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  • Slashdot: Education Giant Pearson Hit By Cyberattack Exposing Customer Data

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0146239/education-giant-pearson-hit-by-cyberattack-exposing-customer-data Source: Slashdot Title: Education Giant Pearson Hit By Cyberattack Exposing Customer Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Pearson, a major educational organization, experienced a cyberattack resulting in the theft of corporate and customer information. The breach is significant due to the scale of the organization and the sensitivity of…

  • Scott Logic: New Tools, New Flow: The Cognitive Shift of AI-Powered Coding

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/08/new-tools-new-flow-the-cognitive-shift-of-ai-powered-coding.html Source: Scott Logic Title: New Tools, New Flow: The Cognitive Shift of AI-Powered Coding Feedly Summary: Adopting AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT is a challenging yet rewarding journey that requires time, experimentation, and a shift in how developers approach their workflows. This post explores why these tools are hard…

  • The Register: Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/google_gemini_update_prevents_disabling/ Source: The Register Title: Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors Feedly Summary: ‘I’m sorry, I can’t help with that’ Google’s latest update to its Gemini family of large language models appears to have broken the controls for configuring safety settings, breaking applications that require lowered guardrails,…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows Devices

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/2050230/microsoft-brings-native-pytorch-arm-support-to-windows-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s release of PyTorch 2.7 with native support for Windows on Arm devices marks a significant development for machine learning practitioners, particularly those focusing on AI tasks. This update enhances the ease…

  • Cloud Blog: DORA’s new report: Unlock generative AI in software development

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/sharing-new-dora-research-for-gen-ai-in-software-development/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: DORA’s new report: Unlock generative AI in software development Feedly Summary: How is generative AI actually impacting developers’ daily work, team dynamics, and organizational outcomes? We’ve moved beyond simply asking if organizations are using AI, and instead are focusing on how they’re using it. That’s why we’re excited…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-github 0.2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/llm-fragments-github/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-github 0.2 Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-github 0.2 I upgraded my llm-fragments-github plugin to add a new fragment type called issue. It lets you pull the entire content of a GitHub issue thread into your prompt as a concatenated Markdown file. (If you haven’t seen fragments before I introduced…

  • Wired: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/cursor-ai-support-bot-invents-fake-policy-and-triggers-user-uproar/ Source: Wired Title: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess Feedly Summary: When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving Cursor’s AI model highlights critical concerns regarding AI reliability and user…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: openai/codex

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/16/openai-codex/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: openai/codex Feedly Summary: openai/codex Just released by OpenAI, a “lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal". Looks like their version of Claude Code. Tags: ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai, ai-agents, openai, ai, llms AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s recently released lightweight coding agent, integrated into the terminal,…

  • Schneier on Security: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/slopsquatting.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security concern in the intersection of AI and…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Developer Week 2025 wrap-up

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/developer-week-2025-wrap-up/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Developer Week 2025 wrap-up Feedly Summary: We’ve closed out Developer Week 2025. Here’s a quick recap of the announcements and in-depth technical explorations that went out during the week. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses announcements and developments from Developer Week 2025, highlighting next-generation…