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Internal documents: Amazon's AI chatbot Q, out in preview, experiences "severe hallucinations" and leaks "confidential data" like AWS data center locations (Platformer)

Platformer: Internal documents: Amazon's AI chatbot Q, out in preview, experiences “severe hallucinations” and leaks “confidential data” like AWS data center locations  —  Some hallucinations could ‘potentially induce cardiac incidents in Legal,’ according to internal documents http://www.techmeme.com/231201/p26?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231201p26

Meta announces Seamless Communication, a suite of AI translation models that aim to enable more natural and authentic communication across languages (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Meta announces Seamless Communication, a suite of AI translation models that aim to enable more natural and authentic communication across languages  —  Meta AI researchers announced on Thursday that they have developed a new suite of artificial intelligence models called Seamless Communication … http://www.techmeme.com/231201/p25?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231201p25

Filing: hackers accessed 0.1% of user accounts in 23andMe's data breach that the company disclosed in October 2023; 23andMe reported 14M+ customers in May 2023 (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: Filing: hackers accessed 0.1% of user accounts in 23andMe's data breach that the company disclosed in October 2023; 23andMe reported 14M+ customers in May 2023  —  Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company's recent data breach. http://www.techmeme.com/231201/p24?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231201p24

Bluesky rolls out "more advanced" automated moderation tools, along with moderation lists, which let users mute or block many users at once, user lists, more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Bluesky rolls out “more advanced” automated moderation tools, along with moderation lists, which let users mute or block many users at once, user lists, more  —  Bluesky, the startup aiming to build a decentralized social network to take on Twitter/X, says it has begun deploying … http://www.techmeme.com/231201/p18?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231201p18

In a letter to two US Senators, Circle denies a report alleging the company helped fund Hamas and Hezbollah and has an "ongoing relationship" with Justin Sun (Samyuktha Sriram/Unchained Crypto)

Samyuktha Sriram / Unchained Crypto: In a letter to two US Senators, Circle denies a report alleging the company helped fund Hamas and Hezbollah and has an “ongoing relationship” with Justin Sun  —  Stablecoin issuer Circle hit back against claims made by non-profit watchdog group Campaign for Accountability (CfA) … http://www.techmeme.com/231201/p8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231201p8

Indian IT giants Infosys and Wipro cut college recruitment in October as global demand cools, leaving hundreds of thousands of tech graduates in peril (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Indian IT giants Infosys and Wipro cut college recruitment in October as global demand cools, leaving hundreds of thousands of tech graduates in peril  —  India's giant tech firms are curbing hiring, adding to the youth unemployment problem in the country  —  For years, India's tech graduates … http://www.techmeme.com/231130/p40?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231130p40

Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to fix two zero-days that may have been exploited, reaching 20 zero-days patched in 2023 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to fix two zero-days that may have been exploited, reaching 20 zero-days patched in 2023  —  Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad … http://www.techmeme.com/231130/p39?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a231130p39