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  • Slashdot: 4chan Returns, Details Breach, Blames Funding Issues, Ends Shockwave Board

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/0252257/4chan-returns-details-breach-blames-funding-issues-ends-shockwave-board?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 4chan Returns, Details Breach, Blames Funding Issues, Ends Shockwave Board Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a security breach experienced by 4chan due to outdated infrastructure and insufficient resources. A hacker exploited a vulnerability in a script handling PDFs, leading to significant data exfiltration.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/elliot-higgins/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat Feedly Summary: We’ve been seeing if the latest versions of LLMs are any better at geolocating and chronolocating images, and they’ve improved dramatically since we last tested them in 2023. […] Before anyone worries about it taking our job, I see it more…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Watching o3 guess a photo’s location is surreal, dystopian and wildly entertaining

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/o3-photo-locations/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Watching o3 guess a photo’s location is surreal, dystopian and wildly entertaining Feedly Summary: Watching OpenAI’s new o3 model guess where a photo was taken is one of those moments where decades of science fiction suddenly come to life. It’s a cross between the Enhance Button and…

  • Wired: Behold the Social Security Administration’s AI Training Video

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-ai-training-video/ Source: Wired Title: Behold the Social Security Administration’s AI Training Video Feedly Summary: Social Security workers are being asked to use an AI chatbot. An animated video on how to do so failed to mention that the chatbot can’t be trusted with personally identifiable information. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Slashdot: AI Secretly Helped Write California Bar Exam, Sparking Uproar

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/23/2025217/ai-secretly-helped-write-california-bar-exam-sparking-uproar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Secretly Helped Write California Bar Exam, Sparking Uproar Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The State Bar of California’s decision to use AI in generating questions for the February 2025 bar exam has sparked significant backlash from legal educators and test-takers. The controversy raises concerns about…

  • Rekt: KiloEx – Rekt

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/kiloex-rekt Source: Rekt Title: KiloEx – Rekt Feedly Summary: Oracle manipulation 101 – check your damn validation. KiloEx lost almost $7.5 million when their MinimalForwarder contract accepted any forged signature without verification. The attack hit Base, BNB Chain, opBNB, Taiko, and Manta simultaneously. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a…

  • Slashdot: Cybersecurity World On Edge As CVE Program Prepares To Go Dark

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/16/0050230/cybersecurity-world-on-edge-as-cve-program-prepares-to-go-dark?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cybersecurity World On Edge As CVE Program Prepares To Go Dark Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The potential expiration of MITRE’s DHS contract on April 16, 2025, threatens the continuity of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) and Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) programs, which are crucial…

  • The Register: Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/ireland_investigation_into_x/ Source: The Register Title: Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp Feedly Summary: Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR Elon Musk’s social media outfit X is again under the regulatory microscope in Europe – this time for allegedly using EU users’…