Researchers at the University of Illinois developed autonomous AI agents that can find and exploit vulnerabilities in test environments. Initially, they were given a CVE description of a vulnerability and successfully exploited it. Later, they tested the agents with previously unknown severe vulnerabilities, which the AIs had no knowledge of. The results showed that the…
Figma’s new tool Make Designs, which uses generative AI to quickly mock up apps, was removed from the market due to concerns that it produced designs strikingly similar to Apple’s iOS weather app. Figma CEO Dylan Field took responsibility for pushing the team to meet a deadline and defended the company’s approach to developing its…
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 48% over the past five years, primarily due to electricity consumption by data centers and supply chain emissions. The tech giant aims to reach net zero emissions by 2030 but acknowledges that this goal will be challenging due to the uncertainty surrounding the environmental impact of artificial intelligence…
Phil Schiller, Apple’s App Store chief and former marketing head, has been chosen to represent the company on OpenAI’s nonprofit board in an observer role. This move allows him to learn more about OpenAI’s inner workings as Apple works to integrate ChatGPT into iOS and macOS later this year. The integration will enable Siri to…
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 48% since 2019, making it harder for the company to meet its goal of cutting emissions in half by 2030. The main contributor to this increase is data center energy use and supply chain emissions, with electricity consumption from data centers growing by 17% in 2023. As Google…