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The Register: ‘Suddenly deprecating old models’ users depended on a ‘mistake,’ admits OpenAI’s Altman

Aug 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/11/openai_tweaks_gpt5_after_user/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Suddenly deprecating old models’ users depended on a ‘mistake,’ admits OpenAI’s Altman Feedly Summary: Tech biz tweaks GPT-5, brings back 4 and others as options after customer backlash OpenAI has brought back GPT-4o after a weekend of user protests – mostly about removal of model choice – following…

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

Aug 11, 2025

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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: OpenHands ZombAI Exploit: Prompt Injection To Remote Code Execution

Aug 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/openhands-remote-code-execution-zombai/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: OpenHands ZombAI Exploit: Prompt Injection To Remote Code Execution Feedly Summary: Today we have another post about OpenHands from All Hands AI. It is a popular agent, initially named “OpenDevin”, and recently the company also provides a cloud-based service. Which is all pretty cool and exciting. Prompt…

The Register: The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data

Aug 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/telemessage_archive_online/ Source: The Register Title: The inside story of the Telemessage saga, and how you can view the data Feedly Summary: It turns out no one was clean on OPSEC DEF CON On Saturday at DEF CON, security boffin Micah Lee explained just how he hacked into TeleMessage, the supposedly secure messaging app…

Docker: Remocal and Minimum Viable Models: Why Right-Sized Models Beat API Overkill

Aug 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/remocal-minimum-viable-models-ai/ Source: Docker Title: Remocal and Minimum Viable Models: Why Right-Sized Models Beat API Overkill Feedly Summary: A practical approach to escaping the expensive, slow world of API-dependent AI The $20K Monthly Reality Check You built a simple sentiment analyzer for customer reviews. It works great. Except it costs $847/month in API calls…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: When a Jira Ticket Can Steal Your Secrets

Aug 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/9/when-a-jira-ticket-can-steal-your-secrets/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: When a Jira Ticket Can Steal Your Secrets Feedly Summary: When a Jira Ticket Can Steal Your Secrets Zenity Labs describe a classic lethal trifecta attack, this time against Cursor, MCP, Jira and Zendesk. They also have a short video demonstrating the issue. Zendesk support emails are…

Wired: A Misconfiguration That Haunts Corporate Streaming Platforms Could Expose Sensitive Data

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/corporate-livestreams-exposed-search-tool/ Source: Wired Title: A Misconfiguration That Haunts Corporate Streaming Platforms Could Expose Sensitive Data Feedly Summary: A security researcher discovered that flawed API configurations are plaguing corporate livestreaming platforms, potentially exposing internal company meetings—and he’s releasing a tool to find them. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a security…

Slashdot: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/1458253/uk-secretly-allows-facial-recognition-scans-of-passport-immigration-databases Source: Slashdot Title: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses significant privacy concerns regarding the UK police’s deployment of facial recognition technology using passport and immigration databases, lacking proper oversight. This raises important compliance and governance issues relevant…

The Register: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases Feedly Summary: Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… AI Summary and Description:…

Wired: Encryption Made for Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked

Aug 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked-researchers-find/ Source: Wired Title: Encryption Made for Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked Feedly Summary: Researchers found that an encryption algorithm likely used by law enforcement and special forces can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical…

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