Category: artificial intelligence

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Security Risks of AI

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, machine learning, reports, risks, Security technology, Uncategorized

Stanford and Georgetown have a new report on the security risks of AI—particularly adversarial machine learning—based on a workshop they held on the topic. Jim Dempsey, one of the workshop organizers, wrote a blog post on the report: As a first step, our report recommends the inclusion of AI security concerns within the cybersecurity programs … Read More “Security Risks of AI” »

AI to Aid Democracy

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, Security technology, Uncategorized

There’s good reason to fear that A.I. systems like ChatGPT and GPT4 will harm democracy. Public debate may be overwhelmed by industrial quantities of autogenerated argument. People might fall down political rabbit holes, taken in by superficially convincing bullshit, or obsessed by folies à deux relationships with machine personalities that don’t really exist. These risks … Read More “AI to Aid Democracy” »

Using LLMs to Create Bioweapons

Posted on By infossl
academic papers, artificial intelligence, biological warfare, machine learning, Security technology, Uncategorized

I’m not sure there are good ways to build guardrails to prevent this sort of thing: There is growing concern regarding the potential misuse of molecular machine learning models for harmful purposes. Specifically, the dual-use application of models for predicting cytotoxicity18 to create new poisons or employing AlphaFold2 to develop novel bioweapons has raised alarm. … Read More “Using LLMs to Create Bioweapons” »

Swatting as a Service

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artificial intelligence, cyberattack, impersonation, police, Security technology, Uncategorized

Motherboard is reporting on AI-generated voices being used for “swatting”: In fact, Motherboard has found, this synthesized call and another against Hempstead High School were just one small part of a months-long, nationwide campaign of dozens, and potentially hundreds, of threats made by one swatter in particular who has weaponized computer generated voices. Known as … Read More “Swatting as a Service” »

Research on AI in Adversarial Settings

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academic papers, artificial intelligence, Security technology, Uncategorized

New research: “Achilles Heels for AGI/ASI via Decision Theoretic Adversaries“: As progress in AI continues to advance, it is important to know how advanced systems will make choices and in what ways they may fail. Machines can already outsmart humans in some domains, and understanding how to safely build ones which may have capabilities at … Read More “Research on AI in Adversarial Settings” »

Defending against AI Lobbyists

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, essays, impersonation, laws, Security technology, Uncategorized

When is it time to start worrying about artificial intelligence interfering in our democracy? Maybe when an AI writes a letter to The New York Times opposing the regulation of its own technology. That happened last month. And because the letter was responding to an essay we wrote, we’re starting to get worried. And while … Read More “Defending against AI Lobbyists” »

AIs as Computer Hackers

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, china, darpa, essays, hacking, robotics, Security technology, Uncategorized

Hacker “Capture the Flag” has been a mainstay at hacker gatherings since the mid-1990s. It’s like the outdoor game, but played on computer networks. Teams of hackers defend their own computers while attacking other teams’. It’s a controlled setting for what computer hackers do in real life: finding and fixing vulnerabilities in their own systems … Read More “AIs as Computer Hackers” »

AI and Political Lobbying

Posted on By infossl
academic papers, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, laws, Security technology, Uncategorized

Launched just weeks ago, ChatGPT is already threatening to upend how we draft everyday communications like emails, college essays and myriad other forms of writing. Created by the company OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chatbot that can automatically respond to written prompts in a manner that is sometimes eerily close to human. But for all the … Read More “AI and Political Lobbying” »

Obligatory ChatGPT Post

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, impersonation, Security technology, Uncategorized

Seems like absolutely everyone everywhere is playing with Chat GPT. So I did, too…. Write an essay in the style of Bruce Schneier on how ChatGPT will affect cybersecurity. As with any new technology, the development and deployment of ChatGPT is likely to have a significant impact on the field of cybersecurity. In many ways, … Read More “Obligatory ChatGPT Post” »