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‘No one knows what makes humans so much more efficient’: small language models based on Homo Sapiens could help explain how we learn and improve AI efficiency — for better or for worse
Tech companies are shifting focus from building the largest language models (LLMs) to developing smaller ones (SLMs) that can match or even outperform them. Meta’s Llama 3 (400 billion parameters), OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 (175 billion parameters), and GPT-4 (an estimated 1.8 trillion parameters) are famously larger models, while Microsoft‘s Phi-3 family…
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Man arrested for setting up fake flight Wi-Fi to steal fellow passenger details
A 42-year-old Australian man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi attacks on domestic flights and at airports in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide. The man has been accused of creating fake Wi-Fi access points to steal email and social media credentials from…
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Turkey rocked by second day of internet blackouts
Popular social media platforms remain restricted for a second consecutive day in central Türkiye amid ongoing anti-Syrian riots. Internet blackouts are still in place in the south of the country, too, spilling over into Syria’s borderlands. Violence against Syrian refugees erupted in the Kayseri region on Sunday as authorities arrested…
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North Korean hackers are using malicious Google Chrome extensions to try and hack your data
North Korean state-sponsored threat actors have been observed, once again, using malicious Google Chrome extensions to (mostly) target people in South Korea. This time around, cybersecurity researchers from Zscaler ThreatLabz found a new campaign where hackers known as Kimsuky (AKA Velvet Chollima, a group known to be affiliated to the…
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Wise says some customer accounts affected by Evolve data breach
Fintech Wise has announced lsome customers’ personal data may have been compromised due to the recent data breach at Evolve Bank and Trust. Wise partnered with Evolve from 2020 to 2023 to provide USD account details. The extent of the damage is unclear, but the breach highlights the precarious nature…
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Addressing the challenges of mobile app measurement
The value of a mobile application has been clear to businesses for many years, acting as both a brand asset and a way of reaching a larger audience of potential customers. Native content hosted on a user’s device can result in a much faster browsing experience, even compared to a…
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