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OpenAI, Growing Frustrated With Microsoft, Has Discussed Making Antitrust Complaints To Regulators

3 months ago
Tensions between OpenAI and Microsoft over the future of their famed AI partnership are flaring up. WSJ, minutes ago: OpenAI wants to loosen Microsoft's grip on its AI products and computing resources, and secure the tech giant's blessing for its conversion into a for-profit company. Microsoft's approval of the conversion is key to OpenAI's ability to raise more money and go public. But the negotiations have been so difficult that in recent weeks, OpenAI's executives have discussed what they view as a nuclear option: accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior during their partnership, people familiar with the matter said. That effort could involve seeking federal regulatory review of the terms of the contract for potential violations of antitrust law, as well as a public campaign, the people said.

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That 'Unsubscribe' Button Could Be a Trap, Researchers Warn

3 months ago
Researchers are cautioning users against clicking unsubscribe links embedded in email bodies, citing new data showing such actions can expose recipients to malicious websites and confirm active email addresses to attackers. DNSFilter found that one in every 644 clicks on unsubscribe links leads users to potentially malicious websites. "You've left the safe, structured environment of your email client and entered the open web," TK Keanini, DNSFilter's chief technology officer, told WSJ. The risks range from confirming to bad actors that an email address belongs to an active user to redirecting victims to fake websites designed to steal login credentials or install malware. Clicking such links "can make you a bigger target in the future," said Michael Bargury, CTO of security company Zenity.

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Penn State boffins create silicon-free two-dimensional computer

3 months ago
Clock speed of 25 kHz means 2D CMOS system won't run Doom quite yet

Gaze into the temporal distance and you might spot the end of the age of silicon looming somewhere out there, as a research team at Penn State University claims to have built the first working CMOS computer entirely from two-dimensional materials.…

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