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  • Cloud Blog: Use Gemini 2.0 to speed up document extraction and lower costs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/use-gemini-2-0-to-speed-up-data-processing/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Use Gemini 2.0 to speed up document extraction and lower costs Feedly Summary: A few weeks ago, Google DeepMind released Gemini 2.0 for everyone, including Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 2.0 Pro (Experimental). All models support up to at least 1 million input tokens, which…

  • Unit 42: Uncovering .NET Malware Obfuscated by Encryption and Virtualization

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138493 Source: Unit 42 Title: Uncovering .NET Malware Obfuscated by Encryption and Virtualization Feedly Summary: Malware authors use AES encryption and code virtualization to evade sandbox static analysis. We explore how this facilitates spread of Agent Tesla, XWorm and more. The post Uncovering .NET Malware Obfuscated by Encryption and Virtualization appeared first on…

  • Schneier on Security: “Emergent Misalignment” in LLMs

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/emergent-misalignment-in-llms.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: “Emergent Misalignment” in LLMs Feedly Summary: Interesting research: “Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs“: Abstract: We present a surprising result regarding LLMs and alignment. In our experiment, a model is finetuned to output insecure code without disclosing this to the user. The resulting model…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/27/cisa-releases-two-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released two Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on February 27, 2025. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-25-058-01 Schneider Electric Communication Modules for Modicon M580 and Quantum Controllers  ICSMA-25-058-01 Dario Health…

  • The Register: Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI’s GPT-4o

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/llm_emergent_misalignment_study/ Source: The Register Title: Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI’s GPT-4o Feedly Summary: Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively…

  • Slashdot: Inception Emerges From Stealth With a New Type of AI Model

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/26/2257224/inception-emerges-from-stealth-with-a-new-type-of-ai-model?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Inception Emerges From Stealth With a New Type of AI Model Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Inception, a startup led by Stanford professor Stefano Ermon, has developed a highly efficient diffusion-based large language model (DLM) that surpasses traditional models in both speed and cost-effectiveness. By enabling…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: MyCoder, an open source Claude-Code alternative

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    Source URL: https://github.com/drivecore/mycoder Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: MyCoder, an open source Claude-Code alternative Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes MyCoder, a command-line AI agent specialized in coding tasks. It utilizes a modular architecture, enabling it to perform complex operations such as code modifications, dependency updates, and documentation…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/24/claude-37-sonnet-and-claude-code/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code Feedly Summary: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code Anthropic released Claude 3.7 Sonnet today – skipping the name “Claude 3.6" because the Anthropic user community had already started using that as the unofficial name for their October update to 3.5 Sonnet.…