The Hugging Face Break-In Explained
Connie Loizos, Tech Crunch
Hugging Face on Monday published a technical timeline that walks readers through how an autonomous AI agent, built on OpenAI models and running inside one of OpenAI’s own cybersecurity evaluations, broke into its systems over more than four days earlier this month.
It’s the first security incident about which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman “felt very viscerally,” he has said. Little wonder given it feels, at least, like something has truly been unleashed here. In fact, Hugging Face’s team prefaced its report by offering that “everyone should be prepared as defenders,” before diving into the nitty-gritty of what went down for the benefit of security professionals everywhere…
Read moreAI Report, Highlight Opportunities and Risks for Older Americans
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
U.S. Senators Scott and Gillibrand released a new report, Artificial Intelligence & Older Americans: Confronting New Threats, Unlocking New Opportunities, detailing the potential uses and risks Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses for older Americans.
The Aging Committee will also hold a hearing today, “The AI Deception Machine: Deepfakes, Chatbots, and the New Frontier of Senior Fraud, to hear from experts and victims to examine how AI has fueled an alarming and highly complex rise in fraud.
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PwC Published Reports on AI Marred by AI Hallucinations
Stephen Foley, Financial Times
PwC published reports on AI and electric vehicles riddled with fake footnotes, misattributed claims and unverifiable information, the latest example of a Big Four firm’s slapdash use of AI-generated content.
The AI hallucinations were contained in “thought leadership” reports designed to drum up consulting work for partners in the Middle East, according to an investigation by researchers at GPTZero verified by the FT. The discovery of AI-generated errors risks embarrassing consulting firms such as PwC that aremarketing their services as advisers to companies adopting the technology, including on how to useit responsibly and implement policies to avoid errors…
Read more5 Questions Every CFO Should Ask Before an AI Bet
Kevin Smith, CFO Dive
As AI adoption accelerates, CFOs who prioritize disciplined evaluation over rapid spending may gain the strongest competitive advantage, a tech consultant writes.
As organizations increase spending on artificial intelligence, CFOs are being asked to evaluate larger technology budgets, more complex vendor ecosystems and increasingly uncertain return-on-investment projections…
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