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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Load Llama-3.2 WebGPU in your browser from a local folder

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/8/webgpu-local-folder/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Load Llama-3.2 WebGPU in your browser from a local folder Feedly Summary: Load Llama-3.2 WebGPU in your browser from a local folder Inspired by a comment on Hacker News I decided to see if it was possible to modify the transformers.js-examples/tree/main/llama-3.2-webgpu Llama 3.2 chat demo (online here,…

  • Slashdot: Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/1824254/signal-rolls-out-encrypted-cloud-backups-debuts-first-subscription-plan-at-199month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Signal’s introduction of end-to-end encrypted cloud backups is a significant advancement for user privacy and data security. This feature not only allows individuals to recover lost message histories but…

  • The Register: Salt Typhoon used dozens of domains, going back five years. Did you visit one?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/salt_typhoon_domains/ Source: The Register Title: Salt Typhoon used dozens of domains, going back five years. Did you visit one? Feedly Summary: Plus ties to the Chinese spies who hacked Barracuda email gateways Security researchers have uncovered dozens of domains used by Chinese espionage crew Salt Typhoon to gain stealthy, long-term access to victim…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Stopping ransomware before it starts: Lessons from Cisco Talos Incident Response

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/stopping-ransomware-before-it-starts/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Stopping ransomware before it starts: Lessons from Cisco Talos Incident Response Feedly Summary: Explore lessons learned from over two years of Talos IR pre-ransomware engagements, highlighting the key security measures, indicators and recommendations that have proven effective in stopping ransomware attacks before they begin. AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/anthropic_settles_author_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated Feedly Summary: Expect more ‘slush funds’ of this sort, analyst tells El Reg AI upstart Anthropic has agreed to create a $1.5 billion fund it will use to compensate authors whose works it used…

  • Wired: Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/these-psychological-tricks-can-get-llms-to-respond-to-forbidden-prompts/ Source: Wired Title: Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Feedly Summary: Researchers convinced large language model chatbots to comply with “forbidden” requests using a variety of conversational tactics. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses researchers’ exploration of conversational tactics used to manipulate large language model (LLM)…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/kimi-k2-instruct-0905/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 Feedly Summary: Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 New not-quite-MIT licensed model from Chinese Moonshot AI, a follow-up to the highly regarded Kimi-K2 model they released in July. This one is an incremental improvement – I’ve seen it referred to online as “Kimi K-2.1". It scores a little higher on a…