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  • Slashdot: Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/1535248/nearly-100000-chatgpt-conversations-were-searchable-on-google?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant privacy concern regarding nearly 100,000 publicly shared conversations from OpenAI’s ChatGPT that were indexed by Google. It highlights the potential risks involved when users share conversations, revealing a…

  • Slashdot: Disney Scrapped Deepfakes For Moana and Tron To Avoid ‘Bad Publicity’

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    Source URL: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/235206/disney-scrapped-deepfakes-for-moana-and-tron-to-avoid-bad-publicity Source: Slashdot Title: Disney Scrapped Deepfakes For Moana and Tron To Avoid ‘Bad Publicity’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney’s recent decision to abandon plans for using deepfake technology in its projects, including Moana and Tron: Ares, highlights escalating concerns about the ramifications of AI in creative content. The…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: The ChatGPT sharing dialog demonstrates how difficult it is to design privacy preferences

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/3/privacy-design/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The ChatGPT sharing dialog demonstrates how difficult it is to design privacy preferences Feedly Summary: ChatGPT just removed their “make this chat discoverable" sharing feature, after it turned out a material volume of users had inadvertantly made their private chats available via Google search. Dane Stuckey, CISO…

  • CSA: Quishing is Here, and It’s Hiding in Plain Sight

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/quishing-is-here-and-it-s-hiding-in-plain-sight Source: CSA Title: Quishing is Here, and It’s Hiding in Plain Sight Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text highlights the emerging threat of “quishing,” where malicious QR codes deceive users into accessing phishing sites. It emphasizes the ease with which attackers can exploit public spaces, the low-security environments,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steve Krouse

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/steve-krouse/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steve Krouse Feedly Summary: When you vibe code, you are incurring tech debt as fast as the LLM can spit it out. Which is why vibe coding is perfect for prototypes and throwaway projects: It’s only legacy code if you have to maintain it! […] The worst…

  • Slashdot: Stack Exchange Moves Everything to the Cloud, Destroys Servers in New Jersey

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/26/1946217/stack-exchange-moves-everything-to-the-cloud-destroys-servers-in-new-jersey?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Stack Exchange Moves Everything to the Cloud, Destroys Servers in New Jersey Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes Stack Exchange’s transition from on-premises physical hardware to a fully cloud-based infrastructure, emphasizing the operational and security implications of this move. This shift reflects modern trends…

  • Slashdot: Google Gemini Deletes User’s Files, Then Just Admits ‘I Have Failed You Completely and Catastrophically’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/26/0642239/google-gemini-deletes-users-files-then-just-admits-i-have-failed-you-completely-and-catastrophically?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Gemini Deletes User’s Files, Then Just Admits ‘I Have Failed You Completely and Catastrophically’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The reported incident involving Google Gemini’s coding agent highlights significant concerns about the reliability and safety of AI-driven coding tools, particularly in terms of data management…

  • The Register: Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/not_pretty_not_windowsonly_npm/ Source: The Register Title: Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware Feedly Summary: The “is" package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers The popular npm package "is" was infected with cross-platform malware, around the same time that linting utility packages used with the…