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Jessica Gould / Gothamist : NYC says the MOVEit flaw exposed ~45K students' data, following March 2022's breach of ~820K students' data via the Illuminate Education grading software hack   —  We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qD3aHYN via IFTTT

People are using AI chatbots to fill junk websites with AI-generated text that attracts paying advertisers, according to a new report from the media research organization NewsGuard that was shared exclusively with MIT Technology Review.  Over 140 major brands are paying for ads that end up on unreliable AI-written sites, likely without their knowledge. Ninety percent of the ads from major brands found on these AI-generated news sites were served by Google, in violation of the company’s own policies. The practice threatens to hasten the arrival of a glitchy, spammy internet that is overrun by AI-generated content , as well as wasting massive amounts of ad money. Most companies that advertise online automatically bid on spots to run those ads through a practice called “programmatic advertising.” Algorithms place ads on various websites according to complex calculations that optimize the number of eyeballs an ad might attract from the company’s target audience. As a result, bi...

Phoebe Liu / Forbes : A profile of Christina Cacioppo, the co-founder and CEO of data security compliance startup Vanta, which has an ~$80M ARR, a $1.6B valuation, and raised $203M   —  The Stanford graduate built a fast-growing software company to automate what had previously been a manual process. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9vrBT0P via IFTTT

Jordan Novet / CNBC : An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana's majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI's risks as a philanthropy focus   —  - Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who made billions from co-founding Facebook, has long been concerned about the risks of runaway artificial intelligence. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/JKzcj31 via IFTTT

New York Times : As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, lawmakers, political consultants, and election researchers push for creating new guardrails   —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/kJ9Vbx5 via IFTTT

Maria Heeter / The Information : Source: a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management plans to make a $1B+ debt investment in US chipmaker Wolfspeed, which has a $6B market cap   —  A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management is making a more than $1 billion debt investment in Wolfspeed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jCAzVop via IFTTT

Tom Warren / The Verge : FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox isn't a “robust business”, failing to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile   —  FTC v. Microsoft day two was all about console wars and whether Xbox is really in a distant third place. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xwK26pX via IFTTT