Is OpenAI’s Q* Artificial General Intelligence?
OpenAI’s latest model, Q* (pronounced Q Star), is raising eyebrows in the AI community as a potential milestone towards achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This comes against the backdrop of organizational changes, including the dismissal of CEO Sam Altman. While reports by Reuters suggested a connection between Altman’s firing and Q*’s development, OpenAI’s spokesperson, Lindsey […]
Big-Box Stores moving away from self-service
A recent trend has emerged among some big-box retailers, including Canadian Tire and Walmart, as they move away from self-checkout machines in favor of traditional cashier-based checkouts. This shift, highlighted in a CBC News report, marks a significant reversal from the initial embrace of self-checkout technology that promised to cut labor costs and speed up […]
Security researchers reveal vulnerabilities in Windows Hello fingerprint authentication
A recent investigation by Blackwing Intelligence, conducted in collaboration with Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering group, has uncovered significant vulnerabilities in Windows Hello’s fingerprint authentication system. Presented at Microsoft’s BlueHat conference, the research demonstrated how the fingerprint authentication on certain laptops could be bypassed, potentially allowing unauthorized access. The vulnerabilities were found in three […]
Zero-Day vulnerabilities in routers and cameras exploited by hostile botnet
Security researchers at Akamai have discovered two new zero-day vulnerabilities being actively exploited to incorporate routers and video recorders into a hostile botnet. These vulnerabilities, previously unknown to both manufacturers and the security community, allow remote execution of malicious code on devices using default administrative credentials. The attackers have been leveraging these vulnerabilities to infect […]
Canada’s privacy czar investigating data theft of federal employees from relocation companies
Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the theft of 24 years of data of federal employees from two government-contracted relocation firms. As we reported earlier this week, the Treasury Board said data as far back as 1999 on military, RCMP, and federal employees held by Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and Sirva Canada,
OpenAI’s Q* model: Was an AGI breakthrough the impetus for the management crisis?
There are reports that a new model from OpenAI’s, Q* (pronounced Q Star), is capable of solving basic math problems, and is being viewed as a potential breakthrough in the quest for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This development, as reported by Reuters, coincides with the executive upheaval at OpenAI, including the controversial firing of CEO […]
Cisco aids Ukraine in cyber defense with modified switches to counter Russian attacks
Cisco has proactively shipped modified switches to Ukrenergo, the state-owned electricity grid operator in Ukraine, to bolster its defenses against Russian cyberattacks targeting energy infrastructure. These attacks have included the use of GPS-jamming tactics, which disrupt the high-voltage energy subsystems crucial for power distribution and damage assessment. The reliance of Ukraine’s substations on GPS for […]
Microsoft employees angered by plans to hire OpenAI staff
The announcement by Microsoft’s CTO, Kevin Scott, about hiring hundreds of OpenAI employees and matching their current compensation has sparked a wave of discontent among Microsoft workers. This decision comes at a time when many Microsoft employees have been grappling with job security concerns and increased workloads. An employee expressed their frustration, saying, “How many […]
Hashtag Trending Nov.23rd- Altman back at OpenAI; Google’s war on ad blockers; Cisco looks to protect Ukrainian infrastructure
Sam is back at OpenAI. At least today. Microsoft employees angered at the company being willing to hire everyone from OpenAI in the middle of cutbacks and layoffs for the common folk. Google goes to war against ad blockers and CISCO brings in innovations to protect Ukrainian infrastructure. I’m your host Jim Love, CIO
