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  • Slashdot: 5 Million People Tried Microsoft’s AI Coding Tool ‘GitHub Copilot’ in the Last 3 Months

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/03/037202/5-million-people-tried-microsofts-ai-coding-tool-github-copilot-in-the-last-3-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 5 Million People Tried Microsoft’s AI Coding Tool ‘GitHub Copilot’ in the Last 3 Months Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s AI coding assistant, GitHub Copilot, has now reached 20 million users, showcasing significant growth in adoption, particularly among enterprise clients. The increase in users indicates…

  • Slashdot: AI Code Generators Are Writing Vulnerable Software Nearly Half the Time, Analysis Finds

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/30/150216/ai-code-generators-are-writing-vulnerable-software-nearly-half-the-time-analysis-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Code Generators Are Writing Vulnerable Software Nearly Half the Time, Analysis Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The excerpt discusses alarming findings from Veracode’s 2025 GenAI Code Security Report, indicating significant security flaws in AI-generated code. Nearly 45% of the tested coding tasks showed vulnerabilities,…

  • Cloud Blog: Tools Make an Agent: From Zero to Assistant with ADK

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/tools-make-an-agent-from-zero-to-assistant-with-adk/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Tools Make an Agent: From Zero to Assistant with ADK Feedly Summary: Imagine that you’re a project manager at QuantumRoast, a global coffee machine company. You help your teammates navigate a sea of engineering roadmaps, sudden strategy pivots (we’re doing matcha now!), and incoming tickets from customers— everything…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI Codex

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/16/openai-codex/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI Codex Feedly Summary: OpenAI Codex Announced today, here’s the documentation for OpenAI’s “cloud-based software engineering agent". It’s not yet available for us $20/month Plus customers ("coming soon") but if you’re a $200/month Pro user you can try it out today. At a high level, you specify…

  • Slashdot: Pentagon Targets Open Source Security Risks in Software Procurement Overhaul

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/06/230252/pentagon-targets-open-source-security-risks-in-software-procurement-overhaul?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Pentagon Targets Open Source Security Risks in Software Procurement Overhaul Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Department of Defense (DoD) is initiating a Software Fast Track (SWFT) program to modernize its software procurement systems, focusing on enhancing security measures. This initiative addresses challenges posed by open…

  • Slashdot: AI-Generated Code Creates Major Security Risk Through ‘Package Hallucinations’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1837239/ai-generated-code-creates-major-security-risk-through-package-hallucinations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-Generated Code Creates Major Security Risk Through ‘Package Hallucinations’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study highlights a critical vulnerability in AI-generated code, where a significant percentage of generated packages reference non-existent libraries, posing substantial risks for supply-chain attacks. This phenomenon is more prevalent in open…

  • Rekt: Not So Safe

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    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/not-so-safe Source: Rekt Title: Not So Safe Feedly Summary: North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole $1.4B from Bybit’s signers by exploiting a simple vulnerability in Safe’s system. A single yaml.load execution bypassed high-end security, turning a supposedly impenetrable system into one of the industry’s biggest disasters. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…