Tag: concerns

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/2040214/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Industry Horrified To Face Largest Copyright Class Action Ever Certified Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the potential repercussions of a major copyright class action lawsuit against Anthropic, which could significantly impact the entire AI industry. Claims from industry groups suggest that if…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/8/surprise-deprecation-of-gpt-4o/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers Feedly Summary: I’ve been dipping into the r/ChatGPT subreddit recently to see how people are reacting to the GPT-5 launch, and so far the vibes there are not good. This AMA thread with the OpenAI team is a great…

Slashdot: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/1458253/uk-secretly-allows-facial-recognition-scans-of-passport-immigration-databases Source: Slashdot Title: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses significant privacy concerns regarding the UK police’s deployment of facial recognition technology using passport and immigration databases, lacking proper oversight. This raises important compliance and governance issues relevant…

The Register: Infosec hounds spot prompt injection vuln in Google Gemini apps

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/infosec_hounds_spot_prompt_injection/ Source: The Register Title: Infosec hounds spot prompt injection vuln in Google Gemini apps Feedly Summary: Not a very smart home: crims could hijack smart-home boiler, open and close powered windows and more. Now fixed Black hat A trio of researchers has disclosed a major prompt injection vulnerability in Google’s Gemini large…

Schneier on Security: Google Project Zero Changes Its Disclosure Policy

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/google-project-zero-changes-its-disclosure-policy.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Google Project Zero Changes Its Disclosure Policy Feedly Summary: Google’s vulnerability finding team is again pushing the envelope of responsible disclosure: Google’s Project Zero team will retain its existing 90+30 policy regarding vulnerability disclosures, in which it provides vendors with 90 days before full disclosure takes place,…

The Register: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases Feedly Summary: Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… AI Summary and Description:…

Slashdot: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

Aug 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/217234/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked Source: Slashdot Title: Encryption Made For Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights critical vulnerabilities in an encryption algorithm widely used in radios for essential sectors, including law enforcement and military. After researchers discovered a backdoor in the original algorithm,…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Previewing GPT-5 at OpenAI’s office

Aug 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/7/previewing-gpt-5/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Previewing GPT-5 at OpenAI’s office Feedly Summary: A couple of weeks ago I was invited to OpenAI’s headquarters for a “preview event", for which I had to sign both an NDA and a video release waiver. I suspected it might relate to either GPT-5 or the OpenAI…

Cisco Talos Blog: AI wrote my code and all I got was this broken prototype

Aug 7, 2025

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