones· Oct 21, 8:54 PMAI Helped Find a Critical Bug Affecting Huge Swathes of the Internet

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'Working People Will Pay a High Price': Report Warns AI Bubble Is 'Primed to Pop'A report released on Wednesday warns that the investment boom in artificial intelligence is a financial bubble that is "primed to pop" and harm working-class Americans if lawmakers don't take concrete steps to shield them from the damage. The report, produced by Open Markets Institute and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, warns that Big Tech…

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NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AIThe National Security Agency (NSA) warned organizations Wednesday to immediately patch a pair of security flaws or take their systems offline after artificial intelligence discovered vulnerabilities in a key programming language. "Effective Immediately, all organizations using PHP for their systems are advised to be prepared for an update addressing two…

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GM Aims to Bring ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving to AI-Powered Cars Within 2 YearsGeneral Motors is seeking help from artificial intelligence to keep up with Chinese companies that introduce vehicles very quickly.

The New York Times8h agoWhole story →

USPTO looks to AI agents to ease examiner workloadsThe office’s Acting Commissioner for Patents Barry Schindler said putting agents in the hands of its examiners “can shorten that [review process] to one year, because you can pick up the phone and have conversations.”

Government Executive9h agoWhole story →

Memphis Wants to Be the “Digital Delta.” Its Residents Want to Breathe.The Memphis City Council narrowly failed to pass an 18-month data center moratorium Tuesday night, but instead approved a 135-day development pause. Elon Musk’s xAI has claimed the city as its “home,” building three hyperscale AI data centers in the Memphis metro area and looking to expand further. But the people who live there have […]

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The government learned the hard lessons of cloud. It should apply them to AI now.Agencies should apply cloud-era disciplines to models, prompts and agents now, and shift from "human in the loop" to "human in the lead.”

Federal News Network5h agoWhole story →

Internet races to fend off newly discovered security flaws{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Internet races to fend off newly discovered security flaws The National Security Agency (NSA) warned organizations Wednesday to immediately patch a pair of security flaws or take their systems offline after artificial intelligence discovered vulnerabilities in a key programming language. © AP Photo/Patrick…

The Hill5h agoWhole story →

Turning defense data chaos into mission advantage: The necessity of federated AIThe next mission-critical dataset a warfighter needs will rarely be sitting in the platform built to serve them.

Federal News Network5h agoWhole story →

HHS telework rollback challenge upheld by FLRAFederal Labor Relations Authority members wrote that HHS seemingly used generative AI tools to draft its legal brief, since many of its citations were “fictitious, erroneous, or irrelevant.”

Government Executive5h agoWhole story →

There Certainly Is an AI Bubble, Says Opinion's AuthersBloomberg Opinion Columnist John Authers says there is an AI bubble and someone is going to "lose their shirt" because of it. He speaks during a Bloomberg Opinion event held exclusively for Bloomberg.com subscribers in New York. (Source: Bloomberg)

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