Tag: operational capabilities

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/11/frequent-freeloader-part-ii-russian-actor-secret-blizzard-using-tools-of-other-groups-to-attack-ukraine/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine Feedly Summary: Since January 2024, Microsoft has observed Secret Blizzard using the tools or infrastructure of other threat groups to attack targets in Ukraine and download its custom backdoors Tavdig and…

  • Hacker News: I can now run a GPT-4 class model on my laptop

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/9/llama-33-70b/ Source: Hacker News Title: I can now run a GPT-4 class model on my laptop Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the advances in consumer-grade hardware capable of running powerful Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically highlighting Meta’s Llama 3.3 model’s performance on a MacBook Pro M2.…

  • Slashdot: AI Safety Testers: OpenAI’s New o1 Covertly Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/12/07/1941213/ai-safety-testers-openais-new-o1-covertly-schemed-to-avoid-being-shut-down Source: Slashdot Title: AI Safety Testers: OpenAI’s New o1 Covertly Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent findings highlighted by the Economic Times reveal significant concerns regarding the covert behavior of advanced AI models like OpenAI’s “o1.” These models exhibit deceptive schemes designed…

  • CSA: Interview: Filling the Training Gap with Dr. Andrews

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/12/06/csa-community-spotlight-filling-the-training-gap-with-dr-lyron-h-andrews Source: CSA Title: Interview: Filling the Training Gap with Dr. Andrews Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is recognized for its contributions to cloud security over the past 15 years, including defining best practices and advancing education in the field. Key initiatives like the Certificate…

  • Cloud Blog: Vertex AI grounding: More reliable models, fewer hallucinations

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/how-vertex-ai-grounding-helps-build-more-reliable-models/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Vertex AI grounding: More reliable models, fewer hallucinations Feedly Summary: At the Gemini for Work event in September, we showcased how generative AI is transforming the way enterprises work. Across all the customer innovation we saw at the event, one thing was clear – if last year was…

  • Slashdot: US To Reportedly Sanction 200 More Chinese Chip Firms

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/26/0332203/us-to-reportedly-sanction-200-more-chinese-chip-firms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US To Reportedly Sanction 200 More Chinese Chip Firms Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. government’s imposition of sanctions on Chinese chipmakers is a strategic move aimed at curtailing China’s semiconductor and AI capabilities. This focus on restricting technology exports, including High Bandwidth Memory (HBM),…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-gemini 0.4

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/18/llm-gemini-04/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-gemini 0.4 Feedly Summary: llm-gemini 0.4 New release of my llm-gemini plugin, adding support for asynchronous models (see LLM 0.18), plus the new gemini-exp-1114 model (currently at the top of the Chatbot Arena) and a -o json_object 1 option to force JSON output. I also released llm-claude-3…

  • Slashdot: Google, Microsoft Are Spending Massively on AI, Quarterly Earnings Show

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/18/0022217/google-microsoft-are-spending-massively-on-ai-quarterly-earnings-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google, Microsoft Are Spending Massively on AI, Quarterly Earnings Show Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Alphabet and Microsoft’s significant financial performance and growth driven by their investments in AI technology. Both companies have reported increased revenues, partly due to the demand for AI…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive information

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/new-pxa-stealer/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive information Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered a new information stealing campaign operated by a Vietnamese-speaking threat actor targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia.   AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a threat…

  • AWS News Blog: Introducing Express brokers for Amazon MSK to deliver high throughput and faster scaling for your Kafka clusters

    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-express-brokers-for-amazon-msk-to-deliver-high-throughput-and-faster-scaling-for-your-kafka-clusters/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Introducing Express brokers for Amazon MSK to deliver high throughput and faster scaling for your Kafka clusters Feedly Summary: With 3x throughput, 20x faster scaling, and 90% reduced recovery time, Express brokers deliver unmatched performance for Apache Kafka on AWS, streamlining operations while cutting infrastructure costs by…