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Sonos One Speakers Have Critical Security Flaws; Hackers Win $105, The Sonos One wireless speakers could be potentially exploited to gain information disclosure and remote code execution, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) says in a report published last week. It details four vulnerabilities it has found. The most serious of these areCVE-2023-27352 and CVE-20 23-27355…

GANonymization: A Novel Framework for Preserving Facial Expressions in Face An This paper describes a new approach to face-anonymization that focuses on emotion recognition. The authors introduce GANonymization, a novel face anonymization framework that preserves facial expressions while removing identifying traits. They present four main components of the framework: face extraction, face segmentation, facial landmarks…

ChatGPT is a Lifeline for Some Autistic People ChatGPT is a chatbot that helps people like Madi Young, an autistic person, learn to communicate with others who are more neurotypical. Although ChatGPT has had some therapeutic effects on Young, she says, the true impact on patients is largely unknownMadison YoungMadi Young works as a consultant…

Microsoft’s $5.9 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard’s is facing regulatory scrutiny in Microsoft will appeal the decision to block its $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. The U.K. regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, will hold a hearing on the matter on July 24th. An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for August 2nd. This comes just…

Apple rumored VR headset screens could have ridiculously high-end This is some more info about the displays of Apple’s rumored mixed reality headset. According to a tweet from Ross Young, the CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, the AR / VR headset will be equipped with two 1.41-inch Micro OLED screens, each with 4,000 ppI…

Experts Warn That Runaway AI Is an Extinction Risk This one sentence statement by the Center for AI Safety addresses extinction from artificial intelligence: Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a priority over other societal-scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war, says a press release. Dan Hendrycks, director of the center…

Amazon is discontinuing Alexa’s celebrity voices, even if you paid for them. The voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Melisssa McCarthy are no longer available for purchase on Amazon. That’s it for celebrity voices on Alexa. Well, that was supposed to be the end of that. But according to a note on Jackson’s…

OpenAI is not doing enough to make ChatGPT’s limitations clear ChatGPT may occasionally generate incorrect information, but OpenAI does its best to warn people that it may be wrong. The problem, of course, was that none of the cases ChatGPT suggested exist. Because when it comes to preparing people to use technology as powerful, as…

Apple’s WWDC 2023: all the news Apple will unveil new features in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS at its upcoming conference, WWDC, in September. There have also been rumors that the company will open up its operating systems to comply with new regulations in Europe, which could present major opportunities for developers. Apple may…

Top AI researchers and CEOs warn of risk of extinction in 22-word statement A group of topAI experts have issued a new warning about the existential threat that they believe artificial intelligence poses to humanity. They point to the inability of AI systems to handle even relatively mundane tasks, like driving a carThe statement is…