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  • The Register: Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/06/ingram_micro_confirms_ransomware_behind/ Source: The Register Title: Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage Feedly Summary: SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world’s largest tech distributors Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/supabase-mcp-lethal-trifecta/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database Feedly Summary: Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database Here’s yet another example of a lethal trifecta attack, where an LLM system combines access to private data, exposure to potentially malicious instructions and a mechanism to communicate data…

  • Slashdot: AI Coding Agents Are Already Commoditized

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/191224/ai-coding-agents-are-already-commoditized?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Coding Agents Are Already Commoditized Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the commoditization of AI coding agents, arguing that recent advancements in AI models have leveled the playing field, making powerful coding agents accessible without unique technical advantages. Sean Goedecke emphasizes that the…

  • Slashdot: UK Minister Tells Turing AI Institute To Focus On Defense

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/2011230/uk-minister-tells-turing-ai-institute-to-focus-on-defense Source: Slashdot Title: UK Minister Tells Turing AI Institute To Focus On Defense Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: UK Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle emphasizes the importance of enhancing AI capabilities for national security, urging a shift in focus at the Alan Turing Institute towards defense. This reflects…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Identify, solve, verify

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/4/identify-solve-verify/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Identify, solve, verify Feedly Summary: The more time I spend using LLMs for code, the less I worry for my career – even as their coding capabilities continue to improve. Using LLMs as part of my process helps me understand how much of my job isn’t just…

  • The Register: Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here’s what we know so far

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/project_rainier_deep_dive/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here’s what we know so far Feedly Summary: It’s almost like AWS is building its own Stargate deep dive Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in the process of building out a massive supercomputing cluster containing “hundreds…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: awwaiid/gremllm

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/4/gremllm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: awwaiid/gremllm Feedly Summary: awwaiid/gremllm Delightfully cursed Python library by Brock Wilcox, built on top of LLM: from gremllm import Gremllm counter = Gremllm(“counter") counter.value = 5 counter.increment() print(counter.value) # 6? print(counter.to_roman_numerals()) # VI? You tell your Gremllm what it should be in the constructor, then it uses…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Adam Gordon Bell

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/adam-gordon-bell/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Adam Gordon Bell Feedly Summary: I think that a lot of resistance to AI coding tools comes from the same place: fear of losing something that has defined you for so long. People are reacting against overblown hype, and there is overblown hype. I get that,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Sandboxed tools in a loop

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/sandboxed-tools-in-a-loop/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Sandboxed tools in a loop Feedly Summary: Something I’ve realized about LLM tool use is that it means that if you can reduce a problem to something that can be solved by an LLM in a sandbox using tools in a loop, you can brute force that…

  • The Register: Tariffs and trade turmoil driving up cost and build times for datacenters

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/tariffs_and_trade_turmoil_driving/ Source: The Register Title: Tariffs and trade turmoil driving up cost and build times for datacenters Feedly Summary: Biz needs AI infra for training ever larger models, but something’s gotta give World War Fee Datacenter operators in Northern Europe say US tariffs and growing global geopolitical instability are inflating costs and causing…