On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Firefox, Mozilla CEO Laura Chambers expressed in an interview with TechCrunch that significant impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on how people use web browsers are expected in the next two to three years. She reiterated Mozilla's strategic focus on the browser as its core product and stated that the company has increased its investment in the development of Firefox. Chambers believes that as the EU...

Apple plans to release the iOS 18.2 system update in the first week of December, specifically during the week of December 2, aimed at allowing users to quickly experience more artificial intelligence features. According to Mark Gurman, this update will integrate ChatGPT technology into Apple's voice assistant, Siri, allowing users to access ChatGPT's text and image generation capabilities for free without needing to create an account. Siri will use the expertise of ChatGPT to answer questions and will seek user consent before making inquiries.

In today's rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, voice synthesis and transformation technologies are evolving at an extraordinary pace, providing us with incredibly realistic and natural audio experiences. However, these technological advancements also bring potential security risks, particularly as 'voice cloning' technology could be exploited by malicious individuals, threatening personal privacy and social stability. In response to this challenge, the Intelligent System Security Laboratory of Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University have joined forces to launch a revolutionary audio forgery detection framework - SafeEar. This framework not only efficiently detects forged audio but also ensures privacy protection during the detection process.

Meta has announced that it will continue with its plan to use millions of publicly available posts from UK Facebook and Instagram users to train its artificial intelligence technology. Although this practice is largely prohibited under EU privacy laws, Meta states that it has been in active communication with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), after previously pausing similar proposals in June. The pause was due to the ICO's warnings that tech companies must respect user privacy when developing generative AI.

Against the backdrop of tech giants like Google and Microsoft introducing AI features into their email services, Proton Mail, known for its privacy and security, has launched its own AI writing assistant - Proton Scribe. This new feature aims to help users more efficiently compose and optimize emails while strictly protecting user privacy. Proton Scribe has been designed with privacy protection in mind. Since Proton Mail uses zero-access encryption, Scribe cannot access users' inbox data for tra

French startup Nijta focuses on AI-driven voice anonymization technology. Nijta's product, VoiceHarbor, enables voice anonymization while complying with data privacy regulations. The main market for Nijta is in Europe, benefiting from strict GDPR data privacy laws. The company plans to expand into the B2C market, with a focus on protecting voice messages and other related areas.

Patronus AI is a startup based in the United States that focuses on AI model safety and governance. The company has just completed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed China. Patronus AI primarily provides AI model security assessment, monitoring, and enhancement platforms for enterprise clients. The company utilizes adversarial generative networks to offer security assessment services for AI models to its clients. Patronus AI stated that this funding round will accelerate product development and expand its R&D team.