Leben (Life aka misc)
Meta’s AI Safety System Defeated By the Space Bar
Meta’s machine-learning model for detecting prompt injection attacks — special prompts to make neural networks behave inappropriately — is itself vulnerable to, you guessed it, prompt injection attacks. Prompt-Guard-86M, introduced by Meta last week in conjunction with its Llama 3.1 generative model, is intended “to help developers detect and respond Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Passkey Adoption Has Increased By 400 Percent In 2024
According to new report, password manager Dashlane has seen a 400 percent increase in passkey authentications since the beginning of the year, “with 1 in 5 active Dashlane users now having at least one passkey in their Dashlane vault. Over 100 sites now offer passkey support, though Dashlane says the Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
How Decline of Indian Vultures Led To 500,000 Human Deaths
Once upon a time, the vulture was an abundant and ubiquitous bird in India. The scavenging birds hovered over sprawling landfills, looking for cattle carcasses. Sometimes they would alarm pilots by getting sucked into jet engines during airport take-offs. But more than two decades ago, India’s vultures began dying because Read more…
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Low-Income Homes Drop Internet Service After Congress Kills Discount Program
The death of the US government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is starting to result in disconnection of Internet service for Americans with low incomes. On Friday, Charter Communications reported a net loss of 154,000 Internet subscribers that it said was mostly driven by customers canceling after losing the federal discount. Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
AI Won’t Replace Human Workers, But People Who Use It Will Replace Those Who Don’t
AI experts tend to agree that rapid advances in the technology will impact jobs. But there’s a clear division growing between those who see that as a cause for concern and those who believe it heralds a future of growth. Andrew Ng, the founder of Google Brain and a professor Read more…