Some details on the iPhone 16 have leaked, and they have many calling this the biggest upgrade Apple has made to the iPhone in years - so, what's new?
iPhone 16 Details Leak: Are MAJOR Upgrades Coming to the New Model?
Some details on the iPhone 16 have leaked, and they have many calling this the biggest upgrade Apple has made to the iPhone in years - so, what's new?
OpenAI Finds itself in Multiple Controversies... Again. Plus Other Big AI News This Week....
The world of artificial intelligence continues to evolve rapidly, with new developments emerging across various domains. Here's a roundup of the latest AI news:
AI Image Generation Reaches New Heights
Recent advancements in AI-generated images have been remarkable, with models like Flux producing incredibly realistic human portraits. While some minor imperfections remain, such as gibberish text on lanyards or slightly off microphone renderings, the overall quality is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from real photographs.
OpenAI Continues to Find itself in Controversies, and other OpenAI News...
Open AI, one of the leading AI research companies, has been at the center of several developments and controversies:
Cryptic "Strawberry" References: CEO Sam Altman posted an image of strawberries, fueling speculation about a rumored advanced AI model codenamed "Strawberry."
Leadership Changes: Co-founder John Sheu left to join Anthropic, while Greg Brockman announced an extended sabbatical.
New Board Member: Ziko Kolter, an AI safety and alignment expert, joined Open AI's board.
GPT-4.0 System Card: Open AI released a detailed report on safety measures for GPT-4.0.
Emotional Attachment Warning: The company cautioned about potential user emotional reliance on AI voice modes.
Structured Outputs API: A new feature for developers was introduced to improve data handling.
AI Text Detection Tool: Open AI developed but chose not to release a tool for identifying AI-generated text.
Legal Challenges: Elon Musk filed a new lawsuit against Open AI, while a YouTuber initiated a class action suit over alleged copyright infringement.
Anthropic's Bug Bounty Program
Anthropic launched a bug bounty program offering up to $115,000 for discovering novel jailbreak attacks on their AI models.
AI in Job Searches
HubSpot released a toolkit designed to help job seekers leverage AI in their search for employment opportunities.
Character AI Partners with Google
Character AI's co-founders are joining Google, with the company's CEO returning to his former employer to work on AI models at DeepMind.
Advancements in AI for Math and Video
Qwen-2-Math: A new large language model fine-tuned for mathematical tasks outperforms existing models in benchmark testing.
ByteDance's Jimang AI: TikTok's parent company debuted a new AI video generation model, though its capabilities compared to Open AI's Sora remain unclear.
Runway ML Updates: Runway introduced a new feature allowing users to specify ending frames in AI-generated videos.
Opus Clip Enhancements: The AI-powered video clipping tool added new capabilities for identifying specific content within videos.
Other AI Integrations and Developments
WordPress AI Writing Tool: Automatic launched an AI tool to improve blog readability.
Amazon Music and Audible AI Features: Both platforms are testing AI-powered content discovery features.
Reddit AI Search: The platform is testing AI-generated summaries for search results.
Google's AI-Powered TV Streamer: A new device leveraging Gemini AI for content curation is in development.
AI in Drive-Throughs: Wendy's is testing AI-powered ordering systems with improved accuracy.
Robotics Advancements: Google DeepMind showcased a table tennis-playing robot, while Nvidia demonstrated AR-controlled robotics using Apple Vision Pro.
New Humanoid Robot: Figure Robotics unveiled the Figure 02, a new humanoid robot being tested on BMW production lines.
As AI technology continues to advance, we can expect to see more innovations and integrations across various industries in the coming months, and you'll hear about them here as soon as it happens!
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Author: Trevor Kingsley
Tech News CITY // New York Newsroom
Video: As Robotics and AI Merge, a Huge Competition for Progress, and Funding, is Developing...
In This Video: Major technology and robotics companies are advancing their efforts to develop and train artificial intelligence models. These AI systems are being designed to perform a wide range of roles and functions, preparing for a future where AI is integral to various industries and aspects of everyday life.
Video Courtesy of NBC News
Major Windows Security Hole Went Unpatched by Microsoft for Over a YEAR...
Hackers have been targeting Windows 10 and 11 users with malware for over a year, but a fix has finally arrived in the latest Windows update released on July 9th.
This vulnerability, exploited by malicious code since at least January 2023, was reported to Microsoft by researchers. It was fixed on Tuesday as part of Microsoft’s monthly patch release, tracked as CVE-2024-38112. The flaw, residing in the MSHTML engine of Windows, had a severity rating of 7.0 out of 10.
Security firm Check Point discovered the attack code, which used “novel tricks” to lure Windows users into executing remote code. One method involved a file named Books_A0UJKO.pdf.url, which appeared as a PDF in Windows but was actually a .url file designed to open an application via a link.
Internet Explorer Continues to Haunt Windows...
When viewed in Windows, these files looked like PDFs, but they opened a link that called msedge.exe (Edge browser). This link included attributes like mhtml: and !x-usc:, a trick long used by threat actors to open applications such as MS Word. Instead of opening in Edge, the link would open in Internet Explorer (IE), which is less secure and outdated.
Internet Explorer, Microsoft's infamously insecure browser has been discontinued for years, and even more previously unknown vulnerabilities are still occasionally discovered. The point being - once a hacker has Internet Explorer open, and the ability to tell it to open a URL, they can choose from a wide variety of methods to install software, execute code, or destroy data.
IE would prompt the user with a dialog box to open the file, and if the user clicked “open,” a second dialog box appeared, vaguely warning about opening content on the Windows device. Clicking “allow” would cause IE to load a file ending in .hta, running embedded code.
Haifei Li, the Check Point researcher who discovered the vulnerability, summarized the attack methods: the first technique used the “mhtml” trick to call IE instead of the more secure Chrome/Edge. The second technique tricked users into thinking they were opening a PDF while actually executing a dangerous .hta application. The goal was to make victims believe they were opening a PDF using these two tricks.
Check Point’s report includes cryptographic hashes for six malicious .url files used in the campaign, which Windows users can use to check if they’ve been targeted.
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Author: Stephen Hannan
New York Newsroom
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