Tag: release

Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/18/google-gemini-url-context/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Google Gemini URL Context Feedly Summary: Google Gemini URL Context New feature in the Gemini API: you can now enable a url_context tool which the models can use to request the contents of URLs as part of replying to a prompt. I released llm-gemini 0.25 with a…

The Register: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

Aug 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/microsoft_adds_copilot_ai_formulas/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells Feedly Summary: Meet the new COPILOT function Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel. Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new…

The Register: Boffins say tool can sniff 5G traffic, launch ‘attacks’ without using rogue base stations

Aug 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/sni5gect/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins say tool can sniff 5G traffic, launch ‘attacks’ without using rogue base stations Feedly Summary: Sni5Gect research crew targets sweet spot during device / network handshake pause Security boffins have released an open source tool for poking holes in 5G mobile networks, claiming it can do up-…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: TIL: Running a gpt-oss eval suite against LM Studio on a Mac

Aug 17, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/17/gpt-oss-eval-suite/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: TIL: Running a gpt-oss eval suite against LM Studio on a Mac Feedly Summary: TIL: Running a gpt-oss eval suite against LM Studio on a Mac The other day I learned that OpenAI published a set of evals as part of their gpt-oss model release, described in…

Slashdot: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast

Aug 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/1936221/ai-is-reshaping-hacking-no-one-agrees-how-fast Source: Slashdot Title: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in AI agents presented at the Black Hat conference, highlighting how these innovations could potentially enhance the capabilities of cybersecurity defenders. However, it also underscores the duality of…

Slashdot: VP.NET Publishes SGX Enclave Code: Zero-Trust Privacy You Can Actually Verify

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/15/2015213/vpnet-publishes-sgx-enclave-code-zero-trust-privacy-you-can-actually-verify?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: VP.NET Publishes SGX Enclave Code: Zero-Trust Privacy You Can Actually Verify Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: VP.NET’s release of the Intel SGX enclave source code on GitHub marks a significant step towards enhancing transparency and trust in privacy technology. By allowing verification of the enclave’s integrity…

The Register: Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cisco_secure_firewall_management_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole Feedly Summary: Switchzilla’s summer of perfect 10s Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/inconsistent-performance/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers Feedly Summary: Artificial Analysis published a new benchmark the other day, this time focusing on how an individual model – OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120b – performs across different hosted providers. The results showed some surprising differences. Here’s the one with the…

The Register: Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL

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