Episode 332 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that, after the recent AI generated sketch, George Carlin’s estate has decided to pursue legal matters against the creators.  From there, discussion turns to Mozilla’s worry about Apple’s new browser rules and British law makers question the legality of live facial recognition.

To wrap up, the team discuss news around the recent 23andMe data breach.  If you like what you heard, please consider subscribing. 

• George Carlin’s Family Takes This AI Bullsh*t to Court
• Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox
• British lawmakers question legality of live facial recognition technology
• 23andMe data breach: Hackers stole raw genotype data, health reports

Episode 331 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news regarding “the mother of all data breaches”, consisting of some 26 billion (yes, really) user names. From there the team discuss fake Biden robocalls and a swearing customer chatbot.

To wrap up, the team talk about the latest craze sweeping the gaming world – PalWorld.

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• ‘Mother of all breaches’ data leak reveals 26 billion account records stolen from Twitter, LinkedIn, more
• The Biden Deepfake Robocall Is Only the Beginning
• DPD error caused chatbot to swear at customer
• 'Pokémon with guns' sells 5m copies in three days

Episode 330 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks things off with talk around the potential for A.I poisoning, which could allow malicious actors to turn AI chatbots into ‘sleeper agents’. From there the team talk about eBay and a truly bizarre story involving spiders, cockroaches and death threats, as well as China’s crackdown on casino’s, which has led to an underground boom in crypto-casinos.

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• AI poisoning could turn open models into destructive “sleeper agents”
• Defending reality: Truth in an age of synthetic media
• eBay pays $3m fine in blogger harassment case
• China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with Stuxnet – yes, after 20 plus years, we’re still talking about the infamous malware. From there, the team discuss news that artists and journalists are looking to collectively sue OpenAI around copyright theft – let’s see how that turns out.

To wrap up, the team discuss fake news on Twitter X via stolen gold-check mark accounts.

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• Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge
• More non-fiction authors are suing OpenAI and Microsoft
• Experts: 5% Chance AI Kills Us All
• Fake and Stolen X Gold Accounts Flood Dark Web