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Researchers detail an AI model that they claim can solve Google’s reCAPTCHAv2 challenges with 100% accuracy using a similar number of attempts as human users — Researchers from ETH Zurich used advanced machine learning to solve 100% of Google’s reCAPTCHAv2, designed to distinguish humans from bots.
A profile of Canva, which has an estimated 4% share of the $15.4B creative software market and has doubled its MAUs to 190M since 2022, ahead of a US IPO (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A profile of Canva, which has an estimated 4% share of the $15.4B creative software market and has doubled its MAUs to 190M since 2022, ahead of a US IPO — The world’s most valuable female-led startup prepares for an IPO. … Melanie Perkins remembers when her boyfriend and startup co-founder used …
An interview with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor on their new book AI Snake Oil, which is based on their popular newsletter about AI’s shortcomings (Reece Rogers/Wired)
Reece Rogers / Wired:
An interview with Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor on their new book AI Snake Oil, which is based on their popular newsletter about AI’s shortcomings — In their book AI Snake Oil, two Princeton researchers pinpoint the culprits of the AI hype cycle and advocate for a more critical, holistic understanding of artificial intelligence.
About 15,000 US doctors and assistants are using an AI feature in MyChart, a ubiquitous communications platform at US hospitals, to draft messages for patients (Teddy Rosenbluth/New York Times)
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
About 15,000 US doctors and assistants are using an AI feature in MyChart, a ubiquitous communications platform at US hospitals, to draft messages for patients — Overwhelmed by queries, physicians are turning to artificial intelligence to correspond with patients. Many have no clue that the replies are software-generated.
How a security researcher used a now-fixed flaw to store false memories in ChatGPT via indirect prompt injection with the goal of exfiltrating all user input (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
How a security researcher used a now-fixed flaw to store false memories in ChatGPT via indirect prompt injection with the goal of exfiltrating all user input — Emails, documents, and other untrusted content can plant malicious memories. — When security researcher Johann Rehberger recently reported …
AI’s first wave of successful implementation will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was led by enterprise installations that cut jobs (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
AI’s first wave of successful implementation will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was led by enterprise installations that cut jobs — The popular history of technology usually starts with the personal computer, and for good reason: that was the first high tech device that most people ever used.
US federal court records show the DOJ has been investigating SAP, IT vendor Carahsoft, and others for potentially conspiring to overcharge government agencies (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg)
Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg:
US federal court records show the DOJ has been investigating SAP, IT vendor Carahsoft, and others for potentially conspiring to overcharge government agencies — – DOJ investigating billions in purchases from SAP over a decade — Other companies under scrutiny in civil False Claims Act probe
Sources: the FBI is investigating whether China-backed Hone Capital, a US VC firm that invested in 360 US tech startups, allowed Beijing to obtain trade secrets (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times:
Sources: the FBI is investigating whether China-backed Hone Capital, a US VC firm that invested in 360 US tech startups, allowed Beijing to obtain trade secrets — FBI probe into Hone Capital comes after it became the most prolific early investor is US tech start-ups
Google Cloud VP Gabe Monroy says he has seen 20%-30% productivity gains across the software development lifecycle at large companies using Gemini Code Assist (Vikas SN/Moneycontrol)
Vikas SN / Moneycontrol:
Google Cloud VP Gabe Monroy says he has seen 20%-30% productivity gains across the software development lifecycle at large companies using Gemini Code Assist — Google’s Gabe Monroy claims to have seen productivity gains of 20-30 percent across the software development lifecycle …
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says Uber is building “three” super apps: Uber, Uber Eats, and Uber Driver, a platform for couriers and drivers; Uber One has 19M members (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says Uber is building “three” super apps: Uber, Uber Eats, and Uber Driver, a platform for couriers and drivers; Uber One has 19M members — In the years since its founding in 2009, Uber instigated a revolution in transport, spread its disruptive business model …