On December 18, the FTC released a report highlighting key takeaways from its October panel discussion on generative artificial intelligence(AI) and creative industries.

Emily Finn and Urja Sinha 19 hours ago (NewsNation) China is allegedly taking its spying program to the next level by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, according to a new report from the FBI. The report indicates that China is planting people inside companies and organizations to gather trade secrets as well as using sophisticated AI technology to harvest significant amounts of personal data from Americans.

AI-powered phishing scams, BRC-20 exploits, and new smart contract vulnerabilities are among the biggest threats that crypto projects and investors will likely face in 2024, according to blockchain security firms. While the $1.7 billion in scam and hack-related losses in 2023 stands as an undeniable improvement to the $4 billion lost in 2022 Jesse Leclere, a blockchain analyst from CertiK, warned Cointelegraph that scams are only becoming more advanced and users should remain hyper-vigilant for well-executed exploits. Phishing, evolving in its sophistication, will likely target not only individual users but also corporate systems using social engineering tactics tailored to the crypto context, said Leclere, pointing to the Dec.

Microsoft was quick on the draw to enter the AI chatbot race, launching Bing Chat back in February in hopes of driving some growth for their underdog search engine.

When the telecom giant Cisco agreed to fork over $28 billion for a small data-analytics company called Splunk in September, it was a ray of light in an otherwise gloomy M&A, or mergers-and-acquisitions, market. M&A declined in 2023 for the second year in a row as the economy grappled with a higher cost of borrowing and changing consumer behavior. But Cisco's deal to buy Splunk was among the largest acquisitions of 2023 and the largest acquisition in the AI space in at least three years.