A recent study by NewsGuard, trackers of online misinformation, makes some alarming discoveries about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in…
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Is it OK to train an AI on your images, without permission?
Website owners are once again at war with tools designed to scrape content from their sites. An AI scraper called img2dataset…
A week in security (April 10 – 16)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Exclusive ransomware reports: Stay safe! Malwarebytes removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting…
Is AI being used for virtual kidnapping scams?
You may have seen a worrying report of Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used in a virtual kidnapping scam. The AI was…
“Just awful” experiment points suicidal teens at chatbot
After getting in hot water for using an AI chatbot to provide mental health counseling, non-profit startup Koko has now been criticized…
AI voice cracks telephone banking voice recognition
Voice ID is slowly rolling out across various banks worldwide as a way to perform user authentication over the phone. However,…
A week in security (February 13 – 19)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
LinkedIn introduces new security features to combat fake accounts
LinkedIn knows it has a problem with bots and fake accounts, and has acknowledged this on more than one occasion. For…
Google flags man as sex abuser after he sends photos of child to doctor
Mark noticed something was wrong with his son. His penis was hurting and appeared to be swollen. Since it was a…
Awful 4chan chat bot spouts racial slurs and antisemitic abuse
“A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm” Science fiction…