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Hackers Lock Down Servers of Covid-19 Researchers

Aug.19 — Hackers locked down several servers used by the epidemiology and biostatistics department at the University of California at San Francisco back in June. They wanted a $3 million ransom to free up the servers. Bloomberg’s Kartikay Mehrota reports on what happened. You can read his story in the latest issue of “Bloomberg Businessweek.”…

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Aug.19 — Hackers locked down several servers used by the epidemiology and biostatistics department at the University of California at San Francisco back in June. They wanted a $3 million ransom to free up the servers. Bloomberg’s Kartikay Mehrota reports on what happened. You can read his story in the latest issue of “Bloomberg Businessweek.” He appears on “Bloomberg Technology.”

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  1. A B

    August 19, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    If you love America, vote for Trump. A vote for Biden is a vote for antifa & BLM violence, communism, invasion of illegals and fentanyl, school, business, & church closure, and cancel culture.

  2. Vigtornilliaa

    August 19, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    Yes lock out the bullshit of America lock them out and make sure they can’t tell lies anymore to America no law so I won’t wear a mask ever

  3. 형이다자슥아!

    August 19, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    드림텍 떡상가자

  4. Brad Davenport

    August 20, 2020 at 12:24 am

    Nightmarish how this cyber-warfare has become normal

    • J Gaffney

      August 20, 2020 at 12:39 am

      Follow the money is usually the answer.

  5. PeaceAll

    August 20, 2020 at 12:38 am

    An INDIAN who accuse : IRAN, CHINA, RUSSIA, KOREA, of Hacking US researchers. HUMM ! why I am not so supprise. All those Countries are part of Trump agenda to get re-elected

  6. Sebastian Sosa

    August 20, 2020 at 1:10 am

    scary how ransomware-type hacking sounds like a viable career choice.

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Odd Lots: Maybe AI Won’t Kill Us All — Just Some of Us

Big Tech has been sounding alarms about the risk of AI causing human extinction but there are also skeptics who dismiss the notion, like former US Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who referenced the Black Death to dismiss warnings of existential risks. On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast recorded live at the Vermont…

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Big Tech has been sounding alarms about the risk of AI causing human extinction but there are also skeptics who dismiss the notion, like former US Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who referenced the Black Death to dismiss warnings of existential risks.

On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast recorded live at the Vermont Hollywood theater, Rachel Karten, author of the Link in Bio newsletter, and Taylor Lorenz, founder of User Mag, talk about the possibility of AI killing all humans, or maybe just some.
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“I don’t think it should be left to any one company.”

Google SVP James Manyika says a “collective effort” is needed to ensure AI safety.
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Billions Pour Into OpenAI, DeepSeek Ahead of IPOs

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down OpenAI’s talks with multiple investors to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of about $1.4 trillion. Plus, DeepSeek is also close to securing at least $12 billion in funding ahead of its own IPO next year, and JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon weighs in on data centers and AI…

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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down OpenAI’s talks with multiple investors to raise at least $30 billion at a valuation of about $1.4 trillion. Plus, DeepSeek is also close to securing at least $12 billion in funding ahead of its own IPO next year, and JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon weighs in on data centers and AI risks from London’s Tech Stars event.

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