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  • Slashdot: Clearview Attempted To Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/20/1925212/clearview-attempted-to-buy-social-security-numbers-and-mugshots-for-its-database Source: Slashdot Title: Clearview Attempted To Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the controversial practices of Clearview AI, a facial recognition company, that attempted to purchase extensive arrest records, potentially including sensitive personal information, to enhance its product…

  • Hacker News: Zero-knowledge proofs, encoding Sudoku and Mario speedruns without semantic leak

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    Source URL: https://vasekrozhon.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/zero-knowledge-proofs/ Source: Hacker News Title: Zero-knowledge proofs, encoding Sudoku and Mario speedruns without semantic leak Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text focuses on zero-knowledge proofs, illustrating their foundational concepts and applications, particularly in cryptography and distributed systems. The discussion highlights how zero-knowledge proofs can be a solution to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: New audio models from OpenAI, but how much can we rely on them?

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/20/new-openai-audio-models/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: New audio models from OpenAI, but how much can we rely on them? Feedly Summary: OpenAI announced several new audio-related API features today, for both text-to-speech and speech-to-text. They’re very promising new models, but they appear to suffer from the ever-present risk of accidental (or malicious) instruction…

  • Cloud Blog: Vertex AI Search and Generative AI (with Gemini) achieve FedRAMP High

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/vertex-ai-search-and-generative-ai-with-gemini-achieve-fedramp-high/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Vertex AI Search and Generative AI (with Gemini) achieve FedRAMP High Feedly Summary: In the rapidly evolving AI landscape, security remains paramount. Today, we reinforce that commitment with another significant achievement: FedRAMP High authorization for Google Vertex AI Search and Generative AI on Vertex AI.This follows our announcement…

  • Schneier on Security: Critical GitHub Attack

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/critical-github-attack.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Critical GitHub Attack Feedly Summary: This is serious: A sophisticated cascading supply chain attack has compromised multiple GitHub Actions, exposing critical CI/CD secrets across tens of thousands of repositories. The attack, which originally targeted the widely used “tj-actions/changed-files” utility, is now believed to have originated from an…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: HTTPS-only for Cloudflare APIs: shutting the door on cleartext traffic

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/https-only-for-cloudflare-apis-shutting-the-door-on-cleartext-traffic/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: HTTPS-only for Cloudflare APIs: shutting the door on cleartext traffic Feedly Summary: We are closing the cleartext HTTP ports entirely for Cloudflare API traffic. This prevents the risk of clients unintentionally leaking their secret API keys in cleartext during the initial request. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Hacker News: EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and devices

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/eu-sends-apple-first-dma-interoperability-instructions-for-apps-and-connected-devices/ Source: Hacker News Title: EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and devices Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Short Summary with Insight: The text discusses the European Union’s preliminary actions directed at Apple regarding compliance with interoperability mandates as set out in the Digital Markets Act (DMA).…

  • The Register: Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as it wrings more performance from fewer accelerators

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/tencent_q4_fy2024_gpu_slowdown/ Source: The Register Title: Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as it wrings more performance from fewer accelerators Feedly Summary: Chinese giant says locals are more efficient than Western hyperscalers, and has tiny capex to prove it Chinese tech giant Tencent has slowed the pace of its GPU rollout since implementing DeepSeek.……

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s o1-pro is the Company’s Most Expensive AI Model Yet

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/20/0227246/openais-o1-pro-is-the-companys-most-expensive-ai-model-yet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s o1-pro is the Company’s Most Expensive AI Model Yet Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI has recently introduced the o1-pro AI model, an enhanced version of their reasoning model, which is currently accessible to select developers at a significantly higher cost than previous models. This…

  • NCSC Feed: Setting direction for the UK’s migration to post-quantum cryptography

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/setting-direction-uk-migration-to-pqc Source: NCSC Feed Title: Setting direction for the UK’s migration to post-quantum cryptography Feedly Summary: Why the key milestones for PQC migration are part of building and maintaining good cyber security practice. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance on transitioning to…