Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues' cell phones. Internal records obtained by WIRED reveal how, for years, United States Customs and Border Protection employees and contractors were accused of abusing sensitive government databases for reasons that had nothing to do with their jobs. The records contain hundreds of allegations of misuse of law enforcement databases, including federal agents querying data to look up romantic interests, monitor family members, expose various personal information and, in some cases, provide intelligence to suspected smugglers or drug-trafficking organizations. Acquired through Freedom of Information Act requests to CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility and the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General, the records reveal the breadth of alleged database abuse by CBP employees spanning more than a decade. As immigration and border authorities expand their surveillance through facial recognition, license plate readers, mobile-device searches, and commercially purchased location information generated by ordinary apps, the sheer range of these records, which date from 2009 through 2022, highlights how US residents can be--and have been--targeted by federal government employees with access to highly sensitive data and powerful tools.

PCWorld reports that Microsoft's August update patches a significant number of security vulnerabilities, including one Windows Winsock flaw already being actively exploited by attackers in the wild. The update covers critical risks across Windows, Office, Exchange Server, and cloud services, with some flaws allowing remote code execution or full account takeover without user interaction. Users are strongly advised to install these updates immediately to protect their systems from potential exploitation. As part of August's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released security updates that address 398 new vulnerabilities. Alongside Windows and Office, other products and services are also affected: Teams, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, Windows Defender, Visual Studio, and Microsoft's cloud services. Microsoft classifies 42 of the vulnerabilities as critical. Among the remainder, all but one are classified as high risk. One Windows flaw is already being exploited in the wild, while two vulnerabilities were already publicly known beforehand. The next scheduled Patch Tuesday will be on September 8th, 2026.

Novel categories names:['High_Jump', 'Front_Crawl', 'Pole_V ault', 'Hammer_Throw', All experiments are conducted under the 16-shot setting. An incremental bayesian approach tested on 101 object categories. Conditional prompt learning for vision-language models.

If you spent almost any time on the internet this week, you probably saw a lot of chatter about "Heart on My Sleeve." The song went viral for featuring AI-generated voices that do a pretty good job of mimicking Drake and The Weeknd singing about a recent breakup. Listen to this AI generated song featuring Drake & The Weeknd. It goes so damn hard. UMG, which controls around 1/3 of the global music market, has already asked streaming platforms to ban… pic.twitter.com/roz2EfI48M

So, if an AI makes something, who do we attribute it to? The person who initiated the prompts? Or the sources the AI used? Works are original when they are independently created by a human author and have a minimal degree of creativity. In this incident, British nature photographer David Slater set himself up between 2008 and 2011 to befriend a wild Celebes crested macaques troop.

Platformerの報道によると、Microsoftは、1月に発表した1万人の従業員解雇計画の一環として、人工知能（AI）部門内の倫理・社会チーム全員を解雇したとのことだ。

Michael Huppe is President & CEO of SoundExchange, an adjunct music law professor, published author, frequent contributor and lecturer. In the not-too-distance future, when a new recording artist seizes the spotlight with hit songs, a huge social media following and sold-out venues, it won't be a human being. It'll be a performer whose lyrics, melodies and voice are solely created by artificial intelligence (AI). We're already seeing hints of this with virtual artists such as metaverse avatars, hybrid performers that rely on a combination of AI and human talent. Beyond music, there's also been the emergence of AI products that create realistic digital images based on a natural language sentence provided by the user.

PA Consulting's Lee Howells, an automation and AI expert, is quoted in a special AI & Robotics report on how AI-driven technology is accelerating the shift towards home working. The piece discusses how the COVID-19 lockdown has forced millions of employees to adapt to working remotely, and says this trend is expected to continue well after the pandemic subsides. Companies such as Facebook and Twitter are moving towards making working from home the norm -- a shift enabled by artificial intelligence-driven telecommuting. However, the article goes on to recognise the potential of homeworking to cause mental stress, with many employees noting "video call fatigue" and craving real human interaction. Lee predicts that the lockdown will accelerate the development and use of AI tools to monitor and manage the mental wellbeing of remote workers.

Recession seems all but inevitable, as stocks have plunged to bear market levels. Yet there are certain industries that could be insulated. There will also likely be changes in consumer and business behavior that will be lasting. No doubt, it seems like video conferencing and remote work will become increasingly mainstream. But there are other corners of the tech industry that could be poised for transformations.

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Tempe police released photographs from the pedestrian death involving an Uber self-driving car. The detailed report of more than 300 pages was released by Tempe police Thursday night, along with video and photos from the scene of the March 18 collision. Also released was the 911 call made by the driver, Rafaela Vasquez, 44, after the crash. The Mill Avenue collision, which killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she walked across the street midblock, was the first fatal crash ever to involve a self-driving car.