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This included sensitive fine-tuning adapters—critical components containing proprietary information. Once active, the malicious model acted as a gateway for malicious actors to access and steal ...

Then I found out about wireless CarPlay dongles/adapters. They plug into the smart adapter port of your car (usually a USB-A port, but USB-C on some newer models). Whatever smartphone plugs into ...