Tag: 2024

Source URL: https://blog.yossarian.net/2024/12/06/zizmor-ultralytics-injection Source: Hacker News Title: Zizmor would have caught the Ultralytics workflow vulnerability Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes a security incident involving the compromise of the Ultralytics machine learning package, which led to the release of malicious software via multiple versions uploaded to PyPI. The root…

Hacker News: MIT largest open-source car design dataset, incl aerodynamics, to speed design

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Source URL: https://news.mit.edu/2024/design-future-car-with-8000-design-options-1205 Source: Hacker News Title: MIT largest open-source car design dataset, incl aerodynamics, to speed design Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The new dataset, DrivAerNet++, created by MIT engineers, comprises over 8,000 simulated car designs with aerodynamics data, made publicly available for the first time. This open-source dataset will…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ethan Mollick

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/7/ethan-mollick/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ethan Mollick Feedly Summary: A test of how seriously your firm is taking AI: when o-1 (& the new Gemini) came out this week, were there assigned folks who immediately ran the model through internal, validated, firm-specific benchmarks to see how useful it as? Did you…

The Register: Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/07/microsoft_copilot_vision/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs Feedly Summary: Edge-exclusive tool promises ‘second set of eyes’ for browsing Microsoft has rolled out a Copilot Vision preview that says more about how poorly websites are designed rather than justifying the need to bring more AI…

The Register: Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/07/elon_election_spending/ Source: The Register Title: Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump Feedly Summary: Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Musk’s war on OpenAI Elon Musk gave more than $270 million to political groups supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and others on the American right, according…

The Register: Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/opatch_zeroday_microsoft/ Source: The Register Title: Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+ Feedly Summary: Microsoft’s OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Acros Security claims to have found an unpatched bug in Microsoft Windows 7 and onward that can be exploited to steal users’ OS account…

The Register: Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/appeals_court_backs_tiktok_ban/ Source: The Register Title: Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court Feedly Summary: Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on…

The Register: Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/boeing_employee_surveillance/ Source: The Register Title: Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course Feedly Summary: Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let’s focus on office usage Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries…

The Register: OpenAI to charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro

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