Hackers are watching your baby monitor right now and you wouldn’t even know it until it’s too late

Default passwords and outdated firmware are turning your home camera into a public livestream, report warns Thousands of exposed webcams are offering a front-row seat into private and corporate life A simple web browser is all it takes to peek into 40,000 unsecured camera feeds Thousands of internet-connected webcams, intended to enhance safety and convenience,…

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How scientists are trying to use AI to unlock the human mind 

Compared with conventional psychological models, which use simple math equations, Centaur did a far better job of predicting behavior. Accurate predictions of how humans respond in psychology experiments are valuable in and of themselves: For example, scientists could use Centaur to pilot their experiments on a computer before recruiting, and paying, human participants. In their…

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In defence of the second-mover advantage

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A note of threat has crept into the otherwise optimistic language of those who champion the adoption of artificial intelligence. You can hear it in the rhetoric of UK technology secretary Peter Kyle, who told…

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