LLMs

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?

Meta

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?

Cybercrime

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.

ChatGPT

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?

Opinion

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.

Tech culture

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.

Ransomware

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."

Opinion

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."

LLMs

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.

Opinion

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."