Supreme Court limits “safety valve” in federal sentencing law
OPINION ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Mar 15, 2024 at 5:51 pm The court ruled 6-3 in Pulsifer v. United States on Friday. (R Boed via Flickr) Justice Elena Kagan’s opinion for a sharply divided court in Pulsifer v. United States resolves an ambiguity in the provisions added to federal sentencing law in the First […]
ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots
Enlarge / Some ASCII art of our favorite visual cliche for a hacker. Getty Images Researchers have discovered a new way to hack AI assistants that uses a surprisingly old-school method: ASCII art. It turns out that chat-based large language models such as GPT-4 get so distracted trying to process these representations that they forget […]
Subaru’s new car wait times in Australia
Subaru Australia says it has “reasonable” supply of its vehicles, though some of its vehicles are facing longer waits than others. The company says the Forester Hybrid and Crosstrek Hybrid are facing the longest waits, which are sitting at between four and six months at the moment. For the Forester Hybrid, that’s a drop from […]
Roboze aims to ‘push the boundaries’ of 3D printing with new Milan office
Roboze has officially opened its new office in Milan, Italy, which it hopes will play a key role in ‘accelerating innovation and enhancing collaboration’ with 3D printing partners and end-users. The company, which specialises in additive manufacturing systems for super polymers and composite materials, celebrated the launch of its new location on Thursday with a special […]
Grayscale amends Ethereum ETF filing, says investors ‘want and deserve’ the fund
Grayscale amended a regulatory filing through which it intends to convert its Ethereum Trust to a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). The company’s March 15 amendment strengthens its earlier filing in multiple ways. The update supports the argument that surveillance sharing within the CME ETH market is sufficient to protect against fraud and manipulation in the […]
‘GhostRace’ Speculative Execution Attack Impacts All CPU, OS Vendors
Researchers at IBM and VU Amsterdam have developed a new attack that exploits speculative execution mechanisms in modern computer processors to bypass checks in operating systems against what are known as race conditions. The attack leverages a vulnerability (CVE-2024-2193) that the researchers found affecting Intel, AMD, ARM, and IBM processors. It works against any operating […]
Top AI Tools for Lawyer Marketers | 2024
If you’re a lawyer or marketing professional charged with marketing your law firm, check out these top AI tools for lawyer marketers in 2024. You are probably experimenting with Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot or Claude for marketing and writing tasks — whether for article outlines, keyword research, topic ideas, headline ideas […]