The Download: using AI to discover “zero day” vulnerabilities, and Apple’s ICE app removal

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Microsoft says AI can create threats of “zero day” in biology

The team in Microsoft states that it used artificial intelligence to detect the vulnerability of the “zero day” in the systems of biosopovisiness used to prevent improper use of DNA.

These screening systems are designed to prevent people from acquiring genetic sequences that can be used to create deadly toxins or pathogens. But now the researchers say that they found out how to circumvent the defense in such a way as it is previously unknown to the defenders. Read the full storyField

“Antonio gifted.”

If you are interested in learning more about AI and biology, check:

+ Viruses developed by AI, bacteria are already killing here. Read the full storyField

+ Openai races the science of durability with AI, built to help make stem cellsField

+ AI dreams of drugs that no one has ever seen. Now we need to see if they workField

Mandatory readings

I combed the Internet to find you the most fun/important/terrible/exciting stories about technology.

1 Apple deleted the application of ice observations
The US Prosecutor General asked him to remove the icebreaker – and Apple performed execution. (Insider $)
+ Apple says that removal depends on the risk of security that he posed. (Bloomberg $)
+ The company had a similar explanation for removing the Hong Kong card application back in 2019. (Grave)

2 parental control Openai easily costs
His notification of teenagers about conversations was also occupied by the clock. (WP $)
+ An impending repressive man in communication with artificial intelligence. (MIT Technology Review)

3 VK this year loaded a record amount in the startups of AI
Until 192.7 billion dollars. The USA is still. (Bloomberg $)
+ However, the AI ​​bubble looks more and more unreliable. (Feet $)
+ How to accurately configure AI for prosperity. (MIT Technology Review)

4 The US federal vaccination schedule is still waiting for an update
Officials have not yet signed recommendations for updated Covid pictures this year. (Ars Technica)
+ Many people could not get vaccinated. (NPR)

5 The US Department of Energy canceled even more projects for pure energy
Mostly the blue states. (Techcrunch)
+ More than 300 funding awards were born. (CNBC)
+ How to achieve pure energy under Trump in the States. (MIT Technology Review)

6 Tiktok recommends pornography for children's accounts
Despite the activation of its “limited mode” to prevent sexualized content. (Bi -bi -x)

7 China launched a new visa program of a qualified employee
After a clamping visa in the USA. (Wired $)
+ This initiative has not decreased very well with local residents. (Bi -bi -x)

8 flights were grounded in Germany after several observations of drones
NATO members are concerned about the alleged Russian invasions into the sky. (WSJ $)
+ This is the last in a chain of observations of air space. (Feet $)

9 How YouTube shake
Its powerful creators begin to worry about the entertainment institution – and Netflix. (Feet $)

10 tools against Robocall are recovering
Calling functions are a useful first protection line. (NOW $)

Quote of the day

“Capitulation to the authoritarian regime is never the right step.”

– Joshua Aaron, developer Iceblock, applications that stroking the observations of ICE officials, shall make a response to the Apple decision to remove it from the app store, 404 media Reports

Another thing

How can I help overload creativity

Existing generative tools can automate the amazing range of creative tasks and offer almost instant satisfaction, but at what price? Some artists and researchers fear that such technologies can turn us into passive consumers of even more AI.

And therefore, they are looking for ways to introduce human creativity back into the process: work on the so -called joint creativity or more than humanity of creativity. The goal is to develop AI tools that complement our work, and not deprive it from us. Read the full storyField

– Will the douglas of heaven be

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