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  • Embrace The Red: Cursor IDE: Arbitrary Data Exfiltration Via Mermaid (CVE-2025-54132)

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cursor-data-exfiltration-with-mermaid/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Cursor IDE: Arbitrary Data Exfiltration Via Mermaid (CVE-2025-54132) Feedly Summary: Cursor is a popular AI code editor. In this post I want to share how I found an interesting data exfiltration issue, the demo exploits built and how it got fixed. When using Cursor I noticed that…

  • 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…

  • Embrace The Red: Turning ChatGPT Codex Into A ZombAI Agent

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/chatgpt-codex-remote-control-zombai/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Turning ChatGPT Codex Into A ZombAI Agent Feedly Summary: Today we cover ChatGPT Codex as part of the Month of AI Bugs series. ChatGPT Codex is a cloud-based software engineering agent that answers codebase questions, executes code, and drafts pull requests. In particular, this post will demonstrate…

  • Cloud Blog: A deep dive into code reviews with Gemini Code Assist in GitHub

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-code-assist-and-github-ai-code-reviews/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A deep dive into code reviews with Gemini Code Assist in GitHub Feedly Summary: Imagine a code review process that doesn’t slow you down. Instead of a queue of pending pull requests, you have an intelligent assistant that provides a near-instant, comprehensive summary of every change. It flags…

  • 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,…

  • Slashdot: Google Execs Say Employees Have To ‘Be More AI-Savvy’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/30/0333248/google-execs-say-employees-have-to-be-more-ai-savvy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Execs Say Employees Have To ‘Be More AI-Savvy’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is emphasizing the urgent integration of artificial intelligence into its workflows to enhance productivity and efficiency amid cost-cutting measures. The company is introducing various AI-driven tools and training sessions for employees…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/space-invaders/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now Feedly Summary: I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday – new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such as…

  • Wired: Cursor’s New Bugbot Is Designed to Save Vibe Coders From Themselves

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/cursor-releases-new-ai-tool-for-debugging-code/ Source: Wired Title: Cursor’s New Bugbot Is Designed to Save Vibe Coders From Themselves Feedly Summary: One of the most popular platforms for AI-assisted programming says the next era of vibe coding is all about supercharging error detection. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the evolution of AI-assisted programming,…

  • Scott Logic: Visualising the Trade Lifecycle – Phase 2: Refactoring with Cursor IDE

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/07/22/visualising-the-trade-lifecycle-phase-2-refactoring-with-cursor-ide.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Visualising the Trade Lifecycle – Phase 2: Refactoring with Cursor IDE Feedly Summary: In this instalment, I discovered that Cursor IDE transformed my chaotic multi-AI orchestra of wayward soloists into something rather more like a proper piano duet, successfully refactoring my 847-line monolith into modular components without the…

  • Slashdot: White House Unveils Action Plan To Accelerate AI Development

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/152244/white-house-unveils-action-plan-to-accelerate-ai-development Source: Slashdot Title: White House Unveils Action Plan To Accelerate AI Development Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Trump administration’s recent “AI Action Plan” aims to boost American AI development through regulatory changes and infrastructure enhancements while addressing international competition, particularly from China. The plan emphasizes removing regulatory barriers,…