Biz & IT – Ars Technica

• ChatGPT sets record for fastest-growing user base in history, report says 1.2.2023
  Intense demand for AI chatbot breaks records and inspires new subscription plan.
• Up to 29,000 unpatched QNAP storage devices are sitting ducks to ransomware 1.2.2023
  QNAP storage devices are a frequent target of criminal hackers.
• Netflix stirs fears by using AI-assisted background art in short anime film 1.2.2023
  Netflix cites labor shortage, kicks hornets nest with AI-assisted 3-minute short.
• New data illustrates time’s effect on hard drive failure rates 1.2.2023
  Backblaze examines 230,921 HDDs across 29 models from Seagate, Toshiba, and more.
• Paper: Stable Diffusion “memorizes” some images, sparking privacy concerns 1.2.2023
  Out of 300,000 high-probability images tested, researchers found a 0.03% memorization rate.
• Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple’s App Store and Google Play 1.2.2023
  In online confidence scams, appearance is everything—and app stores can help with that.
• GitHub says hackers cloned code-signing certificates in breached repository 30.1.2023
  It remains unclear how the threat actor compromised access token used in the breach.
• MusicLM: Google AI generates music in various genres at 24 kHz 30.1.2023
  Your musical wish is MusicLM's command, making audio from "rich captions."
• Massive Yandex code leak reveals Russian search engine’s ranking factors 30.1.2023
  Details show how the world's fourth-largest search engine ranks webpages.
• Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges 28.1.2023
  A few big players are moving a “shocking” amount of currency in a tight market.