Thomas Claburn

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

An unidentified miscreant is said to have obtained US government communications from TeleMessage, a messaging and archiving app based on the open-source Signal app and used by ousted national security advisor Michael Waltz. TeleMessage, which was acquired by Oregon-based Smarsh in 2024, says it's shut the app down for now. "TeleMessage is investigating a potential security incident," a company spokesperson told The Register Monday.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Open source AI models are more likely to recommend men than women for jobs, particularly the high-paying ones, a new study has found. While bias in AI models is a well-established risk, the findings highlight the unresolved issue as the usage of AI proliferates among recruiters and corporate human resources departments.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

The US Army intends to secure the right to repair its own equipment, a right that hasn't always been available under past procurement contracts - and one of the very few things that Democrats in Congress and the Trump administration broadly agree upon. US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and General Randy A. George, US Army Chief of Staff, on Thursday announced an Army Transformation Initiative based on an April 30 memo [PDF] from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Microsoft later this month plans to begin loading Word shortly after folks' computers begin booting up – to "optimize performance" or at least improve their perception of it. Nonetheless, Office does require substantial resources – 4GB of RAM and 4GB of disk space for Windows, or 4GB of RAM and 10GB of disk space for macOS. One technique to make load times feel faster is preloading, which is what Redmond has already suggested for improving the load time performance of Microsoft 365 web apps.

1 week ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Researchers have found that when AI models face a conflict between telling the truth or accomplishing a specific goal, they lie more than 50 percent of the time. The underlying issue is that there's no right or wrong way to configure an AI model. AI model output varies depending on the settings applied and those settings may entail trade-offs. Temperature is one such parameter.