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…
The semiconductor industry is facing a severe labor shortage, with over one million skilled workers needed by 2030. This issue extends beyond the US, affecting key players worldwide and threatening to impede the sector’s growth and innovation. Countries like Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan, and Europe are also struggling to find enough qualified workers. The…
The generative AI boom is built on scale, requiring vast amounts of training data. However, this has led to concerns over the ethics and legality of scraping online data without consent or compensation. The music industry’s lawsuit against AI music companies sets a precedent for the importance of high-quality training data not being free. This…
Here are the key takeaways: * Nvidia faces competition in the AI market from other companies like Meta, Amazon, and Intel. * The rise of “batch processing” allows businesses to access AI models more cheaply by running queries during periods of low demand. * Smaller companies like Groq and Etched are offering specialized products that…
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…