The Justice Department said Thursday it has successfully seized and dismantled access to a series of routers that Russian military hackers had used to target the U.S. and other governments.
Why it matters: The latest botnet takedown adds to a growing list of operations the DOJ has undertaken to dismantle the web infrastructure hackers rely on in their attacks.
Cybersecurity companies and investors are betting 2024 will finally be the year workplaces embrace browsers that come with enterprise-grade security baked in.
Why it matters: Ever since remote work took hold of corporate America in 2020, employees have become more reliant on their own devices for work — making it more difficult for IT teams to manage what applications, websites and files workers download.
Forget Travis and Taylor at the Super Bowl. Even AI covers of Beyoncé's country music singles released Sunday are going viral.
The intrigue: Covers of "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" were made to sound like singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus performed them, and they amassed a collective 1.2 million views, per a Miley Cyrus fansite's post on X.
OpenAI on Thursday announced Sora, its first tool that can turn a text prompt into a video of up to one minute in length. However, OpenAI said Sora is still in the research stage and is not yet being added to any of the company's products.
The big picture: Others, including Meta, Google and Runway, have announced or released their own text-to-video engines.
AI is driving massive demand for edge computing infrastructure, as industrial and commercial users need to process more data locally to take advantage of AI's capabilities.
Why it matters: The shift follows years of big tech companies pushing organizations to migrate data to cloud computing services in remote data centers.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing legislation that would criminalize some deceptive and abusive uses of AI and require disclosure of AI in election campaign materials, her office tells Axios.
Walmart is in talks to buy smart TV maker Vizio for more than $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Why it matters: This reflects how big retailers are muscling in on the personalized advertising market, using media content to complement their existing customer data.
Sam Altman isn't just the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI. He's also the owner of OpenAI Startup Fund, which Altman once called a "corporate venture fund," according to federal securities filings.
Why it matters: OpenAI's structural strangeness permeates all aspects of the business.
Motorists using General Motors' Super Cruise driver-assistance technology can now go hands-free on more back roads across rural America.
Why it matters: The Super Cruise expansion comes amid pressing questions about the safety of self-driving cars following a series of high-profile incidents, including one in San Francisco that forced GM to ground its fleet of Cruise robotaxis.
While nearly everyone in the AI world claims to be "open" in some way, the software industry's current method of making open products doesn't fit the way AI is actually built.
Why it matters: Open approaches could speed up innovation, as advocates believe, or magnify some risks, as critics fear — but the people and companies creating today's most advanced AI models don't even agree on what "open" AI means.
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