Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...
PC Gamer

Great, now even malware is using LLMs to rewrite its code, says Google, as it documents new phase of 'AI abuse'

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google has recently warned "adversaries are no longer leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) ...
IEEE

RTL-Breaker: Assessing the Security of LLMs Against Backdoor Attacks on HDL Code Generation

Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable potential with code generation/completion tasks for hardware design. However, the reliance on such automation introduces critical ...
Ars Technica

Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”

Google Gemini has a problem with self-criticism. “I am sorry for the trouble. I have failed you. I am a failure,” the AI tool recently told someone who was using Gemini to build a compiler, according ...
Reuters

Google to sign EU's AI code of practice despite concerns

BRUSSELS, July 30 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google will sign the European Union's code of practice which aims to help companies comply with the bloc's landmark artificial ...
NBC News

How far will AI go to defend its own survival?

Some of the most powerful artificial intelligence models today have exhibited behaviors that mimic a will to survive. Recent tests by independent researchers, as well as one major AI developer, have ...
Science Daily

Cracking the code: Deciphering how concrete can heal itself

Lichen is an understated presence in our everyday world, often found clinging to trees and rocks. Its true beauty lies in its unique symbiotic system of fungi and algae, or cyanobacteria, that form a ...
EurekAlert!

Cracking the code: deciphering how concrete can heal itself

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That’s the vision behind the latest research of Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, published in Materials Today Communications.
IEEE

A Novel HDL Code Generator for Effectively Testing FPGA Logic Synthesis Compilers

Abstract: Field programmable gate array (FPGA) logic synthesis compilers (e.g., Vivado, Iverilog, Yosys, and Quartus) are widely applied in electronic design automation (EDA), such as the development ...