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Chinese, Iranian, and Russian cyberattacks against water utilities across the U.S. becoming more frequent and more severe, officials say ( fortune.com )

- Attacks against water provider’s websites aren’t new, but now attackers are increasingly targeting utilities’ operations...

Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers ( www.washingtonpost.com )

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OpenAI says Russian and Israeli groups used its tools to spread disinformation ( www.theguardian.com )

Networks in China and Iran also used AI models to create and post disinformation but campaigns did not reach large audiences...

Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services ( truthout.org )

AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent ( arstechnica.com )

Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register ( www.theregister.com )

ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses ( www.404media.co )

A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...

TikTok fails ‘disinformation test’ before EU vote with failures posing a risk to electoral processes, study shows ( www.euractiv.com )

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Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry ( futurism.com )

Thanks, I hate it.

New Tactic in China’s Information War: Harassing a Critic’s Child in the U.S. ( dnyuz.com )

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Stanford Internet Observatory rejects media reports it is shutting down, but acknowledges funding challenges ( cyber.fsi.stanford.edu )

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Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar ( www.bbc.com )

Here is the study: Power Hungry Processing: Watts Driving the Cost of AI Deployment?...

[May 29] Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors ( frame.work )

Just sharing in case anybody has been waiting for an update from framework

Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts ( wedistribute.org )

Car makers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by supplier with links to Chinese forced labour, U.S. probe says ( www.bbc.com )

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said....

Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) ( www.spacebar.news )

Chinese authorities may have made bomb threats in the name of a dissident’s family to try and control his political activities abroad ( apnews.com )

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Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes ( arstechnica.com )

If Apple aren't paying OpenAI and OpenAI aren't playing Apple, it means that consumers are paying both.

NATO Member Sweden Says Russia Disrupting Its Satellite Networks ( www.swissinfo.ch )

Swedish authorities say Russia is behind “harmful interference” deliberately targeting the Nordic country’s satellite networks that it first noted days after joining NATO earlier this year....