Here is an excellent essay by Baldur Bjarnason on the manipulation of ChatGPT and other large language model AIs: The poisoning of ChatGPT (softwarecrisis.dev)
Because It’s Friday – Slow Motion Space Video
This slow motion space video popped up in my YouTube about ten minutes after I posted last week’s Because It’s Friday, so I had to wait a week to bring it to you. It is high resolution NASA film of the recent Artemis launch, edited into an easily digestible short …
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Because It’s Friday – Milk Bottles
Why milk? The idea behind the “Because It’s Friday” series is as a relief to the stream of “bad news” cyber security posts that is the purpose of this news site. The stories could be funny, about technology or science fiction, often they are about space, or they are just …
So selling redundant gear sounds like a good idea…
Selling redundant gear and wiping hard drives on computers has pretty much become standard over the last few years – whether the machines are going for resale, donation, upcycling or recycling. But what happens when it comes to cyber security critical network devices? These bits of kit can be eye-wateringly …
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UK Emergency Alert System is a good idea
Many countries have a national emergency alert system, delivered to their citizens via suitable mobile phones – now there is a UK Emergency Alert System. These systems can be operated by region and issue emergency alerts for serious weather events, earthquakes etc.. Although false alarms happen the rapid warning of …