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  • The Register: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/sainsburys_lfr/ Source: The Register Title: Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Feedly Summary: Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech…

  • Slashdot: Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/03/2125252/switzerland-releases-open-source-ai-model-built-for-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Switzerland’s launch of Apertus, a fully open-source multilingual LLM, emphasizes transparency and privacy in AI development. By providing open access to the model’s components and adhering to stringent Swiss data protection laws, Apertus…

  • The Register: Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/hexstrike_ai_citrix_exploits/ Source: The Register Title: Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs Feedly Summary: LLMs and 0-days – what could possibly go wrong? Attackers on underground forums claimed they were using HexStrike AI, an open-source red-teaming tool, against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, according to Check…

  • The Register: It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/ransomware_ai_abuse/ Source: The Register Title: It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help? Feedly Summary: AI-powered ransomware, extortion chatbots, vibe hacking … just wait until agents replace affiliates It’s no secret that AI tools make it easier for cybercriminals to steal sensitive data and then extort victim organizations. But two…

  • Docker: You are Doing MCP Wrong: 3 Big Misconceptions

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/mcp-misconceptions-tools-agents-not-api/ Source: Docker Title: You are Doing MCP Wrong: 3 Big Misconceptions Feedly Summary: MCP is not an API. Tools are not agents. MCP is more than tools. Here’s what this means in practice. Most developers misread the Model Context Protocol because they map it onto familiar API mental models. That mistake breaks…

  • Slashdot: FreeBSD Project Isn’t Ready To Let AI Commit Code Just Yet

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/03/1649201/freebsd-project-isnt-ready-to-let-ai-commit-code-just-yet?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FreeBSD Project Isn’t Ready To Let AI Commit Code Just Yet Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The FreeBSD Project’s recent status report reveals a cautious approach towards the use of code generated by LLMs (Large Language Models) due to licensing concerns. They are working on establishing…

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing BigQuery soft failover: Greater control for disaster recovery testing

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/bigquery-managed-disaster-recovery-adds-soft-failover/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing BigQuery soft failover: Greater control for disaster recovery testing Feedly Summary: Most businesses with mission-critical workloads have a two-fold disaster recovery solution in place that 1) replicates data to a secondary location, and 2) enables failover to that location in the event of an outage. For BigQuery,…

  • Schneier on Security: Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks Against LLM Assistants

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/indirect-prompt-injection-attacks-against-llm-assistants.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks Against LLM Assistants Feedly Summary: Really good research on practical attacks against LLM agents. “Invitation Is All You Need! Promptware Attacks Against LLM-Powered Assistants in Production Are Practical and Dangerous” Abstract: The growing integration of LLMs into applications has introduced new security risks,…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : How to Rethink A.I.

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/opinion/ai-gpt5-rethinking.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: How to Rethink A.I. Feedly Summary: Building bigger A.I. isn’t leading to better A.I. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The assertion that creating larger AI systems does not necessarily enhance their efficacy highlights a critical issue within the field of artificial intelligence. This…