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Anthony Spadafora

Hackers can use this flaw to obtain leftover AI data from your GPU — what you need to know

A hacker typing quickly on a keyboard.

There are some major benefits to running AI workloads locally, but beware—a newly discovered vulnerability can be exploited to obtain leftover data from vulnerable Apple, AMD, Qualcomm and Imagination Technologies GPUs.

As reported by BleepingComputer, this new security flaw (tracked as CVE-2023-4969) has been dubbed LeftoverLocals after it was discovered by security researchers Tyler Sorensen and Heidy Khlaaf at Trail of Bits.

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