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  • The Register: UK telco TalkTalk confirms probe into alleged data grab underway

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/25/uk_telco_talktalk_confirms_investigation/ Source: The Register Title: UK telco TalkTalk confirms probe into alleged data grab underway Feedly Summary: Spinner says crim’s claims ‘very significantly overstated’ UK broadband and TV provider TalkTalk says it’s currently investigating claims made on cybercrime forums alleging data from the company was up for grabs.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing agent evaluation in Vertex AI Gen AI evaluation service

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/introducing-agent-evaluation-in-vertex-ai-gen-ai-evaluation-service/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing agent evaluation in Vertex AI Gen AI evaluation service Feedly Summary: Comprehensive agent evaluation is essential for building the next generation of reliable AI. It’s not enough to simply check the outputs; we need to understand the “why" behind an agent’s actions – its reasoning, decision-making process,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic’s new Citations API

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/24/anthropics-new-citations-api/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic’s new Citations API Feedly Summary: Here’s a new API-only feature from Anthropic that requires quite a bit of assembly in order to unlock the value: Introducing Citations on the Anthropic API. Let’s talk about what this is and why it’s interesting. Citations for Retrieval Augmented Generation…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing Operator

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/23/introducing-operator/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing Operator Feedly Summary: Introducing Operator OpenAI released their “research preview" today of Operator, a cloud-based browser automation platform rolling out today to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers. They’re calling this their first "agent". In the Operator announcement video Sam Altman defined that notoriously vague term like this:…

  • CSA: What Is Security and Privacy Engineering?

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/how-to-get-security-and-privacy-engineering-right-the-first-time Source: CSA Title: What Is Security and Privacy Engineering? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the critical significance of security and privacy engineering in technology development, emphasizing the need for integrating these considerations from the outset rather than treating them as an afterthought. This approach is vital…

  • Hacker News: Hackers exploit 16 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-16-zero-days-on-first-day-of-pwn2own-automotive-2025/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hackers exploit 16 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a detailed report on the outcomes of the Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking competition, highlighting the successful exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities relating to electric vehicle chargers…

  • The Register: Tool touted as ‘first AI software engineer’ is bad at its job, testers claim

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/ Source: The Register Title: Tool touted as ‘first AI software engineer’ is bad at its job, testers claim Feedly Summary: Nailed just 15% of assigned tasks A service described as “the first AI software engineer" appears to be rather bad at its job, based on a recent evaluation.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: LLM 0.20

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/23/llm-020/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: LLM 0.20 Feedly Summary: LLM 0.20 New release of my LLM CLI tool and Python library. A bunch of accumulated fixes and features since the start of December, most notably: Support for OpenAI’s o1 model – a significant upgrade from o1-preview given its 200,000 input and 100,000…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-star-blizzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. This is the first…

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First UK

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/announcing-the-2025-google-for-startups-accelerator-ai-first-uk/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First UK Feedly Summary: According to the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, the UK’s AI sector is rapidly expanding, with over 3,000 AI companies generating more than £10 billion in revenues, employing over 60,000 people, and contributing £5.8…