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AI poisoning tool Nightshade received 250,000 downloads in 5 days: ‘beyond anything we imagined’

January 30, 2024
Nightshade, a new, free downloadable tool created by computer science researchers at the University of Chicago designed to be used by artists to disrupt AI models scraping and training on their artworks without consent, has received 250,000 downloads in the first five days of its release. “Nightshade hit 250K downloads in 5 days since release,” wrote the leader of the project, Ben Zhao, a…
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DefenseNews

Mideast waters challenge unmanned vessels, says US Navy leader

January 30, 2024
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Operational and environmental challenges in Middle Eastern waters are hindering the pace of innovation around unmanned surface vessels, according to the chief of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. “You bring things out, they look good on…
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Boeing expands drone exams to Lockheed C-5 with eye on broader fleet

January 30, 2024
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — The hangar was relatively empty. Not even the Lockheed Martin C-5, some 250 feet long and 65 feet high, filled the space outright. No maintainers milled about, no drills whirred and no hammers clanged. But the steady hum of spinning blades echoed through the chamber at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, as a drone autonomously maneuvered around the transport…
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US approves sale of F-16 jets to Turkey, F-35s to Greece

January 30, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla chair prepares to sell up to $50 million in stock

January 30, 2024
Tesla’s chairwoman, Robyn Denholm, has signed a new contract with the company to prepare to sell up to $50 million worth of TSLA stock. Denholm is an Australian businesswoman who has long been the head of Tesla’s board of directors. She came to the role after CEO Elon Musk was forced to step down from the chair as a punishment for his “take private” tweet that was deemed misleading by the…
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Tesla is defending Elon Musk's anti-union tweet all the way to the Fifth Circuit

January 30, 2024
Tesla is taking up a fight to defend Elon Musk’s tweet that threatened to remove employee stock options if they decide to unionize all the way to the Fifth Circuit court of appeal. This is coming out of an old fight dating back to the UAW’s last unsuccessful push to unionize workers at Tesla’s Fremont factory and other locations. Amid that push in 2017-2019, Tesla fought back the effort…
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