North Korea seen using ChatGPT for AI studies amid cybercrime fears: Report
3 weeks, 6 days ago

North Korea seen using ChatGPT for AI studies amid cybercrime fears: Report

India Today  

North Korean researchers at Kim Il Sung University are reportedly studying ChatGPT as part of their AI research, according to The Korea Herald. While the report did not confirm whether the AI model is being used for practical applications, the study of ChatGPT suggests an interest in integrating AI into North Korea’s technological development. NORTH KOREA'S USE OF AI FOR CYBERCRIMES The Voice of Korea report came shortly after OpenAI banned accounts linked to North Korea and China for misusing ChatGPT. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group recently found that North Korean hackers had used Google’s Gemini chatbot to target the South Korean military and steal cryptocurrency.

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OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities
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1 month ago

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities

Deccan Chronicle  

OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea who the artificial intelligence company believes were using its technology for malicious purposes including surveillance and opinion-influence operations, the ChatGPT maker said on Friday. In one instance, users had ChatGPT generate news articles in Spanish that denigrated the United States and were published by mainstream news outlets in Latin …

China’s AI surveillance? OpenAI bans accounts using ChatGPT for social media monitoring
1 month ago

China’s AI surveillance? OpenAI bans accounts using ChatGPT for social media monitoring

Live Mint  

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it has banned several accounts from China that attempted to write sales pitches and debug code for a suspected social media surveillance company. According to a report published by OpenAI, the banned accounts were using ChatGPT to promote and augment an AI assistant capable of collecting real-time data and reports on anti-China protests in the US, …

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities
1 month ago

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities

The Hindu  

OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea who the artificial intelligence company believes were using its technology for malicious purposes including surveillance and opinion-influence operations, the ChatGPT maker said on Friday. In one instance, users had ChatGPT generate news articles in Spanish that denigrated the United States and were published by mainstream news outlets in Latin …

Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns
1 month ago

Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, South Korean officials said Monday. South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission said DeepSeek’s apps were removed from the local versions of Apple’s App Store and Google Play on Saturday …

OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT
1 month, 2 weeks ago

OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT

Raw Story  

by Hiroshi Hiyama and Katie Forster U.S. tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the artificial intelligence field. The company made the announcement in Tokyo, where OpenAI chief Sam Altman also trumpeted a new joint venture with tech investor SoftBank Group to …

OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT
1 month, 2 weeks ago

OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT

The Hindu  

US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" ahead of high-level meetings in Tokyo, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field. OpenAI, whose ChatGPT fronted generative AI's emergence into public consciousness in 2022, said its new tool "accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours". OpenAI chief …

DeepSeek faces South Korean investigation over data privacy issues, following scrutiny in Italy and France
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DeepSeek faces South Korean investigation over data privacy issues, following scrutiny in Italy and France

Live Mint  

South Korea's data protection authority has announced it will seek clarification from Chinese tech startup DeepSeek regarding its handling of users' personal information. A spokesperson from South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission confirmed to AFP that they would formally request information from DeepSeek regarding the AI’s data processing practices. Italy’s data protection agency initiated an investigation into DeepSeek's AI, blocking …

OpenAI says Chinese firms like Deepseek try to copy U.S. AI tech
1 month, 3 weeks ago

OpenAI says Chinese firms like Deepseek try to copy U.S. AI tech

The Hindu  

ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday said that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models, prompting increased security measures and closer cooperation with U.S. authorities. OpenAI's statement came after Chinese startup DeepSeek sparked panic on Wall Street this week with its powerful new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its U.S. competitors. "We know …

Chinese and Iranian hackers are using US AI products to bolster cyberattacks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chinese and Iranian hackers are using US AI products to bolster cyberattacks

Live Mint  

Google’s new research sheds light on how foreign actors are using generative AI to boost their hacking efforts. Hackers linked to China, Iran and other foreign governments are using new AI technology to bolster their cyberattacks against U.S. and global targets, according to U.S. officials and new security research. In the past year, dozens of hacking groups in more than …

How North Korean hackers stole billions in crypto while posing as VCs, IT workers
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How North Korean hackers stole billions in crypto while posing as VCs, IT workers

Firstpost  

North Korean hacking groups use sophisticated methods to infiltrate targets. One group, dubbed “Sapphire Sleet” by Microsoft, impersonates venture capitalists and recruiters North Korea’s hackers operate under minimal risk due to existing sanctions, which limit the country’s exposure to further penalties. Image Credit: Reuters A new wave of cybercrime linked to North Korea has emerged, with hackers posing as venture …

Hackers broke into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report claims
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hackers broke into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. OpenAI also did not inform US law enforcement agencies of the incident, the report said, because the …

ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI
1 year, 1 month ago

ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI

Associated Press  

LONDON — Italian regulators said they told OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union’s stringent data privacy rules. The country’s data protection authority, known as Garante, said Monday that it notified San Francisco-based OpenAI of breaches of the EU rules, known as General Data Protection Regulation. We actively work to reduce personal data in training our …

ChatGPT maker OpenAI partners with US military in big AI usage policy revamp
1 year, 2 months ago

ChatGPT maker OpenAI partners with US military in big AI usage policy revamp

Hindustan Times  

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is working with the US military on a number of projects including cybersecurity capabilities, Bloomberg reported. The ChatGPT maker has also held initial talks with the Biden administration on methods to assist with preventing veteran suicide, OpenAI's vice president of global affaors Anna Makanju said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft …

OpenAI introduces voice and image prompts to ChatGPT
1 year, 5 months ago

OpenAI introduces voice and image prompts to ChatGPT

Al Jazeera  

OpenAI is bringing audio and image capabilities to ChatGPT. ChatGPT’s new voice feature can also narrate bedtime stories, settle debates at the dinner table and speak out loud text input from users. It’s essential for us to responsibly develop and manage these… — Christopher CSI September 25, 2023 In a conversation with WIRED, Trevor Darrell, professor at UC Berkeley and …

‘Dr. Google’ meets its match: Dr. ChatGPT
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Dr. Google’ meets its match: Dr. ChatGPT

LA Times  

As a fourth-year ophthalmology resident at Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Riley Lyons’ biggest responsibilities include triage: When a patient comes in with an eye-related complaint, Lyons must make an immediate assessment of its urgency. Google.” Online, Lyons said, they are likely to find that “any number of terrible things could be going on based on the symptoms that …

Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X
1 year, 7 months ago

Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X

Wired  

Despite the tic, the botnet posted many convincing messages promoting cryptocurrency sites. “Any pretty-good bad guys would not make that mistake,” Menczer says. “It tricks both the platform and the users,” Menczer says of the ChatGPT-powered botnet. This May, Wang’s lab developed a technique for automatically distinguishing ChatGPT-generated text from real human writing, but he says it is expensive to …

More US Workers Turning To ChatGPT For Routine Assistance Despite Concerns, Study Reveals
1 year, 7 months ago

More US Workers Turning To ChatGPT For Routine Assistance Despite Concerns, Study Reveals

ABP News  

According to a recent survey by Reuters/Ipsos, a growing number of workers in the United States are turning to ChatGPT for assistance with routine tasks, despite concerns that prompted companies like Microsoft and Google to limit its use. Of those polled in an online AI survey conducted between July 11 and 17 by Reuters/Ipsos, 28 per cent indicated they regularly …

Stolen ChatGPT accounts for sale on the dark web
1 year, 8 months ago

Stolen ChatGPT accounts for sale on the dark web

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cyber security firm Flare discovered over 200,000 OpenAI logins on the dark web – a section of …

AI Hallucinates, Falsely Implicates: Man sues OpenAI after ChatGPT claimed he embezzled money
1 year, 9 months ago

AI Hallucinates, Falsely Implicates: Man sues OpenAI after ChatGPT claimed he embezzled money

Firstpost  

Mark Walters, a radio host from Georgia, US, has taken legal action against OpenAI following an incident involving the ChatGPT service. Although it may be challenging for the legal team to demonstrate in court that an AI chatbot like ChatGPT caused damage to Walters’ reputation, this lawsuit has the potential to shape the ongoing discourse surrounding such tools, as they …

ChatGPT user in China detained for creating and spreading fake news, police say
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT user in China detained for creating and spreading fake news, police say

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese police said they recently detained a ChatGPT user for allegedly using the AI-powered chatbot to create a fake news story about a nonexistent train crash. It’s one of the first enforcement actions under a recently enacted Chinese law regulating AI-generated “deepfakes” — seemingly realistic but fabricated digital images, video or other media. According to a police …

Samsung workers banned from using ChatGPT after engineers leak source code to chatbot
1 year, 10 months ago

Samsung workers banned from using ChatGPT after engineers leak source code to chatbot

The Hindu  

Samsung issued a warning to some staff members after learning that several engineers leaked internal source code to the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, Bloomberg reported. The electronics manufacturing giant proceeded to ban staff members from accessing generative AI systems such as ChatGPT while using company devices or networks. Furthermore, Samsung warned employees against uploading sensitive work and/or personal information to such …

Japanese universities become latest to restrict use of ChatGPT
1 year, 11 months ago

Japanese universities become latest to restrict use of ChatGPT

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Japanese universities are curtailing students’ use of the OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT amid concerns …

Italy curbs ChatGPT, starts probe over privacy concerns
1 year, 11 months ago

Italy curbs ChatGPT, starts probe over privacy concerns

The Hindu  

Italy's Data Protection Authority on Friday temporarily banned OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot and launched a probe over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application's data collection rules. Italy, which provisionally restricted ChatGPT's use of domestic users' personal data, became the first Western country to take action against a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. On Wednesday, Elon Musk and a group …

ChatGPT Being Exploited By Cybercriminals To Spread Malware Via Facebook: CloudSEK
1 year, 11 months ago

ChatGPT Being Exploited By Cybercriminals To Spread Malware Via Facebook: CloudSEK

ABP News  

According to cyber intelligence firm CloudSEK, cybercriminals are using ChatGPT's popularity to distribute malware via Facebook CloudSEK's cyber intelligence analyst Bablu Kumar warned, "Cybercriminals are capitalising on the popularity of ChatGPT, exploiting Facebook's vast user base by compromising legitimate Facebook accounts to distribute malware via Facebook ads, putting users' security at risk. CloudSEK has also discovered at least 25 websites …

China’s tech minister says replicating ChatGPT is a huge challenge for Chinese tech companies
2 years ago

China’s tech minister says replicating ChatGPT is a huge challenge for Chinese tech companies

Firstpost  

Impressed by what ChatGPT can do and how useful it will be to the Chinese government and the Chinese tech industry, several big tech companies in China, as well as newly found startups are in a rush to create Chinese alternatives to OpenAI’s text generator. Also read: AI frenzy: Chinese tech firms are scrambling to make AI generative bots like …

Michelle Donelan: ChatGPT robot could play role in government
2 years ago

Michelle Donelan: ChatGPT robot could play role in government

The Telegraph  

ChatGPT could play a role in the workings of government, the new science minister has said. But she added: “We need to think about what is the use for ChatGPT… just like any other organisation would as well.” Asked whether it could play a role in some capacity, Ms Donelan said: “I think these are things we need to look …

China to regulate AI use amid ChatGPT frenzy: Report
2 years ago

China to regulate AI use amid ChatGPT frenzy: Report

Hindustan Times  

China will introduce rules to govern the use of artificial intelligence across a swath of industries, moving to regulate emergent spheres as ChatGPT fever sweeps the world’s No. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s conversational bot has captivated users since its rollout months ago, prompting a plethora of American and Chinese corporations to unveil similar projects and inflaming AI-linked stocks. Beijing Deep Glint …

China Slams ChatGPT, Asks Tech Giants Not To Use Chatbot Over 'Uncensored' Replies: Report
2 years ago

China Slams ChatGPT, Asks Tech Giants Not To Use Chatbot Over 'Uncensored' Replies: Report

ABP News  

ChatGPT, the AI-driven chatbot developed by OpenAI that is capable of providing surprisingly detailed solutions to users' queries, has seen a great popularity among individuals and institutions alike. As per a report by Nikkei Asia, regulators in the country have asked Tencent and Alibaba's Ant Group to not offer ChatGPT services to the public, claiming that there's a "growing alarm …

Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger
2 years, 1 month ago

Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger

Wired  

In the weeks following the release of OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT late last year, Google AI chief Jeff Dean expressed concern that deploying a conversational search engine too quickly might pose a reputational risk for Alphabet. Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s head of responsible AI, acknowledged that the bot could still “hallucinate” untrue information but said the technology had been made more …

ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options
2 years, 1 month ago

ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options

The Hindu  

Microsoft-backed OpenAI has kept its hit ChatGPT app off-limits to users in China, but the app is attracting huge interest in the country, with firms rushing to integrate the technology into their products and launch rival solutions. Unlike the metaverse which faces huge difficulty in finding real-life application, ChatGPT has suddenly helped us achieve human-computer interaction," said Ding Daoshi, director …

ChatGPT maker OpenAI releases tool to identify AI-written text
2 years, 1 month ago

ChatGPT maker OpenAI releases tool to identify AI-written text

The Hindu  

The company that developed the AI chatbot ChatGPT has released a new classification tool in order to help users identify text that was written with AI, but said the classifier was not “fully reliable.” OpenAI explained the abilities and limitations of the new classifier it had trained, in a blog post on January 31. The classifier is meant to address …

ChatGPT new feature can distinguish text written by AI
2 years, 1 month ago

ChatGPT new feature can distinguish text written by AI

Live Mint  

OpenAI, which released the viral ChatGPT chatbot last year, unveiled a tool that’s intended to help show if text has been authored by an artificial intelligence program and passed off as human. “While it is impossible to reliably detect all AI-written text, we believe good classifiers can inform mitigations for false claims that AI-generated text was written by a human: …

Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection tool
2 years, 1 month ago

Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection tool

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The district is also discussing possibly expanding the use of ChatGPT into classrooms to let teachers use it to train students to be better …

ChatGPT Rival? Google May Introduce AI-Chatbot Competitor In May
2 years, 2 months ago

ChatGPT Rival? Google May Introduce AI-Chatbot Competitor In May

ABP News  

Tech giant Google is preparing to introduce at least 20 artificial intelligence -powered tools and a search chatbot during its annual developer conference in May this year, amid pressure from OpenAI's ChatGPT. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has declared a "code red" and boosted AI development, as the tech giant sees ChatGPT as a threat to its search business. "Pichai reportedly …

Cybercriminals using ChatGPT AI bot to develop malicious tools?
2 years, 2 months ago

Cybercriminals using ChatGPT AI bot to develop malicious tools?

Hindustan Times  

As ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool, gains in popularity, more and more nefarious use cases have started to appear online. ChatGPT website According to a report from cyber security firm Check Point Research, the cybercriminal community has already expressed strong interest in this latest trend to develop malicious code. "Several major underground hacking communities show that there are already first …

DeepMind’s AI chatbot can do things that ChatGPT cannot, CEO claims
2 years, 2 months ago

DeepMind’s AI chatbot can do things that ChatGPT cannot, CEO claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google’s artificial intelligence division DeepMind is considering releasing its rival to the ChatGPT …

Explained | Does ChatGPT have an ethics problem?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Does ChatGPT have an ethics problem?

The Hindu  

In November 2022, OpenAI opened its most recent and powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to users to test its capability. While it can close the gates for amateur coders looking to build malware, the more seasoned ones could trick the bot into correcting or enhancing malicious code they have partially developed. Cybersecurity firm Check Point’s researchers tested the bot by asking …

Viral ChatGPT poses propaganda and hacking risks, researchers warn
2 years, 2 months ago

Viral ChatGPT poses propaganda and hacking risks, researchers warn

LA Times  

Cybersecurity experts warn that ChatGPT and similar AI models could lead to increasingly sophisticated online influence operations and lower the bar for hackers to write malicious code to target existing or newly discovered vulnerabilities. “Our bottom-line judgment is that language models will be useful for propagandists and will likely transform online influence operations,” according to a blog accompanying the report, …

What is the ChatGPT bot wowing academics and tech CEOs with its writing skills?
2 years, 3 months ago

What is the ChatGPT bot wowing academics and tech CEOs with its writing skills?

Firstpost  

More than one million users have tried to make the ChatGPT bot talk since its 30 November launch. — Sam Altman December 5, 2022 The Open AI website describes itself as an AI research and deployment company whose mission is to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” OpenAI, a research and development firm, was founded as a …

Explained | What can the new AI chatbot ChatGPT do?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | What can the new AI chatbot ChatGPT do?

The Hindu  

The story so far: New Twitter CEO Elon Musk on December 2 retweeted a post that showed a theatrical dialogue between a New York Times journalist and a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, debating free speech and censorship. AI is getting really good https://t.co/OwQgDi4wun — Elon Musk December 1, 2022 The charged conversation between the fictional tech entrepreneur and the journalist …

This AI chatbot from OpenAI is blowing people’s minds
2 years, 3 months ago

This AI chatbot from OpenAI is blowing people’s minds

Live Mint  

-- A new chatbot created by artificial intelligence non-profit OpenAI Inc. has taken the internet by storm, as users speculated on its ability to replace everything from playwrights to college essays. From historical arguments to poems on cryptocurrency, users took to Twitter to share their surprise at the detailed answers the so-called ChatGPT provided, after the startup sought user feedback …

Google says North Korea-backed hackers sought cyber research
4 years, 1 month ago

Google says North Korea-backed hackers sought cyber research

Live Mint  

SEOUL: Google says it believes hackers backed by the North Korean government have been posing as computer security bloggers and using fake accounts on social media while attempting to steal information from researchers in the field. Experts say the attacks reflect North Korean efforts to improve its cyber skills and be able to breach widely used computer products, such as …

South Korean AI chatbot pulled from Facebook after hate speech towards minorities
4 years, 2 months ago

South Korean AI chatbot pulled from Facebook after hate speech towards minorities

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A popular South Korean artificial …

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