Tag: 2024

  • The Register: Infosec experts divided on AI’s potential to assist red teams

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/gen_ai_red_teaming/ Source: The Register Title: Infosec experts divided on AI’s potential to assist red teams Feedly Summary: Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence CANALYS FORUMS APAC Generative AI is being enthusiastically adopted in almost every field, but infosec experts are divided on whether it…

  • Hacker News: The era of open voice assistants has arrived

    Source URL: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/12/19/voice-preview-edition-the-era-of-open-voice/ Source: Hacker News Title: The era of open voice assistants has arrived Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text highlights the introduction of an open-source voice assistant, Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition, prioritizing privacy and customization for users. It emphasizes its capabilities, design features, and the community-driven nature…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemini 2.0 Flash "Thinking mode"

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/19/gemini-thinking-mode/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemini 2.0 Flash "Thinking mode" Feedly Summary: Those new model releases just keep on flowing. Today it’s Google’s snappily named gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp, their first entrant into the o1-style inference scaling class of models. I posted about a great essay about the significance of these just this morning. From…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Artificial Intelligence in 2030

    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/business/dealbook/artificial-intelligence-in-2030.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Artificial Intelligence in 2030 Feedly Summary: At the DealBook Summit, ten experts in artificial intelligence discussed the greatest opportunities and risks posed by the technology. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a discussion at the DealBook Summit involving experts in artificial…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Welcome to the party, pal!

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/welcome-to-the-party-pal-2/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Welcome to the party, pal! Feedly Summary: In the last newsletter of the year, Thorsten recalls his tech-savvy gift to his family and how we can all incorporate cybersecurity protections this holiday season. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text serves as a discussion on personal…

  • The Register: US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/19/house_ai_policy_requests/ Source: The Register Title: US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests Feedly Summary: Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report,…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/19/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-12356 BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Is AI progress slowing down?

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/19/is-ai-progress-slowing-down/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Is AI progress slowing down? Feedly Summary: Is AI progress slowing down? This piece by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor is the single most insightful essay about AI and LLMs I’ve seen in a long time. It’s long and worth reading every inch of it – it…

  • The Register: Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/19/scale_ai_defies_logic/ Source: The Register Title: Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic Feedly Summary: It’s not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon Comment Next year will see some truly monstrous compute projects get underway as the AI boom enters its…

  • Krebs on Security: Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/web-hacking-service-araneida-tied-to-turkish-it-firm/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm Feedly Summary: Cybercriminals are selling hundreds of thousands of credential sets stolen with the help of a cracked version of Acunetix, a powerful commercial web app vulnerability scanner, new research finds. The cracked software is being resold as…