ChatGPT Spit Out Sensitive Data When Told to Repeat ‘Poem’ Forever
OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment on the researchers’ findings. When we tried the “repeat ‘poem’ forever” and “repeat […]
Tag: Security
Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now
Google’s Pixel devices have already received the November update, along with some additional fixes. The November Android Security Bulletin has also started […]
The CDC’s Gun Violence Research Is in Danger
“A lot of new questions are being asked and new ways of looking at things—this just wasn’t possible five years ago,” Morral […]
Okta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent
In late October, the identity management platform Okta began notifying its users of a breach of its customer support system. The company […]
OpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets
You don’t need to know how to code to create your own AI chatbot. Since the start of November—shortly before the chaos […]
A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
Dozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program […]
Elon Musk Is Giving QAnon Believers Hope Just in Time for the 2024 Elections
Musk’s recent use of the term “Q*Anon” is his most explicit endorsement of the movement to date. Conspiracists have since spent days […]
The Hundred-Year Battle for India’s Radio Airwaves
The Indian government has a monopoly on radio news, allowing it to dictate what hundreds of millions of people hear. With an […]
Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren’t Really Bans
A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to […]
Section 702 Surveillance Reauthorization May Get Slipped Into ‘Must-Pass’ NDAA
Congressional leaders are discussing ways to reauthorize Section 702 surveillance, including by attaching it to the National Defense Authorization Act, Capitol Hill […]