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  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • OpenAI : OpenAI and the CSU system bring AI to 500,000 students & faculty

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-and-the-csu-system Source: OpenAI Title: OpenAI and the CSU system bring AI to 500,000 students & faculty Feedly Summary: The largest deployment of ChatGPT to date will expand the use of AI in education and help the United States build an AI-ready workforce. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant…

  • The Register: Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/japan_mirrorface_china_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Japanese Police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign Feedly Summary: ‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which is worrying Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed third party reports of attacks on local orgs by…

  • The Register: Crims backdoored the backdoors they supplied to other miscreants. Then the domains lapsed

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/backdoored_backdoors/ Source: The Register Title: Crims backdoored the backdoors they supplied to other miscreants. Then the domains lapsed Feedly Summary: Here’s what $20 gets you these days More than 4,000 unique backdoors are using expired domains and/or abandoned infrastructure, and many of these expose government and academia-owned hosts – thus setting these hosts…

  • Hacker News: AI, Encryption, and the Sins of the 90s

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    Source URL: https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2024/keynote-meredith-whittaker/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI, Encryption, and the Sins of the 90s Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meredith Whittaker is a prominent figure in the tech industry, particularly in the fields of privacy and artificial intelligence. Her extensive experience across academia, government, and industry, along with her advisory…

  • Cloud Blog: Orchestrating GPU-based distributed training workloads on AI Hypercomputer

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gpu-orchestration-options-on-ai-hypercomputer/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Orchestrating GPU-based distributed training workloads on AI Hypercomputer Feedly Summary: When it comes to AI, large language models (LLMs) and machine learning (ML) are taking entire industries to the next level. But with larger models and datasets, developers need distributed environments that span multiple AI accelerators (e.g. GPUs…

  • Hacker News: Judge Rules in Favor of School That Gave Student a Bad Grade for Using AI

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    Source URL: https://gizmodo.com/judge-rules-in-favor-of-school-that-gave-student-a-bad-grade-for-using-ai-2000528368 Source: Hacker News Title: Judge Rules in Favor of School That Gave Student a Bad Grade for Using AI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a legal case involving a student from Hingham, Massachusetts, who was disciplined for using generative AI to complete an assignment. The…

  • Hacker News: School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/school-did-nothing-wrong-when-it-punished-student-for-using-ai-court-rules/ Source: Hacker News Title: School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent ruling from a federal court highlighted the complexities surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings, particularly regarding policies and regulations governing…

  • Hacker News: Language agents achieve superhuman synthesis of scientific knowledge

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13740 Source: Hacker News Title: Language agents achieve superhuman synthesis of scientific knowledge Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research paper on language models by Michael D. Skarlinski and colleagues reveals that the PaperQA2 model surpasses the performance of human experts in conducting literature searches and identifying contradictions in…