Bleeping Computer

New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock

The UEFI firmware implementation in some motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock is vulnerable to direct memory access (DMA) attacks that can bypass early-boot memory protections. The ...
InfoWorld

Spring Boot tutorial: Get started with Spring Boot

Spring Boot is one of the most popular and accessible web development frameworks in the world. Find out what it’s about, with this quick guide to web development with Spring Boot. Spring’s most ...
Hosted on MSN

ASDA recalls mini duck spring rolls after wrong use-by date: what you need to know

Budget supermarket Asda has issued a national recall of its 10 Mini Duck Spring Rolls with Hoisin Dip (220 g packs), after the product was found to be labelled with an incorrect use‑by date — a ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas schools are using AI to screen library books under new state law

Pearland school board members knew they couldn't personally vet hundreds of books for “indecent” or “profane” content prohibited under a new state law. So when they met this fall to consider a ...
Mashable

Apple sued, again, for allegedly using copyrighted material to train its AI

Two separate lawsuits now allege Apple used pirated works to train one of its Apple Intelligence models. Credit: Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Two neuroscientists are ...
Bleeping Computer

New HybridPetya ransomware can bypass UEFI Secure Boot

A recently discovered ransomware strain called HybridPetya can bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature to install a malicious application on the EFI System Partition. HybridPetya appears inspired by the ...
Wired

I Wasn’t Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now

A billion dollars isn’t what it used to be—but it still focuses the mind. At least it did for me when I heard that the AI company Anthropic agreed to an at least $1.5 billion settlement for authors ...
katu

Powell’s Books faces backlash for AI-assisted merch designs, sparks union concerns

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Powell’s Books is facing backlash over recent merch designs due to the use of Artificial Intelligence assistance. The bookstore released a statement on social media writing in ...
NPR

Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

A group of more than 70 authors including Dennis Lehane, Gregory Maguire and Lauren Groff released an open letter on Friday about the use of AI on the literary website Lit Hub. It asked publishing ...
The Verge

Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair use

The federal judge who ruled in Meta’s favor still isn’t convinced its use of copyrighted materials for AI training qualifies as fair use. The federal judge who ruled in Meta’s favor still isn’t ...
Ars Technica

Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training

Artificial intelligence companies don’t need permission from authors to train their large language models (LLMs) on legally acquired books, US District Judge William Alsup ruled Monday. The ...