New web game that takes 2 min to play (and perhaps a lifetime to master?): Outsmart. “Five rounds, first to 3 wins. In each round, the higher bet wins. You have 100 total points, so bet wisely. Can you outsmart the machine?”
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: AI has made it vastly easier for malicious hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, a new study has warned. In most test scenarios, large language models (LLMs) -- the technology behind platforms such as ChatGPT -- successfully matched anonymous online users with their actual identities on other platforms, based on the information they posted. The AI researchers Simon Lermen and Daniel Paleka said LLMs make it cost effective to perform sophisticated privacy attacks, forcing a "fundamental reassessment of what can be considered private online".
In their experiment, the researchers fed anonymous accounts into an AI, and got it to scrape all the information it could. They gave a hypothetical example of a user talking about struggling at school, and walking their dog Biscuit through a "Dolores park." In that hypothetical case, the AI then searched elsewhere for those details and matched @anon_user42 to the known identity with a high degree of confidence. While this example was fictional, the paper's authors highlighted scenarios in which governments use AI to surveil dissidents and activists posting anonymously, or hackers are able to launch "highly personalized" scams.
In their experiment, the researchers fed anonymous accounts into an AI, and got it to scrape all the information it could. They gave a hypothetical example of a user talking about struggling at school, and walking their dog Biscuit through a "Dolores park." In that hypothetical case, the AI then searched elsewhere for those details and matched @anon_user42 to the known identity with a high degree of confidence. While this example was fictional, the paper's authors highlighted scenarios in which governments use AI to surveil dissidents and activists posting anonymously, or hackers are able to launch "highly personalized" scams.
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Today we’re kicking off a photo challenge to celebrate MODE, a three-day photography festival headed to Minneapolis, MN on September 18 through the 20th. Photographers on Flickr love a photo challenge so what better way to connect and inspire each other from right here on Flickr as we get ready to meet in person. The challenge starts today and is open to Flickr members worldwide. So here’s the info!
How to join the challenge fun…
- Join the MODE by Flickr group
- Check out the thread announcing this month’s photo challenge theme
- Tag your photos with the required challenge tag. Submit up to 5 photos to the challenge for that month.
- We’ll announce the challenge winner the last week of each month.
And it’s as simple as that! A chance to connect with the Flickr community, share inspiring photos and spend some time enjoying what Flickr is all about, photography!
A prize? Of course!
This challenge is open to US and international users, and winners will receive their very own MODE box packed with festival goodies and a Flickr Pro Interactive Pass! Want a peak at all of the goods included in a MODE mystery box? Check out MODE by Flickr on Instagram!
Sound simple enough? It is! Head over to the MODE by Flickr group today. Get a running start for your first theme: Motion! So get moving!
To learn more about MODE visit modefestival.com
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Researchers have found evidence of what many of us always suspected: ‘hasslers’ shorten your lifespan. And they know by exactly how long
Name: Hasslers.
Age: More like ageing.
Continue reading...US president claimed he wanted to eradicate cartels and made comments about Mexico’s president that were deemed sexist in summit speech
Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to Donald Trump’s description of Mexico as the “epicenter of violence,” by calling on the US government to step up efforts to combat gun trafficking.
“There is something that the US can help us a lot with: stop the trafficking of illegal weapons from the US to Mexico,” the president of Mexico said. “If they stopped the entry of illegal weapons from the United States into Mexico, then these groups wouldn’t have access to this type of high-powered weaponry to carry out their criminal activities.”
Continue reading...Not a US flag in sight
Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to the Moon, set to take place before 2030.…
Het luchtverdedigings- en commandofregat Zr.Ms. Evertsen wordt van deze week tot begin april ingezet in het oostelijk deel van de Middellandse Zee. Het fregat gaat daar een bijdrage leveren ter verdediging van de Carrier Strike Group, de verdediging van Cyprus en bondgenootschappelijk grondgebied. Dat melden de ministers Tom Berendsen (Buitenlandse Zaken) en Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (Defensie) vandaag aan de Eerste en Tweede Kamer.