Tag: disclosure

  • Slashdot: Senator Introduces Bill To Compel More Transparency From AI Developers

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/26/0047249/senator-introduces-bill-to-compel-more-transparency-from-ai-developers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Senator Introduces Bill To Compel More Transparency From AI Developers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The introduction of the TRAIN Act, aimed at enhancing the rights of human creators regarding the use of their work in training AI models, highlights a significant step towards accountability in…

  • The Register: 1000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/palo_alto_firewalls_under_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: 1000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole Feedly Summary: PAN-PAN! Intruders inject web shell backdoors, crypto-coin miners, more Thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls were compromised by attackers exploiting two recently patched security bugs. The intruders were able to deploy web-accessible backdoors to…

  • Wired: New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-times-openai-erased-potential-lawsuit-evidence/ Source: Wired Title: New York Times Says OpenAI Erased Potential Lawsuit Evidence Feedly Summary: As part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, The New York Times says it spent 150 hours sifting through OpenAI’s training data looking for potential evidence—only for OpenAI to delete all of its work. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Slashdot: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0117253/inside-the-booming-ai-pimping-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the rise of AI-generated influencers on Instagram, highlighting how these accounts are negatively impacting real content creators by monetizing stolen videos and images. This trend demonstrates a shift in social media dynamics,…

  • Slashdot: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0057206/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details five local privilege escalation vulnerabilities found in the Linux utility “needrestart,” crucial for professionals in security and compliance to recognize, as they highlight significant risks associated with resource…

  • The Register: D-Link tells users to trash old VPN routers over bug too dangerous to identify

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/dlink_rip_replace_router/ Source: The Register Title: D-Link tells users to trash old VPN routers over bug too dangerous to identify Feedly Summary: Vendor offers 20% discount on new model, but not patches Owners of older models of D-Link VPN routers are being told to retire and replace their devices following the disclosure of a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Preview: Gemini API Additional Terms of Service

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/19/preview-gemini/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Preview: Gemini API Additional Terms of Service Feedly Summary: Preview: Gemini API Additional Terms of Service Google sent out an email last week linking to this preview of upcoming changes to the Gemini API terms. Key paragraph from that email: To maintain a safe and responsible environment…

  • The Register: Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/ilearningengines_bec_scam/ Source: The Register Title: Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account Feedly Summary: Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them A Maryland AI company has confirmed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it lost $250,000 to a misdirected wire payment.… AI Summary…

  • Schneier on Security: Most of 2023’s Top Exploited Vulnerabilities Were Zero-Days

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/most-of-2023s-top-exploited-vulnerabilities-were-zero-days.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Most of 2023’s Top Exploited Vulnerabilities Were Zero-Days Feedly Summary: Zero-day vulnerabilities are more commonly used, according to the Five Eyes: Key Findings In 2023, malicious cyber actors exploited more zero-day vulnerabilities to compromise enterprise networks compared to 2022, allowing them to conduct cyber operations against higher-priority…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Jack Clark

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/18/jack-clark/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Jack Clark Feedly Summary: The main innovation here is just using more data. Specifically, Qwen2.5 Coder is a continuation of an earlier Qwen 2.5 model. The original Qwen 2.5 model was trained on 18 trillion tokens spread across a variety of languages and tasks (e.g, writing,…