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  • The Register: EU plans to ‘mobilize’ €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/eu_plans_to_mobilize_200b/ Source: The Register Title: EU plans to ‘mobilize’ €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China Feedly Summary: Captain’s Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will…

  • The Register: UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/uk_gov_ai_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant Feedly Summary: Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say The British government is pressing ahead with “AI Growth Zones" amid fears the rush to build datacenters to power AI could…

  • The Register: After Copilot trial, government staff rated Microsoft’s AI it less useful than expected

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/australian_treasury_copilot_pilot_assessment/ Source: The Register Title: After Copilot trial, government staff rated Microsoft’s AI it less useful than expected Feedly Summary: Not all bad news for Microsoft as Australian agency also found strong ROI and some unexpected upsides Australia’s Department of the Treasury has found that Microsoft’s Copilot can easily deliver return on investment,…

  • Slashdot: New Hack Uses Prompt Injection To Corrupt Gemini’s Long-Term Memory

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/12/0011205/new-hack-uses-prompt-injection-to-corrupt-geminis-long-term-memory?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: New Hack Uses Prompt Injection To Corrupt Gemini’s Long-Term Memory Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly demonstrated attack by researcher Johann Rehberger that compromises Google’s Gemini chatbot by manipulating its long-term memory functionality through untrusted document summarization. The attack bypasses existing prompt…

  • The Register: February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/patch_tuesday_february_2025/ Source: The Register Title: February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes Feedly Summary: Don’t relax just yet: Redmond has made some certificate-handling changes that could trip unprepared admins Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s February patch collection is mercifully smaller than January’s mega-dump. But don’t get too relaxed – some deserve close attention,…

  • 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…

  • The Register: Yup, AMD’s Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/cisco_amd_dpu/ Source: The Register Title: Yup, AMD’s Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security Feedly Summary: Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches Cisco is cramming into more of its switches Pensando data processing units (DPUs) from AMD, which will be dedicated to handling security,…

  • Slashdot: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/11/2156211/aukus-blasts-holes-in-lockbits-bulletproof-hosting-provider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AUKUS Blasts Holes In LockBit’s Bulletproof Hosting Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The US, UK, and Australia have sanctioned Zservers, a Russian bulletproof hosting provider, due to its involvement with the LockBit ransomware operations. This collaborative effort underscores the importance of disrupting criminal infrastructures that…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-sort

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/11/llm-sort/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-sort Feedly Summary: llm-sort Delightful LLM plugin by Evangelos Lamprou which adds the ability to perform “semantic search" – allowing you to sort the contents of a file based on using a prompt against an LLM to determine sort order. Best illustrated by these examples from the…