The other day I came across a news story about a new application of AI. In an interview, academic researchers in Computer science and Cybersecurity explained how they trained an AI model to guess passwords based on the sounds of keystrokes that your laptop makes. Honestly, my first thought was “Yeah right. That’s straight out…
Alarms go off and the computer lights up like a Christmas tree, my wife yells from downstairs: “We have a Virus!”. My heart races and I believe that I am suffering from tachycardia. I quickly scream to her: “Touch Nothing! Hands off the keyboard!”. Even before I inspect the computer, I tell her it is probably a fake Anti-Virus trying to trick her into downloading this malicious code. Right away, I see this professional looking window that lists a bunch of file infections and asking for a full scan or for the user to buy the software to remove the viruses that do not even exist.