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  • Slashdot: AI-Generated Code Creates Major Security Risk Through ‘Package Hallucinations’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1837239/ai-generated-code-creates-major-security-risk-through-package-hallucinations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-Generated Code Creates Major Security Risk Through ‘Package Hallucinations’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study highlights a critical vulnerability in AI-generated code, where a significant percentage of generated packages reference non-existent libraries, posing substantial risks for supply-chain attacks. This phenomenon is more prevalent in open…

  • Docker: How to build and deliver an MCP server for production

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/build-to-prod-mcp-servers-with-docker/ Source: Docker Title: How to build and deliver an MCP server for production Feedly Summary: In December of 2024, we published a blog with Anthropic about their totally new spec (back then) to run tools with AI agents: the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. Since then, we’ve seen an explosion in developer…

  • Slashdot: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/0118200/ai-hallucinations-lead-to-a-new-cyber-threat-slopsquatting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new cyber threat termed Slopsquatting, which involves the creation of fake package names by AI coding tools that can be exploited for malicious purposes. This threat underscores the…

  • Slashdot: Cursor AI’s Own Support Bot Hallucinated Its Usage Policy

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/21/2031245/cursor-ais-own-support-bot-hallucinated-its-usage-policy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cursor AI’s Own Support Bot Hallucinated Its Usage Policy Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a notable incident involving Cursor AI where the platform’s AI support bot erroneously communicated a non-existent policy regarding session restrictions. The co-founder of Cursor, Michael Truell, addressed the mistake…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/21/openai-o3-and-o4-mini-system-card/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card Feedly Summary: OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card I’m surprised to see a combined System Card for o3 and o4-mini in the same document – I’d expect to see these covered separately. The opening paragraph calls out the most interesting new…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI assisted search-based research actually works now

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/21/ai-assisted-search/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI assisted search-based research actually works now Feedly Summary: For the past two and a half years the feature I’ve most wanted from LLMs is the ability to take on search-based research tasks on my behalf. We saw the first glimpses of this back in early 2023,…

  • Wired: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/cursor-ai-support-bot-invents-fake-policy-and-triggers-user-uproar/ Source: Wired Title: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess Feedly Summary: When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving Cursor’s AI model highlights critical concerns regarding AI reliability and user…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Puzzled as New Models Show Rising Hallucination Rates

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/18/2323216/openai-puzzled-as-new-models-show-rising-hallucination-rates Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Puzzled as New Models Show Rising Hallucination Rates Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s recent AI models, o3 and o4-mini, display increased hallucination rates compared to previous iterations. This raises concerns regarding the reliability of such AI systems in practical applications. The findings emphasize the…

  • Slashdot: Bloomberg’s AI-Generated News Summaries Had At Least 36 Errors Since January

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/30/1946224/bloombergs-ai-generated-news-summaries-had-at-least-36-errors-since-january?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Bloomberg’s AI-Generated News Summaries Had At Least 36 Errors Since January Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Bloomberg’s experimentation with AI-generated summaries for journalism, highlighting both the potential benefits and challenges faced by the implementation of such technology. This case illustrates the growing trend…

  • Hacker News: ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/chatgpt-hit-with-privacy-complaint-over-defamatory-hallucinations/ Source: Hacker News Title: ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is currently facing a significant privacy complaint in Europe regarding its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, which has been accused of generating false and defamatory information about individuals. The complaint, supported by…