TECHNOLOGY
Chrome's new beta version may make picture-in-picture feature more useful
The tech giant is considering allowing it to display virtually any web content in a floating window that stays on top of all users' other windows, rather than just for playing videos, reports The Verge. This feature, known as Document Picture-in-Picture, can be useful in a variety of ways.
Hacker uses new 'Screenshotter' malware tool to target organisations
According to BleepingComputer, the previously unknown cluster of activity was first discovered by the US-based security firm Proofpoint in October 2022. The hacker appears to be motivated by money, conducting a preliminary assessment of breached systems to determine if the target is valuable enough for further intrusion.
Google workers call Bard AI announcement 'rushed', 'botched'
Employees criticised the Bard announcement on the popular internal forum Memegen, calling it "rushed," "botched," and "un-Googley," reports CNBC. "Dear Sundar, the Bard launch and the layoffs were rushed, botched, and myopic. Please return to taking a long-term outlook," read one meme that included a serious picture of Pichai.
ChatGPT gets passing score in US medical licensing exam that takes years of training
ChatGPT is designed to generate human-like writing by predicting upcoming word sequences. Unlike most chatbots, ChatGPT cannot search the internet. Instead, it generates text using word relationships predicted by its internal processes. In the study, published in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health, Tiffany Kung, Victor Tseng, and colleagues at AnsibleHealth tested ChatGPT's performance on the USMLE.
Microsoft's new AI-enabled classroom tools to improve speaking, math skills
With the new tool, teachers will be able to save their time by "streamlining the process of creating, reviewing, and analysing speaking and presentation assignments for students, groups, and classrooms", Microsoft said. The new tools will launch in Teams for Education in the 2023-24 school year, reports 'Engadget' on Thursday. Speaker Progress is a new AI classroom tool for teachers.
Microsoft plans to demo its new ChatGPT-like AI in MS Office
In the coming weeks, Microsoft will detail its productivity plans for integrating OpenAI's language AI technology and its AI Model, reports The Verge, citing sources. The company may make an announcement in March, highlighting how quickly Microsoft wants to reinvent search and its productivity apps through its OpenAI investments.
Ex-Apple designer Jony Ive creates King Charles III coronation logo
"The new Coronation emblem has been unveiled! The emblem will feature throughout the historic events in May, including street parties, community gatherings and on official merchandise," tweeted The Royal Family. Jony Ive is a renowned Apple designer known for his innovative designs of Apple products, including the iPhone. He worked with the tech giant for years and left Apple in 2019.
Homegrown social media app Slick exposed users' data, including kids
According to TechCrunch, an internal Slick database with full names, mobile numbers, dates of birth, and profile pictures of users was "left exposed online without a password." The internal database contained entries of over 153,000 Slick users. The Bengaluru-based app allows school and college students to connect and talk about their friends anonymously.
Tesla Autopilot gets clean chit in fatal US crash
The US transportation agency determined that the "probable cause of the Spring, Texas, electric vehicle crash was the driver's excessive speed and failure to control his car". This was "due to impairment from alcohol intoxication in combination with the effects of two sedating antihistamines, resulting in a roadway departure, tree impact and post-crash fire," the safety board said in its report.
Reddit hacked in sophisticated, highly-targeted phishing attack
According to Reddit CTO Christopher Slowe, or KeyserSosa, the company became aware of the "sophisticated" attack targeting its employees on February 5. "As in most phishing campaigns, the attacker sent out plausible-sounding prompts pointing employees to a website that cloned the behaviour of our intranet gateway, in an attempt to steal credentials and second-factor tokens," Slowe said.
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