AI & RoboticsNews

Is AI cybersecurity’s salvation or its greatest threat?

February 11, 2020
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: AI and Security. If you’re uncertain whether AI is the best or worst thing to ever happen to cybersecurity, you’re in the same boat as experts watching the dawn of this new era with a mix of excitement and terror. AI’s potential to automate security on a broader scale offers a welcome advantage in the short term. Yet…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 begins shipping March 6

February 11, 2020
At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this afternoon, Samsung unveiled its newest flagship series: Galaxy S20. Like S-series lineups before it, the S20 is a showcase of the company’s technological innovations, which this time around include a powerful…
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Google adds 1,000 high-res ‘Earth View’ wallpapers to Chromecast, Android, more

February 11, 2020
Earth View is a “collection of the most striking landscapes found in Google Earth” that came about from people taking screenshots of the virtual globe for desktop backdrops. Google today added over 1,000 new high-resolution Earth View wallpapers. Earth View has the power to elevate our minds from our tiny screens to outer space — the landscapes that materialize when you open a new tab or…
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AI can be an ally in cybersecurity

February 11, 2020
Fears surrounding AI and cybersecurity reflect very real risks. AI-powered malware isn’t a threat we need to worry about right now, but attackers have become adept at manipulating AI systems to their own advantage, essentially turning them against users. Widespread…
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Real-world AI threats in cybersecurity aren’t science fiction

February 11, 2020
For some, fears of AI lie in images of robot overlords and self-aware malware — the stuff of science fiction. Among the many threats we will deal with in the coming years, sentient AI taking over the world isn’t one of them. But AI that empowers cybercriminals is a very serious reality, even as some espouse the benefits of AI in cybersecurity. Over the past decade, advances in technology have…
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Podcast: Can AI fix broken IoT and smart home security?

February 11, 2020
Podcast host John Koetsier sat down for an interview with Cujo AI VP Marcio Avillez to discuss the problem of smart device and IoT security and what we can do about it using AI technologies. Can AI help prevent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and improve smart…
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When car and home AI cameras see everything, are we truly more secure?

February 11, 2020
Twenty years ago, the average person likely owned a single camera, and security cameras inside homes were nearly as rare as they were in cars. But as we enter the 2020s, cameras have become ubiquitous. Most people today have two or more cameras on each smartphone, one or two in each computer and tablet, and at least one — a backup camera — in their car. They may also have doorbell cameras to…
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