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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/gpt-5-has-a-hidden-system-prompt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt Feedly Summary: GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt It looks like GPT-5 when accessed via the OpenAI API may have its own hidden system prompt, independent from the system prompt you can specify in an API call. At the very least…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: The Summer of Johann: prompt injections as far as the eye can see

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/the-summer-of-johann/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The Summer of Johann: prompt injections as far as the eye can see Feedly Summary: Independent AI researcher Johann Rehberger has had an absurdly busy August. Under the heading The Month of AI Bugs he has been publishing one report per day across an array of different…

Krebs on Security: Mobile Phishers Target Brokerage Accounts in ‘Ramp and Dump’ Cashout Scheme

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Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/mobile-phishers-target-brokerage-accounts-in-ramp-and-dump-cashout-scheme/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Mobile Phishers Target Brokerage Accounts in ‘Ramp and Dump’ Cashout Scheme Feedly Summary: Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targeting customers of brokerage services, new research shows. Undeterred by security controls at these…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/inconsistent-performance/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers Feedly Summary: Artificial Analysis published a new benchmark the other day, this time focusing on how an individual model – OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120b – performs across different hosted providers. The results showed some surprising differences. Here’s the one with the…

Wired: Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-says-chatgpt-is-on-track-to-out-talk-humanity/ Source: Wired Title: Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity Feedly Summary: The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to spend trillions of dollars to win. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights public responses to GPT-5, indicating a backlash against advancements…

The Register: Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/london_telco_colts_services_disrupted/ Source: The Register Title: Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline Feedly Summary: London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as ‘protective measure’ following breach Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident" is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a…

The Register: Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cobol_in_the_public_sector_feature/ Source: The Register Title: Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Feedly Summary: Government: ‘Trust us, it’ll be different this time’ Feature The UK government has gone all-in on AI. More than 50 years after Harold Wilson gave his famous “White heat of technology" speech, this is the hot…

The Register: Psst: wanna buy a legit FBI email account for $40?

Aug 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/fbi_email_accounts_for_sale/ Source: The Register Title: Psst: wanna buy a legit FBI email account for $40? Feedly Summary: Government and police employee credentials sold at bargain-basement prices on underground forums Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little…

Cisco Talos Blog: What happened in Vegas (that you actually want to know about)

Aug 14, 2025

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