russia Russian Hackers Disable Viasat Satellites One Hour Before Ukraine Invasion Russian government hackers launch a destructive cyberattack against American satellite company Viasat just an hour before the physical invasion of Ukraine, crippling military communications.
russia Western Nations Formally Blame Russia for Massive Viasat Satellite Cyberattack The U.S., U.K., and EU officially attribute the February Viasat satellite outage to the Russian government as part of its invasion of Ukraine. The destructive cyberattack disrupts communications across Europe and disables thousands of wind turbines.
russia Russian Hackers Disabled Viasat Satellite Network to Aid Ukraine Invasion Russian state hackers launch a destructive cyberattack on Viasat just an hour before the physical invasion of Ukraine, severely disrupting military communications. This coordinated operation highlights the growing role of cyber warfare in modern military strategy.
robotics Robotics Pioneers Rodney Brooks and Clara Vu Tackle Human-Robot Collaboration Leading roboticists Rodney Brooks and Clara Vu prepare to explore the future of human-robot interaction and the growing $8 billion cobot market at TC Sessions: Robotics 2022.
ai AI Bias Often Originates From Flawed Data Annotation Instructions A new study reveals that the instructions given to data annotators introduce significant bias into AI systems. Annotators pick up on subtle patterns in these guidelines, leading to over-represented and skewed data that negatively impacts machine learning models.
privacy Period Tracking Apps Pose Serious Privacy Risks After Roe Reversal The overturning of Roe v. Wade brings renewed scrutiny to period-tracking apps, as experts warn that the intimate data they collect lacks federal privacy protections and could potentially be used against users in states that ban abortion.
meta Meta Releases 175-Billion Parameter Language Model to Researchers Meta shares its massive OPT-175B language model with academics to help study and reduce AI bias and toxicity. The release includes the pretrained model and training code for researchers who lack the resources to build such systems from scratch.
meta Meta Frees Massive Language Model to Boost AI Transparency Meta releases its powerful new GPT-3 rival to the research community in an unprecedented push for open AI development. The move allows independent experts to examine the model's capabilities and harmful flaws.
meta Meta Releases Massive Open-Source Language Model to Promote AI Transparency Meta breaks from Big Tech norms by freely releasing a fully trained large language model to researchers. The unprecedented move allows outside experts to examine the system's remarkable abilities and harmful flaws.
meta Meta Releases 175B Parameter Language Model to Advance AI Research Meta AI shares its massive OPT-175B language model with researchers to democratize access and improve understanding of AI risks. The release includes both the pretrained model and the underlying code under a noncommercial license.
supreme court Supreme Court Draft Opinion Signals Overturning of Roe v. Wade A leaked initial draft majority opinion shows the Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, returning abortion legislation to individual states. Justice Samuel Alito writes that the 1973 ruling was egregiously wrong from the start.
anthropic Anthropic Raises $580 Million to Build Explainable, Safe AI Systems Anthropic secures a massive $580 million funding round to research how large-scale AI models operate and develop better built-in safeguards. The company focuses on making artificial intelligence more predictable and understandable as these systems rapidly grow in complexity.
aws AWS Posts Strong Q1 Gains as Amazon Reports $3.8 Billion Loss Amazon Web Services generates $18.4 billion in revenue and boasts a massive $88.9 billion backlog, contrasting sharply with Amazon's overall quarterly loss.
anthropic Anthropic Secures $580M to Advance Safe AI Research AI research firm Anthropic raises $580 million in a Series B round led by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to advance AI safety and scaling laws. The company plans to expand its team and explore the societal impacts of machine learning.
anthropic Anthropic Raises $580 Million to Tackle Unpredictable AI Scaling Anthropic secures a massive $580 million funding round to research how large AI models behave unpredictably as they scale. The company aims to build safer, more explainable AI systems rather than relying on post-training filters.