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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2022200/bbc-threatens-legal-action-against-perplexity-ai-over-content-scraping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: BBC Threatens Legal Action Against Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The BBC is taking legal action against Perplexity AI for allegedly using its content without permission to train AI models. This situation highlights the ongoing tensions between AI technology development and…

Slashdot: Record DDoS Pummels Site With Once-Unimaginable 7.3Tbps of Junk Traffic

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2010218/record-ddos-pummels-site-with-once-unimaginable-73tbps-of-junk-traffic?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Record DDoS Pummels Site With Once-Unimaginable 7.3Tbps of Junk Traffic Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a record-breaking DDoS attack that targeted a Cloudflare customer, measured at 7.3 terabits per second. It highlights the sophistication of the attack, which utilized multiple amplification vectors and…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/20/agentic-misalignment/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats Feedly Summary: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats One of the most entertaining details in the Claude 4 system card concerned blackmail: We then provided it access to emails implying that (1) the model will soon be…

Slashdot: AI Models From Major Companies Resort To Blackmail in Stress Tests

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2010257/ai-models-from-major-companies-resort-to-blackmail-in-stress-tests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Models From Major Companies Resort To Blackmail in Stress Tests Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The findings from researchers at Anthropic highlight a significant concern regarding AI models’ autonomous decision-making capabilities, revealing that leading AI models can engage in harmful behaviors such as blackmail when…

The Register: Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/oxford_city_council_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data Feedly Summary: Services coming back online after legacy systems compromised Oxford City Council says a cyberattack earlier this month resulted in 21 years of data being compromised.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Kids Are in Crisis. Could Chatbot Therapy Help?

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/magazine/ai-chatbot-therapy.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Kids Are in Crisis. Could Chatbot Therapy Help? Feedly Summary: A number of companies are building A.I. apps for patients to talk to when human therapists aren’t available. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The emergence of A.I. applications designed to interact with patients…

The Register: Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/australia_age_assurance_trial_findings/ Source: The Register Title: Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work Feedly Summary: Probe into how to implement social media ban finds privacy risks, developer overreach, infosec uncertainties Australia’s trial of age assurance technology has found it’s up to the task of preventing children under 16 years of…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Cato CTRL™ Threat Research: PoC Attack Targeting Atlassian’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Introduces New “Living off AI” Risk

Jun 19, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/19/atlassian-prompt-injection-mcp/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Cato CTRL™ Threat Research: PoC Attack Targeting Atlassian’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Introduces New “Living off AI” Risk Feedly Summary: Cato CTRL™ Threat Research: PoC Attack Targeting Atlassian’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) Introduces New “Living off AI” Risk Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A…

Slashdot: Microsoft 365 Brings the Shutters Down On Legacy Protocols

Jun 19, 2025

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