The Cross Heads

Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly

A music video by Canadian art collective Vallée Duhamel made with Sora-generated video. “[We] just shoot stuff and then use Sora to combine it with a more interesting, more surreal vision.” During a livestream on Monday—during Day 3 of OpenAI’s “12 days of OpenAi”—Sora’s developers showcased a new “Explore” interface that allows people to browse […]

December 9, 2024 | 12 days of OpenAI, AI, Ai video generator, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, chatgtp, image synthesis, machine learning, openai, Sora, video synthesis | No comments

Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense

The warning extends beyond voice scams. The FBI announcement details how criminals also use AI models to generate convincing profile photos, identification documents, and chatbots embedded in fraudulent websites. These tools automate the creation of deceptive content while reducing previously obvious signs of humans behind the scams, like poor grammar or obviously fake photos. Much […]

December 6, 2024 | AI, AI crime, AI ethics, AI fraud, AI password, Asara Near, audio synthesis, Biz & IT, deepfakes, fbi, image synthesis, machine learning, safe word, secret word, Twitter, voice cloning, voice synthesis | No comments

Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations

Broadcom will no longer take VMware’s biggest 2,000 customers directly. Instead, it will work with VMware’s 500 biggest customers, giving channel partners the opportunity to participate in deals and provide additional value for VMware customers. The reversal is being viewed as an effort from Broadcom to discourage migrations from VMware, but there’s skepticism around how […]

December 5, 2024 | Biz & IT, Broadcom, vmware | No comments

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

On Thursday during a live demo as part of its “12 days of OpenAI” event, OpenAI announced a new tier of ChatGPT with higher usage limits for $200 a month and the full version of “o1,” the full version of a so-called reasoning model the company debuted in September. Unlike o1-preview, o1 can now process […]

December 5, 2024 | 12 days of OpenAI, AI, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, ChatGPT Pro, chatgtp, GPT-4, GPT-4o, machine learning, o1, o1-preview, openai | No comments

Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill

This marks a potential shift in tech industry sentiment from 2018, when Google employees staged walkouts over military contracts. Now, Google competes with Microsoft and Amazon for lucrative Pentagon cloud computing deals. Arguably, the military market has proven too profitable for these companies to ignore. But is this type of AI the right tool for […]

December 5, 2024 | AI, Anduril, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, chatgtp, machine learning, openai | No comments

$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections

Seven out of 2,500 scans may sound like a small group, especially in the somewhat self-selecting customer base of iVerify users, whether paying or free, who want to be monitoring their mobile device security at all, much less checking specifically for spyware. But the fact that the tool has already found a handful of infections […]

December 5, 2024 | Biz & IT, nso group, pegasus, Security, spyware, syndication | No comments

Backdoor slips into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets

Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used by developers of smart contract apps that work with the cryptocurrency known as Solana. The supply-chain attack targeted solana-web3.js, a collection of JavaScript code used by developers of decentralized apps for interacting with the Solana blockchain. These “dapps” allow people […]

December 5, 2024 | backdoor, Biz & IT, cryptocurrency, Security, solana, supply chain attack | No comments

OpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow

On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a “12 days of OpenAI” period starting December 5, which will unveil new AI features and products for 12 consecutive weekdays. Altman did not specify the exact features or products OpenAI plans to unveil, but a report from The Verge about this “12 days of shipmas” event suggests […]

December 4, 2024 | AI, Biz & IT, ChatGPT, chatgtp, Christmas, machine learning, openai | No comments

HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death

Brandon Kashani, a former student of Brain’s and startup mentor at NC State’s entrepreneurship clinic, recalled to the Technician about how he met with Brain on November 15. “He felt like his reputation was tarnished, like everything he worked for was ruined, and the root of all that was he didn’t get any support from […]

December 4, 2024 | AI, Biz & IT, futurism, futurist, HowStuffWorks, Marshall Brain, NC State, NC State University, NCSU, Obituaries, obituary, Robotic Nation, robots, Tech, transhumanism, wired | No comments

Russian court sentences kingpin of Hydra drug marketplace to life in prison

Available over the Tor network, Hydra was a bazaar that brokered not just drugs but also fake documents, cryptocurrency laundering services, and other illicit goods and services. Nine months after Hydra was taken down, authorities came for Bitzlato, a cryptocurrency exchange that laundered “a substantial portion of the cryptocurrency that Hydra received.” In all, authorities […]

December 4, 2024 | Biz & IT, courts, dark net, drugs, ransomware, Security | No comments

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