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Making AI safer for victims of intimate partner violence
Conversational AI tools denied blunt requests for harmful content by researchers posing as intimate partner abusers, but these guardrails were easily circumvented when they requested the content under false pretenses, a new ...
Apr 16, 2026
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AI is a gold mine for spammers and scammers, but Google is using it as a tool to fight back
From an advertisement for an herbal remedy that promises to cure all to a video featuring a voice that sounds just like a movie star, you've surely encountered spam and scam advertisements online. And they have likely been ...
Apr 16, 2026
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Reactions to data breaches fade faster than expected
Data breaches, such as the recent incidents at Odido and Basic-Fit, trigger feelings of anxiety and loss of trust among both victims and those who may have been affected. New international research shows that although data ...
Apr 14, 2026
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AI system detects manipulated video frames with 95% accuracy
With the rapid spread of digital content, doctored videos pose growing risks across media, security, and legal domains. A new study published in The Journal of Engineering Research introduces an automated approach to detect ...
Apr 14, 2026
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Quantum computers are coming to break our codes faster than anyone expected
Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world's supercomputers, working together ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Security
Does 'federated unlearning' in AI improve data privacy, or create a new cybersecurity risk?
As the capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) increases at an exponential rate, so do concerns about the privacy of user data.
Apr 13, 2026
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Security
Fake QR codes make for easy scams—be careful what you scan out there
It's a simple thing we encounter many times every single week—often while in a hurry. You pull up at a parking spot, scan a QR code and pay within seconds. Or you sit down at a cafe, scan a code to view the menu and order ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Software
New software safeguards research participants' privacy
Which details in a de-identified scientific record are enough to still identify a person? If, for example, the record includes that a person is a CEO, the abundance of CEOs in the world would make identification nearly impossible. ...
Apr 7, 2026
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Hardware
Memristor chip combines security and compute-in-memory for edge devices
A cross-institutional research team has developed Co-Located Authentication and Processing (CLAP), a privacy-preserving system that overcomes the trade-off between security and performance in edge computing devices. The study, ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Security
AI blueprints can be stolen with a single small antenna
From smartphone facial recognition to autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence (AI) has long been protected as a black box. However, a joint research team from KAIST and international institutions has uncovered a new ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Security
AI systems lack a fundamental property of human cognition: Understanding this gap may matter for safety
When a person reaches across a table to pass the salt, their brain is doing something far more complex than recognizing a request and executing a movement. It is drawing on a lifetime of bodily experience—where their hand ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Security
North Korea hackers suspected of attack on widely used software tool
Hackers linked to North Korea are suspected of an ambitious attack on an inconspicuous but widely used software package, Google analysts and other cybersecurity experts said Wednesday.
Apr 1, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Vibrations in your skull may be your next password
A team led by Rutgers University researchers has developed a security system that could change how people log in to virtual and augmented reality platforms by eliminating passwords, personal identification numbers and eye ...
Mar 31, 2026
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Security
Who is using differential privacy? A new registry aims to make it visible
When Apple discovers trending popular emojis, or when Google reports traffic at a busy restaurant, they're analyzing large datasets made up of individual people. Those people's personal information is systematically protected ...
Mar 31, 2026
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Security
Researchers find training gaps impacting maritime cybersecurity readiness
Whether it's a fire or a flood, a ship's crew can only rely on itself and its training in emergencies at sea. The same is true for crews facing digital threats on oil tankers, cargo ships, and other commercial vessels.
Mar 30, 2026
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Security
Photon framework scales AI vulnerability discovery
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Artificial Intelligence Security Research (CAISER) is shining a light on AI vulnerabilities. While AI models offer tremendous economic, humanitarian and national security potential, ...
Mar 28, 2026
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Security
Will a new border deal with the US open a backdoor into New Zealanders' personal data?
Anyone who has recently traveled to the United States will be familiar with biometric checks—facial and fingerprint scans—used at the border. It is the same technology platform that is used in airports elsewhere in the world. ...
Mar 27, 2026
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Internet
Thousands of websites are accidentally broadcasting sensitive data, study finds
Researchers have discovered a major security leak hiding in plain sight on the internet that could expose the personal data and financial records of millions of people. In a paper published on the arXiv preprint server, Nurullah ...
Security
Hybrid AI tool unmasks hidden digital abuse to transform forensic investigations
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield have developed a hybrid AI tool to detect patterns of psychological abuse, including coercive control, in a bid to transform digital forensic investigations and mental health ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Security
AI making cyber attacks costlier and more effective: Munich Re
Artificial intelligence is making cyberattacks increasingly sophisticated and costlier for businesses, reinsurer Munich Re said Wednesday, warning of methods ranging from highly personalized phishing emails to computer-generated, ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Hardware
Sensor chips help identify deepfakes by adding cryptographic signatures to camera data
AI-generated images and videos pose a threat to democratic processes and undermine trust within society. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed chip technology that enables verification of the authenticity of sensor ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Security
Study finds AI privacy leaks hinge on a few high-impact neural network weights
Researchers have discovered that some of the elements of AI neural networks that contribute to data-privacy vulnerabilities are also key to the performance of those models. The researchers used this new information to develop ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Security
New framework addresses privacy, dignity risks posed by modern AI systems
In a new article, researchers introduce the capabilities approach–contextual integrity (CA-CI), a framework that addresses privacy and dignity risks posed by modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems, especially foundation ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Security
'Neuron-freezing' technique can stop LLMs from giving users unsafe responses
Researchers have identified key components in large language models (LLMs) that play a critical role in ensuring these AI systems provide safe responses to user queries. The researchers used these insights to develop and ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Security
Your smart home can be easily hacked. New safety standards will help, but stay vigilant
On a quiet suburban street, a modern Australian home wakes before its owners do.
Mar 23, 2026
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