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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/5/o3-mini-documentation/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation Feedly Summary: o3-mini is really good at writing internal documentation I wanted to refresh my knowledge of how the Datasette permissions system works today. I already have extensive hand-written documentation for that, but I thought it would be interesting…

  • Irrational Exuberance: Our own agents with their own tools.

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    Source URL: https://lethain.com/our-own-agents-our-own-tools/ Source: Irrational Exuberance Title: Our own agents with their own tools. Feedly Summary: Entering 2025, I decided to spend some time exploring the topic of agents. I started reading Anthropic’s Building effective agents, followed by Chip Huyen’s AI Engineering. I kicked off a major workstream at work on using agents, and I…

  • The Register: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/google_amd_microcode/ Source: The Register Title: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number Feedly Summary: Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at least Googlers have not only figured out how to break AMD’s security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its…

  • Cloud Blog: Getting started with Swift’s Alliance Connect Virtual on Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/financial-services/deploying-swifts-alliance-connect-virtual-on-google-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Getting started with Swift’s Alliance Connect Virtual on Google Cloud Feedly Summary: The ability to deploy Swift’s Alliance Connect Virtual in Google Cloud allows financial institutions to leverage the scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness of cloud infrastructure while maintaining the security and reliability standards required for financial transactions. By…

  • Hacker News: DoppelBot: Replace Your CEO with an LLM

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    Source URL: https://modal.com/docs/examples/slack-finetune Source: Hacker News Title: DoppelBot: Replace Your CEO with an LLM Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the development of DoppelBot, a Slack bot that leverages fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) to enhance workplace communication and productivity. It illustrates the practical application of AI in automating…

  • Cloud Blog: CVE-2023-6080: A Case Study on Third-Party Installer Abuse

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cve-2023-6080-third-party-installer-abuse/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: CVE-2023-6080: A Case Study on Third-Party Installer Abuse Feedly Summary: Written By: Jacob Paullus, Daniel McNamara, Jake Rawlins, Steven Karschnia Executive Summary Mandiant exploited flaws in the Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) repair action of Lakeside Software’s SysTrack installer to obtain arbitrary code execution. An attacker with low-privilege access…

  • Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-034 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 0xPolygonZero–plonky2  Plonky2 is a SNARK implementation based on techniques from PLONK and FRI. Lookup tables, whose length is not divisible by 26 = floor(num_routed_wires / 3) always…

  • The Register: OpenAI unveils deep research agent for ChatGPT

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/openai_unveils_deep_research_agent/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI unveils deep research agent for ChatGPT Feedly Summary: Takes a bit more time to spout a bit less nonsense OpenAI today launched deep research in ChatGPT, a new agent that takes a little longer to perform a deeper dive into the web to come up with a…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Makes Surprise Livestream Today for ‘Deep Research’ Announcement

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/02/2342245/openai-makes-surprise-livestream-today-for-deep-research-announcement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Makes Surprise Livestream Today for ‘Deep Research’ Announcement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s recent announcement regarding “Deep Research” in Tokyo hints at significant advancements in AI reasoning capabilities through a project code-named “Strawberry.” This initiative aims to enhance AI’s ability to navigate the internet…

  • Slashdot: Mozilla Adapts ‘Fakespot’ Into an AI-Detecting Firefox Add-on

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/02/2156241/mozilla-adapts-fakespot-into-an-ai-detecting-firefox-add-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mozilla Adapts ‘Fakespot’ Into an AI-Detecting Firefox Add-on Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mozilla’s Fakespot Deepfake Detector is a free Firefox add-on that identifies whether online text is generated by AI or written by a human. This tool employs Mozilla’s proprietary engine and promises to enhance…