🔙 🚪 Researchers found a new backdoor called #Slopoly, likely generated with #AI, used in an Interlock ransomware attack to steal data.
Slopoly is a simple #PowerShell client that beacons to a C2 server, runs commands, and keeps persistence.
#IBM X-Force links the attack to a financially motivated group known as Hive0163 and says AI tools are speeding custom malware development.
#infosec #cybersecurity #tech #ibmxforce #xforce #threatintel
https://www.ibm.com/think/x-force/slopoly-start-ai-enhanced-ransomware-attacks
McKinsey wants to show itself as a company that is specialized in assisting clients in deploying AI.
Meanwhile, McKinsey's own AI deployed by its own team resulted in a huge leak of corporate data of its clients.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/09/mckinsey_ai_chatbot_hacked/
#AI #technology #tech #McKinsey #consulting #business #data #DataPrivacy #security #privacy
RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217717944115087
Systemd (popular component to many {most?} Linux distributions) getting enshittified by AI.
Read @cwebber 's thread quoted below for more.
Also, thanks a lot (thanks a bot?) daandemeyer.
𝐓𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 w Joe Walsh & guest tequila/Latino vote expert @madrid_mike1!
Great Discussion: If Ds message, we can have an FDR-style election. We've never seen numbers like #MAGA's.
And we drank Gold Sauza, which has a significance. WATCH https://www.youtube.com/live/tIpNDWZg8cE #news #politics #culture #media #ai #socialmedia #america #unitedstates #us #iran #middleeast #usa #eu #europe #russia #ukraine #china #economy #oil
Zendesk is acquiring Forethought for more than 200M USD to build AI agents for customer service. The deal is Zendesk's seventh AI acquisition in 2.5 years. The company expects over half of all voice and chat interactions on its platform to be handled by AI agents this year. https://martech.org/the-latest-ai-powered-martech-news-and-releases/ #Marketing #Strategy #AI #Zendesk
It's so amazing and baffling at the same time, that #PewDiePie has such grounded take on #AI than the brigades of twitter users, pushing people to not learn anything anymore. Yes, we all need to use computers for our work, but it also is equally important to know how things work when you open that lid and see the actual barebones. There is no alternate to achieving something with a grit.
Zevia is again skewering artificial intelligence with a new advertising campaign featuring a creepy robot coworker who short circuits after sipping Zevia instead of artificial sludge. The Real Soda for Real Humans campaign targets consumers seeking better-for-you options and experiencing AI fatigue. https://www.marketingdive.com/news/zevia-doubles-down-on-ai-satire-in-ads-starring-creepy-robot-coworker/814584/ #Marketing #AI #Zevia
AI is transforming the marketing tech landscape, but not in the way many expected. Rather than collapsing the stack, AI is repricing it by making coordination layers easier to replicate while structural systems that absorb liability retain their value. For marketing operations leaders, the key is distinguishing between convenient surface tools and systems that manage real operational risk. https://martech.org/ai-is-repricing-the-marketing-stack-not-collapsing-it/ #Marketing #Strategy #AI #MarTech
slAIce of lAIfe;
a play in three acts
Act 1: Protagonist, wistful and nostalgic, remembers a cute youth they saw years ago. They themselves were but a youth, and knew not how to engage.
Act 2: Forsooth! All of their lives have been recorded and are easily searchable by #AI ❗️
Act 3: After a query, the A.I. helps them reconnect on socials. The cutie settled down with a banker who saw them as nothing more than a token of success. They both cheat regularly, and have aged. Protagonist realizes they wanted what could have been, so the cutie is no longer desirable.
slAIce of lAIfe;
a play in three acts
Act 1: Protagonist, wistful and nostalgic, remembers a cute youth they saw years ago. They themselves were but a youth, and knew not how to engage.
Act 2: Forsooth! All of their lives have been recorded and are easily searchable by #AI ❗️
Act 3: After a query, the A.I. helps them reconnect on socials. The cutie settled down with a banker who saw her as nothing is no longer desirable
what is #propaganda? how does it really work? how does it affect your #brain, #body, #health, #will, #emotions, #life? why do we #doomscroll and retract to #memes , trying to #protect our #wellbeing? is the latter really as #beneficial as we #believe? #think again.
this 9 minutes video is well #worth #mustwatch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY9uuxC_YAQ
#apathy #doomscrolling #chaos #news #fatigue #fake #ai #deepfake #existential #dread
I expect that training with NVFP4 will be a hot topic at GTC next week. NVIDIA reports a 1.59x speedup over BF16 (https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/using-nvfp4-low-precision-model-training-for-higher-throughput-without-losing-accuracy), but context: this speedup was measured on a tiny (8B), dense transformer with minimal high-latency comms in the loop. It is the best-case scenario.
1.59x will go down for modern frontier models which are bigger (less GEMM-dominant) and sparser (MOE or hybrid state-space models).
4-bit precision seems good for inferencing, less so for training.
Azure integrations fail when they hit provisioning constraints.
The Agentic SecOps Workspace (ASW) completes Azure Activity Log integration in minutes, handling technical obstacles autonomously.
The agent resolves configuration challenges, generates least-privilege policies correctly, and stores connection strings securely without requiring manual intervention at each step.
This is autonomous problem-solving, not scripted automation. The agent adapts to Azure-specific requirements and configuration challenges that would normally require troubleshooting and retry cycles.
The result: cloud integrations that adapt and self-correct instead of failing and requiring manual intervention.
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“Anthropic doesn’t trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
Techdirt’s Mike Masnick on the history of the NSA and mass surveillance in America, and why Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon should worry us.”
#AI #tech #privacy
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/893370/anthropic-pentagon-ai-mass-surveillance-nsa-privacy-spying
Peer recommendations are the most trusted source for B2B buyers (73%), far exceeding AI chatbots (39%), according to a Reddit and SurveyMonkey survey of 1,200 decision-makers. Only 18% use chatbots during research, citing accuracy concerns. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/b2b-buyers-trust-peers-over-ai-chatbots-report-finds/569261/ #Marketing #Strategy #AI
Deepfake risks are rising.
YouTube is testing an AI likeness detection system to help journalists and politicians detect impersonation in AI-generated videos.
The tool works similar to Content ID but focuses on identity misuse.
Follow @technadu for security updates.
A lot of #opensource projects out there already have statements about whether they accept #ai generated code or what their policy is...
Is there some template / generator for that already?
(and don't @ me with "let AI generate one...)
#AI performing tasks needs to be viewed in two ways, one rarely mentioned.
AI results in jobs being lost. This is a mixed bag as plenty of menial jobs shouldn't be done by people, they should be automated. Give people a better education, job and life.
Here's what is never mentioned.
AI can work for YOU. Do you need an extra hand in your small business or at home? You can have it, and it will be cheap or free.
It will also enable us to watch the watchers and analyse their lives. 👀
AI is transforming B2B buying beyond search. Private AI tools like Microsoft Copilot are used by 68% of business buyers, with over a third on corporate instances. Traffic declines tell only half the story — visibility in AI answers is now essential. https://www.forrester.com/blogs/zero-click-is-only-half-the-ai-story/ #Marketing #Strategy #AI #Forrester
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