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AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It’s an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI’s Connor Leahy | Democracy Now!

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Tshwane is urging residents to exercise extreme caution when buying goods or services through social media platforms and online marketplaces, as criminals continue to use these platforms to defraud unsuspecting victims

The US is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a US-led coalition if they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework, according to a US official and an internal draft reviewed by Reuters.

U.S. and international agencies released a joint cybersecurity advisory Aug. 10 warning of actions by Gunra ransomware. Gunra is a ransomware-as-a-service program that has been used to target government, critical infrastructure — including healthcare — and other organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Gunra actors leverage a double-extortion model, both encrypting data and threatening to publish stolen data to a dedicated leak…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, and U.S. and international partners on Aug. 10 issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning that Gunra ransomware actors are targeting critical infrastructure organizations worldwide, including government, healthcare, and financial services organizations.