How to protect your passwords from AI 🔒️

ALSO: IBM researchers turn ChatGPT evil

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Zain Kahn
August 09, 2023

Read time: 2.5 minutes

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It’s a day of big mischief in AI as a study finds that AI tools can crack over 50% of common passwords. And a team of researchers from IBM trick ChatGPT and other chatbots into breaking red lights and committing all sorts of bad deeds.

But it’s not all bad news, as Nvidia announced the next big leap in AI hardware. And IBM teamed up with Nasa to build the GPT of earth sciences.

 TODAY’S MENU

  • The Big Insight: How to protect your passwords from AI

  • 5 AI tools to supercharge your productivity

  • Enterprise Roundup: Gen AI code assistants and AI for Enterprise

  • Tutorial: Make your ad copy more interesting

  • Research: IBM and NASA building the GPT of Earth sciences

  • AI-Generated Images: The Justice League, 70s Edition

TODAY IN AI & TECH  

  • Bad Robot: IBM researchers were able to convince AI chatbots like ChatGPT to give evil - and sometimes illegal - advice like driving through red lights and leaking confidential information.

  • Global Groove: Spotify expands its AI-powered DJ feature to 50 new countries.

  • How much? Tech investor Softbank posts cumulative loss of $6.3B in its Vision Fund business.

  • New boss in town: Chinese premium automaker Li Auto says they can outsell BMW and Mercedes in China next year.

  • End of chapter: A website that used AI to analyze novels has been shut down following a massive backlash from authors.

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THE BIG INSIGHT

How to protect your passwords from AI

Source: Home Security Heroes

If you’ve been using the same passwords since high school, now might be the time to create new ones.

Cybersecurity firm Home Security Heroes used an AI password cracker to run through 15,600,000 common passwords and found that they could crack an astonishing 51% of these passwords in less than a minute.

Other common password cracking methods include brute forcing, credential stuffing, and phishing scams.

But you’re not completely at the mercy of these bad actors. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself:

  • Make it longer: A 12-character password with mixed symbols takes 30,000 years to crack.

  • Use variety: Use a combination of uppercase characters, lowercase characters, numbers, and symbols.

  • Make it random: Avoid easy-to-guess words and numbers like your name and birth date.

  • Go direct: password stealing tools can always be disguised under a seemingly harmless link. Always go direct to the website, instead of using a link.

  • Avoid Risky Sites: If a site accepts weak passwords, it may not secure your information properly.

  • One and done: Try not to use the same password across multiple sites.

  • Keep it fresh: Change your passwords every few months.

Source: Home Security Heroes

OTHER INSIGHTS

Nvidia releasing next-gen GPUs

Image source: Nvidia

Nvidia, the largest provider of GPUs critical to running AI models, is releasing its next-gen GPUs with enhanced features:

  • Integration of 2 next-generation Grace Hopper Superchips

  • 141 gigabytes of HBM3e memory

  • 3.5X faster than the current model

Nvidia’s market cap has exceeded $1 trillion dollars in recent months, mostly thanks to the fact that they remain the major supplier of GPUs that many AI models run on.

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ENTERPRISE ROUNDUP

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Cohere is teaming up with McKinsey to bring AI to enterprise clients — Cohere is partnering with global consulting firm McKinsey to offer secure, enterprise-grade generative AI solutions tailored to McKinsey's clients, including major Fortune 100 companies. Read more →

AI TUTORIAL

How to make your ad copy more interesting using ChatGPT

Try the prompt below: 

“I want to create an ad for [product/service] that evokes emotions and resonates with [target audience]. Write copy that will connect with them on a deeper level. Generate 5 different pieces of copy”

NOTABLE RESEARCH

IBM and NASA team up to build the GPT of Earth sciences

IBM, NASA, and HuggingFace have collaborated to build an open-source geospatial foundation model using IBM's Watsonx.ai and NASA's satellite data. The model will enable new climate and Earth science AIs to monitor deforestation, predict crop yields, and track greenhouse gas emissions.

Here’s the demo:

Read the full paper →

AI-GENERATED IMAGES

The Justice League, 70s Edition

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