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Researchers built an AI that uses Google’s own tools to crack reCAPTCHA

Oct26
by on October 26, 2017 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google


Earlier this year Google boasted its security AI has smartened up so much it no longer requires you to tick a box in its reCAPTCHA system to know you’re not a bot. But it appears the company might have celebrated a bit prematurely. A group of researchers from the University of Maryland have developed a new algorithm, called unCAPTCHA, that is capable of defeating the reCAPTCHA system with a mind-boggling success rate of 85 percent. The method exploits a vulnerability in the audio version of reCAPTCHA to accomplish such high consistency. The solution involves using browser automation software to parse out…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Researchers built an AI that uses Google’s own tools to crack reCAPTCHA

Oct26
by on October 26, 2017 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google


Earlier this year Google boasted its security AI has smartened up so much it no longer requires you to tick a box in its reCAPTCHA system to know you’re not a bot. But it appears the company might have celebrated a bit prematurely. A group of researchers from the University of Maryland have developed a new algorithm, called unCAPTCHA, that is capable of defeating the reCAPTCHA system with a mind-boggling success rate of 85 percent. The method exploits a vulnerability in the audio version of reCAPTCHA to accomplish such high consistency. The solution involves using browser automation software to parse out…

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