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Simon Willison’s Weblog: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025

Mar 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/nicar-llms/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025 Feedly Summary: I presented two sessions at the NICAR 2025 data journalism conference this year. The first was this one based on my review of LLMs in 2024, extended by several months to cover everything that’s happened…

Hacker News: Backdoor detected in ESP32 Espressif IoT chip

Mar 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/ Source: Hacker News Title: Backdoor detected in ESP32 Espressif IoT chip Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details significant new findings by Tarlogic Security regarding a backdoor in the widely used ESP32 microchip, affecting millions of IoT devices. This vulnerability poses serious risks for security and privacy…

The Register: Surprise! People don’t want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery

Mar 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/ai_kidney_transplant_moral_decisions/ Source: The Register Title: Surprise! People don’t want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery Feedly Summary: Researchers find AI isn’t ready to help with moral decision making Is AI an appropriate source of moral guidance about which patients should be given kidney transplants?……

Krebs on Security: Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks

Mar 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/feds-link-150m-cyberheist-to-2022-lastpass-hacks/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks Feedly Summary: In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a series of six-figure cyberheists across dozens of victims resulted from thieves cracking master passwords stolen from the password manager service LastPass in 2022. In…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/7/gemini-embeddings/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API Feedly Summary: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API Gemini just released their new text embedding model, with the snappy name gemini-embedding-exp-03-07. It supports 8,000 input tokens – up from 3,000 – and outputs vectors that are a lot larger…

Hacker News: Study: Large language models still lack general reasoning skills

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://santafe.edu/news-center/news/study-large-language-models-still-lack-general-reasoning-skills Source: Hacker News Title: Study: Large language models still lack general reasoning skills Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses research findings on the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4. It highlights the limitations of these models in understanding and solving complex analogy puzzles…

Hacker News: Broadcom has won. 70 percent of large VMware customers bought its biggest bundle

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/broadcom_q1_fy2025/ Source: Hacker News Title: Broadcom has won. 70 percent of large VMware customers bought its biggest bundle Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has led to impressive financial results, with a significant increase in revenue attributed to the bundling of VMware products into its Cloud…

Hacker News: The Take It Down Act isn’t a law, it’s a weapon

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theverge.com/policy/624974/take-it-down-act-deepfakes-nonconsensual-pornography-trump-constitutional-crisis Source: Hacker News Title: The Take It Down Act isn’t a law, it’s a weapon Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of the Take It Down Act, a proposed internet safety law targeting nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) including AI-generated content. While framed as a…

The Register: Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/axiom_space_and_red_hat/ Source: The Register Title: Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit Feedly Summary: To boldly go where HPE and Raspberry Pi have been for a while Axiom Space plans to send a shoebox-sized node running Red Hat Device Edge to the International Space Station (ISS).… AI Summary and…

Hacker News: Moscow-based global news network has infected Western AI tools

Mar 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global Source: Hacker News Title: Moscow-based global news network has infected Western AI tools Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a disinformation network, “Pravda,” that is manipulating AI chatbots by flooding them with false narratives and propaganda, resulting in a significant percentage of chatbot outputs containing disinformation.…

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