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The confusion around Dropbox's AI toggle highlights an AI trust crisis where many users don't believe OpenAI's claims that their data won't be used for training (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: The confusion around Dropbox’s AI toggle highlights an AI trust crisis where many users…
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How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change makes typical kinds of coverage unprofitable (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as…
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CI/CD service CircleCI says hackers infected an employee's laptop and stole 2FA-backed credentials to breach the company's systems and data in December 2022 (Derek B. Johnson/SC Media)
Derek B. Johnson / SC Media: CI/CD service CircleCI says hackers infected an employee’s laptop and stole 2FA-backed credentials to…
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Singapore- and NY-based Holmusk, which offers real-world clinical data and analytics for the behavioral health industry, raised a $45M Series B led by Veradigm (Rachel Chitra/DealStreetAsia)
Rachel Chitra / DealStreetAsia: Singapore- and NY-based Holmusk, which offers real-world clinical data and analytics for the behavioral health industry,…
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Employment scams, which lure applicants via fake job offers and websites to reveal sensitive data or pay for work equipment, are targeting laid-off tech workers (Imani Moise/Wall Street Journal)
Imani Moise / Wall Street Journal: Employment scams, which lure applicants via fake job offers and websites to reveal sensitive…
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Twitter says that the company's investigation found "no evidence" that its users' data sold online was obtained by exploiting vulnerabilities in its systems (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter says that the company’s investigation found “no evidence” that its users’ data sold online was…
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The Guardian confirms the outlet was hit with a ransomware attack in December 2022 and that the personal data of UK staff was accessed, possibly via phishing (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
Dan Milmo / The Guardian: The Guardian confirms the outlet was hit with a ransomware attack in December 2022 and…
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US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770 suspects, and others due to a simple misconfiguration (Dhruv Mehrotra/Wired)
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770…
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Scale AI, which helps companies label data for ML algorithms and was valued at $7.3B in Apr. 2021, lays off 20% of its staff; it had ~450 employees in Feb. 2022 (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Scale AI, which helps companies label data for ML algorithms and was valued at $7.3B in…
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