Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform

Service used undocumented APIs and other tricks to bypass safety guardrails.

Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a "hacking-as-a-service" scheme that was designed to allow the creation of harmful and illicit content using the company’s platform for AI-generated content.

The foreign-based defendants developed tools specifically designed to bypass safety guardrails Microsoft has erected to prevent the creation of harmful content through its generative AI services, said Steven Masada, the assistant general counsel for Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit. They then compromised the legitimate accounts of paying customers. They combined those two things to create a fee-based platform people could use.

A sophisticated scheme

Microsoft is also suing seven individuals it says were customers of the service. All 10 defendants were named John Doe because Microsoft doesn’t know their identity.

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Public health emergency declared amid LA’s devastating wildfires

Responders, medical equipment, and supplies are ready for deployment, HHS says.

The US health department on Friday declared a public health emergency for California in response to devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area that have so far killed 10 people and destroyed more than 10,000 structures.

As of Friday morning, 153,000 residents are under evacuation orders, and an additional 166,800 are under evacuation warnings, according to local reports.

Wildfires pose numerous health risks, including exposure to extreme heat, burns, harmful air pollution, and emotional distress.

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Lilbits: A bunch of handheld gaming news, plus a RISC-V server chip and a new single-board PC

The Steam Deck handheld gaming PC now comes with a choice of LCD or AMOLED displays. But what if you already have and LCD model and want to upgrade to an AMOLED display? Officially your only option is to buy a new handheld. Unofficially though? There&#…

The Steam Deck handheld gaming PC now comes with a choice of LCD or AMOLED displays. But what if you already have and LCD model and want to upgrade to an AMOLED display? Officially your only option is to buy a new handheld. Unofficially though? There’s another option. DeckSight is running a crowdfunding campaign for a […]

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