Attack of the killer script kiddies
…For decades, this type of no-skill hacker, known as a script kiddie, has wreaked havoc, running scripts they ripped from the internet or copied from exploit tool kits. They didn’t…
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Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps
…In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in favor of a “writing tools” menu. The Copilot button in the Snipping Tool app…
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
…This is what Google has been doing for years now, and it’s why the company’s Magic Editor tools were miles better than the version Apple introduced last year. That totally…
Your article about AI doesn’t need AI art
…I.” Szauder is a mixed-media artist who has been working with collage, video, and generative art processes that predate commercial AI tools for over a decade, and was recently teaching art…
How one founder’s bet on ‘the old school web’ is paying off
…While AI may be eating the open web alive, Campbell has fully embraced AI tools to help run the business. Campbell says that he used to spend one or two hours a…
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
…s claims. “It is incorrect to say this tool can systematically remove SynthID watermarks,” Google spokesperson Myriam Khan told The Verge. “SynthID is a robust, effective watermarking tool for AI-generated content.”
CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…How does it work for you? Do all of your tools have AI access to all the other tools? Or do you work only in Canva and let Canva AI go talk…
SpaceX is officially buying Cursor for $60 billion
…Acquiring Cursor, which offers similar tools to automate coding, could help close the gap. The startup has grown explosively in recent years amid booming demand for more efficient programming tools and a…
In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs
…to generative AI tools. At CalArts, President Ravi Rajan was booed off stage by graduates of the legendary California art school, which is well known as an incubator for talent in the…
CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, claiming that the startup’s AI tools generate “verbatim” copies of its work, as reported earlier by CNN. The lawsuit, filed in a New York…