Tag: oversight

  • AlgorithmWatch: The Automation of Fortress Europe: Behind the Black Curtain

    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/fortress-europe-redactions/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: The Automation of Fortress Europe: Behind the Black Curtain Feedly Summary: The European Union poured 5 million euros into the development of a border surveillance system called NESTOR. When we tried to look into it, we were presented hundreds of redacted, blacked out pages. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Rekt: Infiltrating Cosmos

    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/infiltrating-cosmos Source: Rekt Title: Infiltrating Cosmos Feedly Summary: North Korean devs secretly coded part of Cosmos Hub’s Liquid Staking Module. Key figures allegedly hid this, sparking major security concerns. Now the community scrambles to audit, remove & mitigate risks. How secure is your slice of the crypto universe? AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Anthropic

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/22/anthropic/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Anthropic Feedly Summary: For the same cost and similar speed to Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3.5 Haiku improves across every skill set and surpasses even Claude 3 Opus, the largest model in our previous generation, on many intelligence benchmarks. Claude 3.5 Haiku is particularly strong on…

  • The Register: Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/telcos_consume_less_than_half/ Source: The Register Title: Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS Feedly Summary: Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use Telecom companies have consumed only 48 percent of the cloud they have committed to, yet seek to secure more, according to a report released…

  • Slashdot: TikTok Owner Sacks Intern For Sabotaging AI Project

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/21/2249257/tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: TikTok Owner Sacks Intern For Sabotaging AI Project Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, terminated an intern for allegedly disrupting the training of one of its AI models. The company refuted claims of significant damage caused by the incident, asserting that…

  • The Register: US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six ‘countries of concern’

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/us_crackdown_data_brokers/ Source: The Register Title: US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six ‘countries of concern’ Feedly Summary: Biden’s Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish The US federal government is poised to implement an Executive Order that would ban data brokers selling significant amounts of information…

  • The Register: Microsoft says its Copilot AI agents set to tackle employee tasks in November

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/microsoft_copilot_agents/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft says its Copilot AI agents set to tackle employee tasks in November Feedly Summary: Let bots manage your supply chain? What could possibly go wrong? Since announcing Copilot Studio last year, Microsoft claims it has achieved significant efficiency gains across multiple business units using its tools. Starting…

  • Hacker News: ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/bytedance-intern-fired-for-planting-malicious-code-in-ai-models/ Source: Hacker News Title: ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving a ByteDance intern who allegedly sabotaged AI model training has sparked significant social media speculation. ByteDance’s clarification emphasizes that while the intern was terminated for serious…

  • Hacker News: Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

    Source URL: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24273820/intuit-ceo-sasan-goodarzi-turbotax-irs-quickbooks-ai-software-decoder-interview Source: Hacker News Title: Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text features an interview with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, discussing the company’s transition into a platform-centric business, the integration of various acquired technologies, and their strategic focus on…

  • Schneier on Security: AI and the SEC Whistleblower Program

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/ai-and-the-sec-whistleblower-program.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI and the SEC Whistleblower Program Feedly Summary: Tax farming is the practice of licensing tax collection to private contractors. Used heavily in ancient Rome, it’s largely fallen out of practice because of the obvious conflict of interest between the state and the contractor. Because tax farmers…