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  • Cloud Blog: Building next-gen visuals with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-2-5-flash-image-on-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Building next-gen visuals with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Today, we announced native image generation and editing in Gemini 2.5 Flash to deliver higher-quality images and more powerful creative control. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is State of the Art (SOTA) for both generation and…

  • Slashdot: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/025214/how-python-is-fighting-open-sources-phantom-dependencies-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Python Software Foundation is addressing the “phantom dependencies” issue in software packages by introducing the Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) through Python Enhancement Proposal 770. This initiative enhances metadata accessibility, making it easier…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!"

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/qwen3-4b/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!" Feedly Summary: I’ve fallen a few days behind keeping up with Qwen. They released two new 4B models last week: Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 and its thinking equivalent Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507. These are relatively tiny models that punch way above their weight. I’ve…

  • Embrace The Red: Amp Code: Arbitrary Command Execution via Prompt Injection Fixed

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/amp-agents-that-modify-system-configuration-and-escape/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Amp Code: Arbitrary Command Execution via Prompt Injection Fixed Feedly Summary: Sandbox-escape-style attacks can happen when an AI is able to modify its own configuration settings, such as by writing to configuration files. That was the case with Amp, an agentic coding tool built by Sourcegraph. The…

  • Embrace The Red: Cursor IDE: Arbitrary Data Exfiltration Via Mermaid (CVE-2025-54132)

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/cursor-data-exfiltration-with-mermaid/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Cursor IDE: Arbitrary Data Exfiltration Via Mermaid (CVE-2025-54132) Feedly Summary: Cursor is a popular AI code editor. In this post I want to share how I found an interesting data exfiltration issue, the demo exploits built and how it got fixed. When using Cursor I noticed that…

  • The Register: Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud due to EU sanctions on Russia

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/nayara_energy_microsoft_india/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft briefly turned off Indian company’s cloud due to EU sanctions on Russia Feedly Summary: Oh, the irony of Europe demonstrating the importance of the sovereign cloud it craves Microsoft disconnected Indian company Nayara Energy from its cloudy resources last week, before restoring access ahead of a court…

  • The Register: Alibaba admits Qwen3’s hybrid-thinking mode was dumb

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/alibaba_qwen3_hybrid_thinking/ Source: The Register Title: Alibaba admits Qwen3’s hybrid-thinking mode was dumb Feedly Summary: Chinese e-commerce giant is going back to dedicated instruct and thinking-tuned models as they prioritize quality over convenience One of the headline features of Alibaba’s Qwen 3 family of models when they launched back in April was the ability…