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  • The Register: ‘Alarming’ bugs lay low in Ubuntu Server utility for 10 years

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/qualys_ubuntu_server_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Alarming’ bugs lay low in Ubuntu Server utility for 10 years Feedly Summary: Update now: Qualys says vulnerabilities give root and are ‘easily exploitable’ Researchers at Qualys refuse to release exploit code for five bugs in Ubuntu Server’s needrestart utility that allow unprivileged attackers to gain root access…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/llm-gguf-embeddings/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings Feedly Summary: llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings This new release of my llm-gguf plugin – which adds support for locally hosted GGUF LLMs – adds a new feature: it now supports embedding models distributed as GGUFs as well. This means you can…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/a-warning-about-tiktoken/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Feedly Summary: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Tom MacWright warns that OpenAI’s tiktoken Python library has a surprising performance profile: it’s superlinear with the length of input, meaning someone could potentially denial-of-service you by sending you…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: TextSynth Server

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/textsynth-server/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: TextSynth Server Feedly Summary: TextSynth Server I’d missed this: Fabrice Bellard (yes, that Fabrice Bellard) has a project called TextSynth Server which he describes like this: ts_server is a web server proposing a REST API to large language models. They can be used for example for text…

  • Slashdot: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0057206/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details five local privilege escalation vulnerabilities found in the Linux utility “needrestart,” crucial for professionals in security and compliance to recognize, as they highlight significant risks associated with resource…

  • Cloud Blog: Empowering Gemini for Malware Analysis with Code Interpreter and Google Threat Intelligence

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/gemini-malware-analysis-code-interpreter-threat-intelligence/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Empowering Gemini for Malware Analysis with Code Interpreter and Google Threat Intelligence Feedly Summary: One of Google Cloud’s major missions is to arm security professionals with modern tools to help them defend against the latest threats. Part of that mission involves moving closer to a more autonomous, adaptive…

  • AWS News Blog: AWS Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET functions is now generally available

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-lambda-snapstart-for-python-and-net-functions-is-now-generally-available/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET functions is now generally available Feedly Summary: AWS Lambda SnapStart boosts Python and .NET functions’ startup times to sub-second levels, often with minimal code changes, enabling highly responsive and scalable serverless apps. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The announcement…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-gemini 0.4

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    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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: LLM 0.18

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/17/llm-018/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: LLM 0.18 Feedly Summary: LLM 0.18 New release of LLM. The big new feature is asynchronous model support – you can now use supported models in async Python code like this: import llm model = llm.get_async_model(“gpt-4o") async for chunk in model.prompt( "Five surprising names for a pet…