Tag: privacy

  • Slashdot: Senators Say TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Is Out of Control

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/27/2314220/senators-say-tsas-facial-recognition-program-is-out-of-control?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Senators Say TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Is Out of Control Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators is calling for an investigation into the TSA’s use of facial recognition technology, highlighting privacy concerns and the absence of independent evaluations. They question…

  • Hacker News: Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training

    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/blueskys-open-api-means-anyone-can-scrape-your-data-for-ai-training/ Source: Hacker News Title: Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses concerns about user content privacy on the Bluesky social networking platform, particularly in relation to third-party access and machine learning data usage. It highlights…

  • Slashdot: Data Broker Leaves 600K+ Sensitive Files Exposed Online

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/27/2253216/data-broker-leaves-600k-sensitive-files-exposed-online Source: Slashdot Title: Data Broker Leaves 600K+ Sensitive Files Exposed Online Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a significant security breach involving an unprotected Amazon S3 bucket owned by SL Data Services, which exposed over 600,000 sensitive files containing personal information, including criminal histories and background checks.…

  • Slashdot: Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned By US Appeals Court

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/27/2019239/tornado-cash-sanctions-overturned-by-us-appeals-court Source: Slashdot Title: Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned By US Appeals Court Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The U.S. federal appeals court ruling on Tornado Cash signifies a pivotal outcome in the ongoing privacy discourse regarding cryptocurrency. It highlights the limitations of government authority over decentralized technologies, potentially reshaping future…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: QwQ: Reflect Deeply on the Boundaries of the Unknown

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/27/qwq/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: QwQ: Reflect Deeply on the Boundaries of the Unknown Feedly Summary: QwQ: Reflect Deeply on the Boundaries of the Unknown Brand openly licensed model from Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen team, this time clearly inspired by OpenAI’s work on reasoning in o1. I love how the introduce the new…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation from US FTC

    Source URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-27/us-antitrust-watchdog-launches-broad-microsoft-investigation Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation from US FTC Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Microsoft Corp. for potential antitrust violations, focusing on its cloud computing and AI products among other areas. This investigation could significantly impact the…

  • Slashdot: Former Android Leaders Are Building an ‘Operating System For AI Agents’

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/27/2011217/former-android-leaders-are-building-an-operating-system-for-ai-agents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Former Android Leaders Are Building an ‘Operating System For AI Agents’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A new startup called “/dev/agents,” founded by former Android leaders, is set to create a cloud-based operating system tailored for AI agents. This initiative aims to simplify the development of…

  • Hacker News: A Deep Dive into DDPMs

    Source URL: https://magic-with-latents.github.io/latent/posts/ddpms/part3/ Source: Hacker News Title: A Deep Dive into DDPMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text delves into the mathematical and algorithmic underpinnings of Diffusion Models (DDPMs) for generating images, focusing on the forward and reverse processes involved in sampling from the distributions. It highlights both the complications…

  • The Register: Data broker leaves 600K+ sensitive files exposed online

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/600k_sensitive_files_exposed/ Source: The Register Title: Data broker leaves 600K+ sensitive files exposed online Feedly Summary: Researcher spotted open database before criminals … we hope Exclusive More than 600,000 sensitive files containing thousands of people’s criminal histories, background checks, vehicle and property records were exposed to the internet in a non-password protected database belonging…

  • Hacker News: AMD Releases ROCm Version 6.3

    Source URL: https://insidehpc.com/2024/11/amd-releases-rocm-version-6-3/ Source: Hacker News Title: AMD Releases ROCm Version 6.3 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: AMD’s ROCm Version 6.3 enhances AI and HPC workloads through its advanced features like SGLang for generative AI, optimized FlashAttention-2, integration of the AMD Fortran compiler, and new multi-node FFT support. This release is…