A Google Chrome extension with a “Featured” badge and six million users has been observed silently gathering every prompt entered by users into artificial intelligence (AI)-powered …
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During early development, tissues and organs begin to bloom through the shifting, splitting, and growing of many thousands of cells. A team of MIT engineers has now developed a way to predict, minute …
Artificial intelligence can enhance decision-making and enable action with reduced risk and greater precision, making it a critical tool for national security. A new program offered jointly by the MIT …
What customers are saying Google Cloud customers are already using Gemini’s native audio capabilities to drive real business results, from mortgage processing to customer calls. “Users often forget …
As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a …
In Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena, fans of the Golden Knights are getting more than just hockey — they’re getting a taste of the future. ADAM, a robot developed with NVIDIA Isaac libraries , is pouring …
** Dec 15, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Ransomware / Cybercrime The pro-Russian hacktivist group known as CyberVolk (aka GLORIAMIST) has resurfaced with a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering …
Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI Cast your mind back to May of this year: Congress was in the throes of debate over the massive budget bill . Amidst the many seismic …
Wireshark 4.6.2 Released Published 2025-12-14. Last Updated 2025-12-14 16:07:32 UTC by Didier Stevens (Version: 1) 0 comment(s) Wireshark release 4.6.2 fixes 2 vulnerabilities and 5 bugs. The Windows …
Upcoming Speaking Engagements This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking and signing books at the Chicago Public Library in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at 6:00 PM CT on …
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active phishing campaign that’s targeting a wide range of sectors in Russia with phishing emails that deliver Phantom Stealer via malicious …
As cloud infrastructure becomes increasingly complex, the need for intuitive and efficient management interfaces has never been greater. Traditional command-line interfaces (CLI) and web consoles, …
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Import AI 430: Emergence in video models; Unitree backdoor; preventative strikes to take down AGI projects
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Introduction Since as early as November 2025, the finger protocol has been used in ClickFix social engineering attacks. BleepingComputer posted a report of this activity on November 15th , and Didier …
** Dec 13, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Network Security / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a high-severity flaw impacting Sierra Wireless …
** Dec 13, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Zero-Day / Vulnerability Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two …
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Eating a Diamondback Squid I have no context for this video —it’s from Reddit—but one of the commenters adds some context: Hey everyone, squid biologist here! Wanted …
Introduction Between July 2024 and February 2025, 6 suspicious image files were uploaded to VirusTotal. Thanks to a lead from Meta, these samples came to the attention of Google Threat Intelligence …
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Import AI 436: Another 2GW datacenter; why regulation is scary; how to fight a superintelligence
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Import AI 435: 100k training runs; AI systems absorb human power; intelligence per watt
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Import AI 434: Pragmatic AI personhood; SPACE COMPUTERS; and global government or human extinction;
Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on lattes, ramen, and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Language models don’t have very fixed …
New Advanced Phishing Kits Use AI and MFA Bypass Tactics to Steal Credentials at Scale
Cybersecurity researchers have documented four new phishing kits named BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI, and Spiderman that are capable of facilitating credential theft at scale. BlackForce, …