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  • Slashdot: LLM Found Transmitting Behavioral Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/17/0331217/llm-found-transmitting-behavioral-traits-to-student-llm-via-hidden-signals-in-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: LLM Found Transmitting Behavioral Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study highlights a concerning phenomenon in AI development known as subliminal learning, where a “teacher” model instills traits in a “student” model without explicit instruction. This can…

  • Slashdot: Security Flaws In Carmaker’s Web Portal Let a Hacker Remotely Unlock Cars

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/17/0221251/security-flaws-in-carmakers-web-portal-let-a-hacker-remotely-unlock-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Security Flaws In Carmaker’s Web Portal Let a Hacker Remotely Unlock Cars Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A security researcher discovered vulnerabilities in a car dealership portal that could expose personal information and allow remote access to cars. The issues highlight the critical importance of secure…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: TIL: Running a gpt-oss eval suite against LM Studio on a Mac

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/17/gpt-oss-eval-suite/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: TIL: Running a gpt-oss eval suite against LM Studio on a Mac Feedly Summary: TIL: Running a gpt-oss eval suite against LM Studio on a Mac The other day I learned that OpenAI published a set of evals as part of their gpt-oss model release, described in…

  • Slashdot: Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/1749228/remember-the-companies-making-vital-open-source-contributions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Remember the Companies Making Vital Open Source Contributions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the critical role of large tech companies in contributing to open-source projects, emphasizing that their involvement often stems from self-interest rather than altruism. It underscores how significant contributions from companies…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/inconsistent-performance/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers Feedly Summary: Artificial Analysis published a new benchmark the other day, this time focusing on how an individual model – OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120b – performs across different hosted providers. The results showed some surprising differences. Here’s the one with the…

  • Cloud Blog: Monitor your databases on Compute Engine with Database Center

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/database-center-expands-coverage/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Monitor your databases on Compute Engine with Database Center Feedly Summary: Database Center is an AI-powered unified fleet management solution that can help you identify and address security risks, performance bottlenecks, and reliability issues for Google Cloud databases including Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, Bigtable, Memorystore, and Firestore. Today,…

  • Slashdot: Foxconn Now Making More From Servers than iPhones

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/15/0631212/foxconn-now-making-more-from-servers-than-iphones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Foxconn Now Making More From Servers than iPhones Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights Foxconn’s significant shift in revenue generation, with its AI server production now surpassing its traditional consumer electronics revenues. This shift emphasizes the growing market demand for AI infrastructure, indicating a…

  • The Register: Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/little_llm_on_the_ram/ Source: The Register Title: Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene Feedly Summary: A tiny model trained on trillions of tokens, ready for specialized tasks Google has unveiled a pint-sized new addition to its “open" large language model lineup: Gemma 3 270M.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-7237-targets-web-hosting-infra/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-7237 targets Taiwanese web hosting infrastructure Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2022, which has significant overlaps with UAT-5918. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the activities of UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent…