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  • Slashdot: Salesforce Study Finds LLM Agents Flunk CRM and Confidentiality Tests

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/2054205/salesforce-study-finds-llm-agents-flunk-crm-and-confidentiality-tests Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce Study Finds LLM Agents Flunk CRM and Confidentiality Tests Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent Salesforce study highlights significant limitations of LLM-based AI agents in real-world CRM tasks, achieving only 58% success on simple tasks and 35% on multi-step tasks. The findings indicate a…

  • The Register: Salesforce study finds LLM agents flunk CRM and confidentiality tests

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/16/salesforce_llm_agents_benchmark/ Source: The Register Title: Salesforce study finds LLM agents flunk CRM and confidentiality tests Feedly Summary: 6-in-10 success rate for single-step tasks A new benchmark developed by academics shows that LLM-based AI agents perform below par on standard CRM tests and fail to understand the need for customer confidentiality.… AI Summary and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Google Cloud outage incident report

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/14/google-cloud-outage-incident-report/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Google Cloud outage incident report Feedly Summary: Google Cloud, Google Workspace and Google Security Operations products experienced increased 503 errors in external API requests, impacting customers. […] On May 29, 2025, a new feature was added to Service Control for additional quota policy checks. This code…

  • The Register: Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/cisa_simplehelp_flaw_exploit_warning/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks Feedly Summary: Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo Ransomware criminals infected a utility billing software providers’ customers, and in some cases disrupted services, after exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp’s remote…

  • Slashdot: Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/11/1732215/wikipedia-pauses-ai-generated-summaries-after-editor-backlash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Wikimedia Foundation’s decision to halt an AI initiative reveals deep concerns within its editor community about the use of AI-generated content. This incident underscores the importance of aligning AI applications with community expectations…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Slams Court Order To Save All ChatGPT Logs, Including Deleted Chats

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/04/2039245/openai-slams-court-order-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-including-deleted-chats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Slams Court Order To Save All ChatGPT Logs, Including Deleted Chats Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI faces a court order mandating the preservation of all ChatGPT user logs, including deleted and sensitive chats, amidst copyright claims. The implications for user privacy and data handling…

  • Slashdot: AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/03/1954225/ai-startup-revealed-to-be-700-indian-employees-pretending-to-be-chatbots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the bankruptcy of Builder.ai, a London-based startup that falsely marketed its services as AI-driven, while relying on a large workforce in India to perform tasks manually.…

  • Slashdot: Pro-AI Subreddit Bans ‘Uptick’ of Users Who Suffer From AI Delusions

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/02/2156253/pro-ai-subreddit-bans-uptick-of-users-who-suffer-from-ai-delusions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Pro-AI Subreddit Bans ‘Uptick’ of Users Who Suffer From AI Delusions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a concerning phenomenon where users in a pro-AI Reddit community are being banned for projecting grandiose beliefs about AI, particularly due to the influence of large language…