All articles by Greg Noone
Greg Noone
Greg Noone is the editor of Tech Monitor. His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian and Outside.
Fluent Bit flaw discovered that impacts every major cloud provider
The Fluent Bit memory corruption vulnerability could allow threat actors to mount DDoS or remote execution attacks.
Big tech pledges support for ‘Frontier AI Safety Commitments’
The Frontier AI Safety Commitments will see corporate signatories, which include Amazon, Google, IBM and Zhipu.ai, publish new AI safety frameworks.
UK Semiconductor Institute launched
The new UK Semiconductor Institute is designed to be a single point of contact for public sector officials, academia and the private sector to talk all things chips in a UK industrial context.
Microsoft escapes CMA investigation over Mistral AI partnership
The CMA, now investigating several prominent collaborations between big tech firms and AI startups, said that Microsoft’s Mistral AI tie-up did not merit further scrutiny.
Arup revealed as victim of $25m deepfake scam
Attackers using a digital imitation of a senior manager’s face convinced Arup’s Hong Kong office to transfer millions.
IBM cements security partnership with Palo Alto Networks
The alliance will see IBM deliver security consulting services across the California-based cybersecurity firm’s platforms.
Softbank commits to AI customer service
Softbank has said its new AI customer service solution will inject a “calm conversational tone” into the voices of irritated customers.
UK government launches AI cybersecurity codes of practice
The guidelines aim to bolster AI cybersecurity and establish a global standard for protecting models against threat actors.
Microsoft issues patches for over 60 software vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s list of bugs included two zero-day vulnerabilities currently under active exploitation.
OpenAI launches GPT-4o, flaunting ability of model to detect user emotions
GPT-4o, claims OpenAI, is faster and more adept at handling text, audio and video – and even detecting user emotions, a major source of controversy in AI research.