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Alicia Roberts

Associate Director, News and Public Relations

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Developers beware: When apps add AI, it risks hacking

In the race to add AI capabilities to their mobile apps, developers have opened up a new security weakness that puts their own wallets at risk. A new study led by Wake Forest undergraduate student Eric Gao analyzed 444 iOS applications. It found that 282 exposed credentials needed to access the developers’ large language model…


Class of 2030 arrives on the Wake Forest campus

Wake Forest University will welcome more than 1,590 first-year students this year. Many will arrive on Tuesday, Aug. 18. What to know about the Class of 2030: Media are invited to campus from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, to cover first-year students and their families as they move into residence halls, greeted by…


A top marathoner needs science to win big. He comes to Wake Forest for testing.

When John Korir hit the rust-red track at Wake Forest University’s Kentner Stadium on a recent steamy summer afternoon, he needed to know one thing: Could he somehow tailor his training to boost his performance by 1%? Ranked the fifth-fastest marathoner in the world, Korir wants to break a record this year. He turned to…

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Can we build software secure enough to thwart AI attacks?

The OpenAI breach of Hugging Face’s digital library amplifies a growing concern among cybersecurity researchers: The fast-moving software development process isn’t thinking about security early—or broadly—enough. “A vulnerability in code, configuration or infrastructure may already pose a risk, but AI agents can amplify its impact by autonomously exploring systems and attempting attacks at a scale…

Categories: Experts