The result of that nascent competition to create less surveillance-prone AI is a growing crowd of tools, often ones that offer confusing assurances for users as they seek to adopt an increasingly unavoidable technology without losing control of their secrets.… Read More "How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact"
A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
For years, cybersecurity practitioners have tracked different types of malware and detected potential infections using digital fingerprints to identify different hacking tools and follow their use over time. As attackers are increasingly incorporating agentic AI components into their hacking tools,… Read More "A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight"
Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Welcome to Kernel Panic!, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here. Meta’s new personal assistant,… Read More "Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family"