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  • Slashdot: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/025214/how-python-is-fighting-open-sources-phantom-dependencies-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Python Software Foundation is addressing the “phantom dependencies” issue in software packages by introducing the Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) through Python Enhancement Proposal 770. This initiative enhances metadata accessibility, making it easier…

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/12/andrew-nesbitt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Nesbitt Feedly Summary: Slopsquatting — when an LLM hallucinates a non-existent package name, and a bad actor registers it maliciously. The AI brother of typosquatting. Credit to @sethmlarson for the name — Andrew Nesbitt Tags: ai-ethics, slop, packaging, generative-ai, supply-chain, ai, llms, seth-michael-larson AI Summary…