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Microsoft expands Azure AI with two new models for the Phi-3 family
Microsoft has unveiled a series of updates to its Azure AI platform, including the expansion of the Phi-3 family of small language models (SLMs). The company has added two new models to the family – Phi-3.5-MoE and Phi-3.5-mini – which are designed to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Among the key benefits of Microsoft’s…
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Is AI the next frontier of cloud vendor lock-in?
In October 2022, the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, launched an investigation into the practices of the cloud hyperscalers. Since then, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have been referred to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – the competition regulator – putting the issue of cloud vendor lock-in firmly in the spotlight.…
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The worst security test ever? University slammed over fake Ebola scare as phishing test
A California University has come under fire for sending out a phishing test which cautioned all its students about a (false) Ebola outbreak. The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) sent out an email titled ‘ Emergency Notification: Ebola Virus Case on Campus’ to all students, which understandably caused widespread…
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The telecom company that allowed a Biden deepfake scam will have to pay the FCC $1m
Lingo Telecom has been ordered to pay a $1 million civil penalty by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after it relayed a falsified robotic recording of a President Biden voice message urging voters not to turn up to the New Hampshire primary, labelling it a ‘bunch of malarkey’. The FCC…
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Microsoft patches critical security bug in Copilot Studio that could have leaked private data
Microsoft Copilot Studio had a security issues which could have allowed threat actors to exfiltrate sensitive data from vulnerable endpoints, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researcher Evan Grant from Tenable, who found and reported on the vulnerability, which is described as an information disclosure flaw stemming from a server-side request forgery…
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“Something has gone seriously wrong” — Dual-boot Windows and Linux systems get worrying warning following Microsoft update
Linux users running dual-boot systems with Windows have reported their devices suddenly failed to boot, displaying a worrying “Something went seriously wrong” message. It has since been confirmed that a dodgy security update from Microsoft was to blame for the problem, which was designed to address CVE-2022-2601 as part of…
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