Microsoft’s Security Copilot Enters General Availability

Microsoft’s Security Copilot Enters General Availability

Microsoft Security Copilot, also referred to as Copilot for Security, will be in general availability starting April 1, the company announced today. Microsoft revealed that pricing for Security Copilot will start at $4/hr, calculated based on usage. At a press briefing on March 7 at the Microsoft Experience Center in New York (Figure A), we saw how Microsoft positions Security Copilot as a way for security personnel to get real-time assistance with their work and…

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OpenAI's Sora Generates Photorealistic Videos

OpenAI's Sora Generates Photorealistic Videos

OpenAI released on Feb. 15 an impressive new text-to-video model called Sora that can create photorealistic or cartoony moving images from natural language text prompts. Sora isn’t available to the public yet; instead, OpenAI released Sora to red teamers — security researchers who mimic techniques used by threat actors — to assess possible harms or risks. OpenAI also offered Sora to selected designers and audio and visual artists to get feedback on how Sora can…

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NIST Establishes AI Safety Consortium

NIST Establishes AI Safety Consortium

Image: Adobe/Grandbrothers The National Institute of Standards and Technology established the AI Safety Institute on Feb. 7 to determine guidelines and standards for AI measurement and policy. U.S. AI companies and companies that do business in the U.S. will be affected by those guidelines and standards and may have the opportunity to have input about them. What is the U.S. AI Safety Institute consortium? The U.S. AI Safety Institute is a joint public and private…

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ESET Threat Report: ChatGPT Name Abuses, Lumma Stealer Malware Increases, Android SpinOk SDK Spyware's Prevalence

ESET Threat Report: ChatGPT Name Abuses, Lumma Stealer Malware Increases, Android SpinOk SDK Spyware's Prevalence

Risk mitigation tips are provided for each of these cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity company ESET released its H2 2023 threat report, and we’re highlighting three particularly interesting topics in it: the abuse of the ChatGPT name by cybercriminals, the rise of the Lumma Stealer malware and the Android SpinOk SDK spyware. Jump to: ChatGPT name is being abused by cybercriminals In the second half of 2023, ESET has blocked 650,000 attempts to access malicious domains whose…

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20 Most Popular TechRepublic Articles in 2023

20 Most Popular TechRepublic Articles in 2023

Here’s a list of the 20 most popular articles published by TechRepublic in 2023. Read articles about ChatGPT, Google Bard, Windows 11 and more. This year, developments in generative AI dominated the tech world, and TechRepublic readers expressed a corresponding interest, specifically in content about AI art generators, ChatGPT and Google Bard. Our readers were interested in tutorials about Windows 11, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and iPhone, as well as articles about tech certifications and…

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Google Adds Gemini Pro API to AI Studio and Vertex AI

Google Adds Gemini Pro API to AI Studio and Vertex AI

Starting Dec. 13, developers can use Google AI Studio and Vertex AI to build applications with the Gemini Pro API, which allows access to Google’s new generative AI model. Google’s initial rollout of Gemini was limited to Google Bard and the Pixel 8 Pro, so Wednesday’s general availability of Gemini for Google AI Studio and Vertex AI marks the first test of Gemini for enterprise developers. AI Studio and Vertex AI with Gemini can help…

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White House Executive Order on AI Provides Guidelines for AI Privacy and Safety

White House Executive Order on AI Provides Guidelines for AI Privacy and Safety

The Biden administration directed government organizations, including NIST, to encourage responsible and innovative use of generative AI. Image: Maksym Yemelyanov/Adobe Stock Today, U.S. President Joe Biden released an executive order on the use and regulation of artificial intelligence. The executive order features wide-ranging guidance on maintaining safety, civil rights and privacy within government agencies while promoting AI innovation and competition throughout the U.S. Although the executive order doesn’t specify generative artificial intelligence, it was likely…

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