Tag: implications

  • The Register: Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/24/llama_cpp_hands_on/ Source: The Register Title: Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp Feedly Summary: Everything you need to know to build, run, serve, optimize and quantize models on your PC Hands on Training large language models (LLMs) may require millions or even billion of dollars of infrastructure, but…

  • Embrace The Red: Sneaking Invisible Instructions by Developers in Windsurf

    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-sneaking-invisible-instructions-for-prompt-injection/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Sneaking Invisible Instructions by Developers in Windsurf Feedly Summary: Imagine a malicious instruction hidden in plain sight, invisible to you but not to the AI. This is a vulnerability discovered in Windsurf Cascade, it follows invisible instructions. This means there can be instructions in a file or…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/1731237/nvidia-release-massive-ai-ready-open-european-language-dataset-and-tools Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia has launched Granary, an extensive open-source dataset that significantly enhances AI translation capabilities for European languages. This initiative, alongside new AI models Canary and Parakeet, aims to improve the inclusivity…

  • Slashdot: Arch Linux Faces ‘Ongoing’ DDoS Attack

    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0513229/arch-linux-faces-ongoing-ddos-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Arch Linux Faces ‘Ongoing’ DDoS Attack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a DDoS attack on the Arch Linux community, emphasizing the security challenges faced by volunteer-driven projects and their reliance on external hosting and infrastructure. It highlights the ongoing mitigation efforts by the…

  • The Register: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/23/searchcapable_ai_agents_may_cheat/ Source: The Register Title: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests Feedly Summary: Data contamination can make models seem more capable than they really are Researchers with Scale AI have found that search-based AI models may cheat on benchmark tests by fetching the answers directly from online sources rather than deriving…

  • Embrace The Red: Windsurf: Memory-Persistent Data Exfiltration (SpAIware Exploit)

    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/windsurf-spaiware-exploit-persistent-prompt-injection/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Windsurf: Memory-Persistent Data Exfiltration (SpAIware Exploit) Feedly Summary: In this second post about Windsurf Cascade we are exploring the SpAIware attack, which allows memory persistent data exfiltration. SpAIware is an attack we first successfully demonstrated with ChatGPT last year and OpenAI mitigated. While inspecting the system prompt…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Reportedly Cuts China’s Early Access to Bug Disclosures, PoC Exploit Code

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/2059255/microsoft-reportedly-cuts-chinas-early-access-to-bug-disclosures-poc-exploit-code Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Reportedly Cuts China’s Early Access to Bug Disclosures, PoC Exploit Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has modified its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to restrict access to proof-of-concept exploit code for companies in certain countries, including China, to combat the leak of sensitive…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/project-memory/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory Feedly Summary: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory The feature I’ve most wanted from ChatGPT’s memory feature (the newer version of memory that automatically includes relevant details from summarized prior conversations) just landed: With project-only memory enabled, ChatGPT can use other conversations in that project…

  • Slashdot: Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri

    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1733230/apple-explores-using-google-gemini-ai-to-power-revamped-siri?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Explores Using Google Gemini AI To Power Revamped Siri Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is considering leveraging Google Gemini to enhance its Siri voice assistant, indicating a potential shift in its AI strategy towards outsourcing. This exploration comes as Apple seeks to catch up…

  • The Register: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/firefox_142/ Source: The Register Title: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links Feedly Summary: CRLite, link previews, and a llama-shaped surprise for devs Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla’s browser now makes even more extensive use of AI, providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the…