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  • Slashdot: Mastercard Gives AI Agents Ability To Shop Online for You

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1914257/mastercard-gives-ai-agents-ability-to-shop-online-for-you?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mastercard Gives AI Agents Ability To Shop Online for You Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mastercard’s collaboration with Microsoft and other AI companies aims to enhance the capabilities of AI agents in online shopping and payment processing. This innovative approach has implications for consumer behavior, security…

  • 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…

  • Slashdot: India Court Orders Proton Mail Block On Security Grounds

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1730240/india-court-orders-proton-mail-block-on-security-grounds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: India Court Orders Proton Mail Block On Security Grounds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Karnataka High Court’s ruling to block Proton Mail highlights essential national security implications tied to the use of overseas encryption services. With concerns over law enforcement’s ability to address cyber threats…

  • Wired: WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-private-processing-generative-ai-security-risks/ Source: Wired Title: WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy Feedly Summary: WhatsApp’s AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats. But experts still see risks. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: A comparison of ChatGPT/GPT-4o’s previous and current system prompts

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/29/chatgpt-sycophancy-prompt/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: A comparison of ChatGPT/GPT-4o’s previous and current system prompts Feedly Summary: A comparison of ChatGPT/GPT-4o’s previous and current system prompts GPT-4o’s recent update caused it to be way too sycophantic and disingenuously praise anything the user said. OpenAI’s Aidan McLaughlin: last night we rolled out our first…

  • Slashdot: Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1556234/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users Source: Slashdot Title: Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The mentioned report highlights ethical concerns surrounding AI experimentation, focusing on a situation where researchers from the University of Zurich deployed AI chatbots in a Reddit forum…

  • Cloud Blog: SandboxAQ: Accelerating drug discovery through cloud integration

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/sandboxaq-speeds-up-drug-discovery-with-the-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: SandboxAQ: Accelerating drug discovery through cloud integration Feedly Summary: The traditional drug discovery process involves massive capital investments, prolonged timelines, and is plagued with daunting failure rates. From initial research to obtaining regulatory approval, bringing a new drug to market can take decades. During this time, many drug…

  • The Register: China is using AI to sharpen every link in its attack chain, FBI warns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/fbi_china_ai/ Source: The Register Title: China is using AI to sharpen every link in its attack chain, FBI warns Feedly Summary: Artificial intelligence is helping Beijing’s goons break in faster and stay longer RSAC The biggest threat to US critical infrastructure, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser, can be summed up…

  • The Register: The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_interview_questions/ Source: The Register Title: The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers Feedly Summary: FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder RSAC Concerned a new recruit might be a North Korean stooge out to steal intellectual property and then…