FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 15 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
Imagine sitting in your home, listening to what you think is a run-of-the-mill advertisement or perhaps a piece of music you enjoy. But while you hum along, that audio file is sending a secret, malicious audio message-imperceptible to human ears-telling your home assistant to unlock your door or maybe transfer money from your bank account.
It is this stealth threat that George Mason University Department of Computer Science associate professor Qiang Zeng is investigating.
"You hear one thing, but what the AI interprets is something else," Zeng said.
Zeng and PhD student Ying Meng developed a technique that could make such attacks more difficult, without ...