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  • The Register: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/commvault_bug_chains_patched/ Source: The Register Title: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven Feedly Summary: Researchers disclosing their findings said ‘it’s as bad as it sounds’ Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/128217/microsoft-warns-excels-new-ai-function-can-give-incorrect-responses-in-high-stakes-scenarios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is testing a new AI feature called COPILOT in Excel that leverages OpenAI’s gpt-4.1-mini model for automating spreadsheet tasks through natural language. While it presents innovative capabilities…

  • The Register: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/kpmg_giant_prompt_tax_agent/ Source: The Register Title: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot Feedly Summary: Produces advice in a single day instead of two weeks – without job losses The Australian arm of consultancy firm KPMG wrote a 100-page prompt to create an agentic system that prepares tax advice far faster than humans.……

  • Tomasz Tunguz: When One AI Grades Another’s Work

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    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/evolution-of-ai-judges-improving-evoblog/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: When One AI Grades Another’s Work Feedly Summary: Since launching EvoBlog internally, I’ve wanted to improve it. One way of doing this is having an LLM judge the best posts rather than a static scoring system. I appointed Gemini 2.5 to be that judge. This post is a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llama.cpp guide: running gpt-oss with llama.cpp

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/19/gpt-oss-with-llama-cpp/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llama.cpp guide: running gpt-oss with llama.cpp Feedly Summary: llama.cpp guide: running gpt-oss with llama.cpp Really useful official guide to running the OpenAI gpt-oss models using llama-server from llama.cpp – which provides an OpenAI-compatible localhost API and a neat web interface for interacting with the models. TLDR version…