AI
Domesticating a local language model: Configuring and customising homebrew personal assistant LLMs
You've captured an AI model on a consumer-level computer. So what do you do with it next?
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Business
Zuck vs sweat: Meta's quest to stop perspiration destroying VR headsets
How did the company formerly known as Facebook respond when users claimed sweatiness was bricking their $500 devices?
Security
The rise of Dark LLMs: DDoS-for-hire cybercriminals are using AI assistants to mastermind attacks
Lawbreaking language models lower the barrier of entry for unskilled crooks and make it frighteningly easy to launch crime campaigns.
AI
OpenAI boss Sam Altman vows to fix ChatGPT's em-dash addiction (and finally end LinkedIn's "is this AI writing" debate)
Will an upcoming GPT update finally stop the social media obsession with a punctuation mark that's become a meme of the AI age?
Robots
Adapting to Digital Darwinism: Will AI create a permanent new class divide?
"LLMs, GenAI, predictive analytics and intelligent automation are pushing organizations to reassess who remains relevant in the digital economy."
Security
Microsoft blames China for SharePoint ToolShell attacks, governments and nuclear weapons agency targeted
Fear turned to panic as scary 9.8 CVSS vulnerability came under active exploitation by bad guys including nation-state attackers.
Crazy game: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne's mysterious lost video games
We dig into the forgotten and semi-mythical titles starring the legendary Prince of Darkness, who died yesterday aged 76.
Crime
UK public bodies to be banned from making payments to ransomware gangs
"These new measures help undermine the criminal ecosystem that is causing harm across our economy."
Retrofitting, not rebuilding: A sustainable approach to data centre expansion
Can refurbishing preloved facilities offer a greener, more economically conscious alternative to constant new builds?
Security
Sharepoint under attack: Microsoft rocked by "high-severity, high-urgency" Toolshell zero-day
"You should assume that you have been compromised at this point. Patching alone is insufficient to fully evict the threat."
AI
Local language models: Building a personal AI assistant with LM Studio
The first of a two-part series on how to spin up a large language model (LLM) using an ordinary, consumer-level home computer.
Business
Trust in the cloud: Building transparent data relationships in Europe
"Data sovereignty represents more than a technical solution - it's Europe's requirement in rebuilding trust in the digital age."