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Researchers find terrifying security vulnerability in GE Healthcare anesthesia machines

Security researchers from Israeli firm CyberMDX have discovered a vulnerability in a select number of GE Healthcare’s anesthesia and respiratory devices. CyberMDX, which focuses primarily on medical cybersecurity, states that if successfully exploited, the hole could allow an attacker to interfere the operation of these sophisticated medical machines, thereby posing a risk to patients. The

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Github is banning copies of ‘deepfakes’ porn app DeepNude

GitHub is banning code from DeepNude, the app that used AI to create fake nude pictures of women. Motherboard, which first reported on DeepNude last month, confirmed that the Microsoft-owned software development platform won’t allow DeepNude projects. GitHub told Motherboard that the code violated its rules against “sexually obscene content,” and it’s removed multiple repositories,

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An overview of moderation challenges facing YouTube, which raise fundamental questions about what social media platforms have become and what they should be (Neima Jahromi/New Yorker)

Neima Jahromi / New Yorker: An overview of moderation challenges facing YouTube, which raise fundamental questions about what social media platforms have become and what they should be  —  The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be? An overview of moderation challenges facing YouTube, which raise

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