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  • Slashdot: Google Temporarily Pauses AI-Powered ‘Homework Helper’ Button in Chrome Over Cheating Concerns

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/029249/google-temporarily-pauses-ai-powered-homework-helper-button-in-chrome-over-cheating-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Temporarily Pauses AI-Powered ‘Homework Helper’ Button in Chrome Over Cheating Concerns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent introduction of a “homework help” button in Google Chrome has sparked significant concern among educators regarding the potential for widespread cheating during online assessments. This development highlights…

  • Slashdot: Cyberattack Delays Flights at Several of Europe’s Major Airports

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/2119232/cyberattack-delays-flights-at-several-of-europes-major-airports?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cyberattack Delays Flights at Several of Europe’s Major Airports Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a cyberattack that disrupted check-in and boarding systems across several major European airports, exposing vulnerabilities in these security systems. Despite limited impact on travelers, the incident highlights the ongoing…

  • Slashdot: Is OpenAI’s Video-Generating Tool ‘Sora’ Scraping Unauthorized YouTube Clips?

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/0120220/is-openais-video-generating-tool-sora-scraping-unauthorized-youtube-clips Source: Slashdot Title: Is OpenAI’s Video-Generating Tool ‘Sora’ Scraping Unauthorized YouTube Clips? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses OpenAI’s video generation tool, Sora, highlighting its ability to create high-definition video clips by utilizing publicly available and licensed data. Concerns are raised regarding copyright implications, as Sora has…

  • Slashdot: Self-Replicating Worm Affected Several Hundred NPM Packages, Including CrowdStrike’s

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/0542237/self-replicating-worm-affected-several-hundred-npm-packages-including-crowdstrikes Source: Slashdot Title: Self-Replicating Worm Affected Several Hundred NPM Packages, Including CrowdStrike’s Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Shai-Hulud malware campaign has affected numerous npm packages, including those maintained by CrowdStrike, via the injection of malicious scripts designed to steal developer credentials and exfiltrate sensitive information. The campaign highlights…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: httpjail

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/19/httpjail/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: httpjail Feedly Summary: httpjail Here’s a promising new (experimental) project in the sandboxing space from Ammar Bandukwala at Coder. httpjail provides a Rust CLI tool for running an individual process against a custom configured HTTP proxy. The initial goal is to help run coding agents like Claude…

  • The Register: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/meta_wholesale_leccy/ Source: The Register Title: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity Feedly Summary: With new electricity sources for AI datacenters, the company will have some juice left over AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Magistral 1.2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/19/magistral/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Magistral 1.2 Feedly Summary: Mistral quietly released two new models yesterday: Magistral Small 1.2 (Apache 2.0, 96.1 GB on Hugging Face) and Magistral Medium 1.2 (not open weights same as Mistral’s other “medium" models.) Despite being described as "minor updates" to the Magistral 1.1 models these have…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: The Hidden Risk in Notion 3.0 AI Agents: Web Search Tool Abuse for Data Exfiltration

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/19/notion-lethal-trifecta/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The Hidden Risk in Notion 3.0 AI Agents: Web Search Tool Abuse for Data Exfiltration Feedly Summary: The Hidden Risk in Notion 3.0 AI Agents: Web Search Tool Abuse for Data Exfiltration Abi Raghuram reports that Notion 3.0, released yesterday, introduces new prompt injection data exfiltration vulnerabilities…

  • The Register: ChatGPT joins human league, now solves CAPTCHAs for the right prompt

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/how_to_trick_chatgpt_agents/ Source: The Register Title: ChatGPT joins human league, now solves CAPTCHAs for the right prompt Feedly Summary: Could this bot-prevention technique now be obsolete? ChatGPT can be tricked via cleverly worded prompts to violate its own policies and solve CAPTCHA puzzles, potentially making this human-proving security mechanism obsolete, researchers say.… AI Summary…

  • The Register: Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/cisa_ivanti_bugs_exploited/ Source: The Register Title: Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says Feedly Summary: Unnamed org compromised with two malware sets An unknown attacker has abused a couple of flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and deployed two sets of malware against an unnamed organization, according to the US…