A cut to federal food assistance is looming, but residents have been struggling with the program for months. A cyber-attack in July targeted a phone system that lets people call about their account information. When Julia Smith, 33, qualified for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in late August, she expected to be able to use her benefits. But obtaining access to her card was complicated by a disruption at a call center a month earlier. Suzanna Smith, 30, who lives with h
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Artificial intelligence researchers have warned that OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT model ignores basic instructions to turn itself off and even sabotaged a shutdown mechanism to keep itself running. Remember HAL from the 2001 Space Odyssey movie? HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) was an onboard spacecraft computer, who would not allow astronauts David Bowman and Frank Poole to disable its operation. That was a very forward-learning look in 1968 that examined the future perils of a
Hospitals and healthcare subsidiaries have been in the cyber security headlines for over a year now. And attacks appear to have not slowed. More than 1,130 planned operations and 2,190 outpatient appointments have been postponed after a cyber-attack hit London area hospitals. The disruption was caused when hackers targeted pathology services provider Synnovis. NHS England said two NHS trusts, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, were aff
An international law enforcement operation has led to the seizure of multiple darknet domains operated by LockBit, one of the most prolific ransomware groups, marking the latest in a long list of digital takedowns. While the full extent of the effort, codenamed Operation Cronos, is presently unknown, visiting the group's ‘.onion’ website displays a seizure banner containing the message "The site is now under the control of law enforcement." Authorities from 11 countries, Australia, Canada, Finl
