The money was found in Chinyere Igwe’s car on the eve of Nigeria’s hotly contested elections.
Putting Undetectable Backdoors in Machine Learning Models
This is really interesting research from a few months ago:
Abstract: Given the computational cost and technical expertise required to train machine learning models, users may delegate the task of learning to a service provider. Delegation of learning has clear benefits, and at the same time raises serious concerns of trust. This work studies possible abuses of power by untrusted learners.We show how a malicious learner can plant an undetectable backdoor into a classifier. On the surface, such a backdoored classifier behaves normally, but in reality, the learner maintains a mechanism for changing the classification of any input, with only a slight perturbation. Importantly, without the appropriate “backdoor key,” the mechanism is hidden and cannot be detected by any computationally-bounded observer. We demonstrate two frameworks for planting undetectable backdoors, with incomparable guarantees…
Chinese Provinces Give Paid Marriage Leave To Newlyweds To Boost Birth Rate
Amid the shrinking birth rate, some Chinese provinces are giving young newlyweds 30 days of paid leaves in the hope of encouraging young marriage and boosting a flagging birth rate.
California could face floods, blizzards from huge U.S. storm
A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses was set to pound California on Friday, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards. The National Weather Service warned of a ‘cold and dangerous winter s…
Ukraine Gets First Western Battle Tanks, on the Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will announce the delivery of the first of 14 German-made tanks during a visit to Kyiv Friday.
Russian Accused of Developing NLBrute Malware Extradited to US
The suspect, Dariy Pankov, aka dpxaker, was extradited from Georgia in October 2022 and he appeared before a US judge this week. Pankov has been charged with computer fraud, conspiracy, and access device fraud, and faces up to 47 years in prison.
She’s the only woman living on an island of convicted criminals
When Giulia Manca traveled to Pianosa, a former Italian prison island, back in 2011, she was looking forward to a relaxing sunshine break before returning home.
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