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  • NCSC Feed: A method to assess ‘forgivable’ vs ‘unforgivable’ vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/a-method-to-assess-forgivable-vs-unforgivable-vulnerabilities Source: NCSC Feed Title: A method to assess ‘forgivable’ vs ‘unforgivable’ vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Research from the NCSC designed to eradicate vulnerability classes and make the top-level mitigations easier to implement. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text addresses a pressing issue in software security, focusing on the categorization of vulnerabilities…

  • NCSC Feed: Eradicating trivial vulnerabilities, at scale

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/eradicating-trivial-vulnerabilities-at-scale Source: NCSC Feed Title: Eradicating trivial vulnerabilities, at scale Feedly Summary: A new NCSC research paper aims to reduce the presence of ‘unforgivable’ vulnerabilities. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The NCSC’s 2024 Annual Review highlights the necessity of addressing foundational vulnerabilities in software to enhance global digital resilience. It emphasizes the…

  • Hacker News: Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1

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    Source URL: https://huggingface.co/blog/open-r1 Source: Hacker News Title: Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the release of DeepSeek-R1, a language model that significantly enhances reasoning capabilities through advanced training techniques, including reinforcement learning. The Open-R1 project aims to replicate and build upon DeepSeek-R1’s methodologies…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Jack Clark

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/28/jack-clark-r1/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Jack Clark Feedly Summary: The most surprising part of DeepSeek-R1 is that it only takes ~800k samples of ‘good’ RL reasoning to convert other models into RL-reasoners. Now that DeepSeek-R1 is available people will be able to refine samples out of it to convert any other…

  • Hacker News: Why OpenAI’s $157B valuation misreads AI’s future (Oct 2024)

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    Source URL: https://foundationcapital.com/why-openais-157b-valuation-misreads-ais-future/ Source: Hacker News Title: Why OpenAI’s $157B valuation misreads AI’s future (Oct 2024) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic dynamics and strategic challenges in the AI industry, centered around OpenAI’s recent funding rounds and its implications for value creation in…

  • Slashdot: ‘AI Is Too Unpredictable To Behave According To Human Goals’

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/28/0039232/ai-is-too-unpredictable-to-behave-according-to-human-goals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘AI Is Too Unpredictable To Behave According To Human Goals’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The excerpt discusses the challenges of alignment and interpretability in large language models (LLMs), emphasizing that despite ongoing efforts to create safe AI, fundamental limitations may prevent true alignment. Professor Marcus…

  • Krebs on Security: A Tumultuous Week for Federal Cybersecurity Efforts

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/a-tumultuous-week-for-federal-cybersecurity-efforts/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: A Tumultuous Week for Federal Cybersecurity Efforts Feedly Summary: President Trump last week issued a flurry of executive orders that upended a number of government initiatives focused on improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture. The president fired all advisors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ben Thompson

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/28/ben-thompson/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ben Thompson Feedly Summary: H100s were prohibited by the chip ban, but not H800s. Everyone assumed that training leading edge models required more interchip memory bandwidth, but that is exactly what DeepSeek optimized both their model structure and infrastructure around. Again, just to emphasize this point,…

  • Hacker News: Machine Learning in Production (CMU Course)

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    Source URL: https://mlip-cmu.github.io/s2025/ Source: Hacker News Title: Machine Learning in Production (CMU Course) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text outlines a comprehensive Machine Learning in Production course offered at CMU for Spring 2025, emphasizing the development, deployment, and maintenance of ML systems while ensuring responsible AI practices. It integrates…

  • Wired: DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/deepseek-ai-china-privacy-data/ Source: Wired Title: DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China Feedly Summary: Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country, potentially setting the stage for greater scrutiny. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…