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  • The Register: Only 4 percent of jobs rely heavily on AI, with peak use in mid-wage roles

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/ai_impact_hits_midtohigh_wage_jobs/ Source: The Register Title: Only 4 percent of jobs rely heavily on AI, with peak use in mid-wage roles Feedly Summary: Mid-salary knowledge jobs in tech, media, and education are changing. Folk in physical jobs have less to sweat about Workers in just four percent of occupations use AI for three quarters…

  • Embrace The Red: Hacking Gemini’s Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/gemini-memory-persistence-prompt-injection/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Hacking Gemini’s Memory with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation Feedly Summary: Imagine your AI rewriting your personal history… A while ago Google added memories to Gemini. Memories allow Gemini to store user-related data across sessions, storing information in long-term memory. The feature is only available to…

  • The Register: UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/uk_armed_forces_cyber_hires/ Source: The Register Title: UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines Feedly Summary: High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is fast-tracking cybersecurity specialists in a bid to fortify its protection against increasing attacks.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Hacker News: Emil’s Story as a Self-Taught AI Researcher (2020)

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    Source URL: https://floydhub.ghost.io/emils-story-as-a-self-taught-ai-researcher/ Source: Hacker News Title: Emil’s Story as a Self-Taught AI Researcher (2020) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details an interview with Emil Wallner, a self-taught AI researcher, shedding light on his unconventional journey in the field of machine learning and the importance of self-education in acquiring…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Using pip to install a Large Language Model that’s under 100MB

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/7/pip-install-llm-smollm2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Using pip to install a Large Language Model that’s under 100MB Feedly Summary: I just released llm-smollm2, a new plugin for LLM that bundles a quantized copy of the SmolLM2-135M-Instruct LLM inside of the Python package. This means you can now pip install a full LLM! If…

  • Hacker News: It is time to standardize principles and practices for software memory safety

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    Source URL: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/it-is-time-to-standardize-principles-and-practices-for-software-memory-safety/ Source: Hacker News Title: It is time to standardize principles and practices for software memory safety Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive exploration of the endemic memory-safety vulnerabilities in software, their implications for security, and the necessity for memory-safety standardization to enhance software security…

  • The Register: Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/infected_apps_google_apple_stores/ Source: The Register Title: Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims Feedly Summary: OCR plugin great for extracting crypto-wallet secrets from galleries Kaspersky eggheads say they’ve spotted the first app containing hidden optical character recognition spyware in Apple’s App Store. Cunningly, the software nasty…