Tag: research

  • Slashdot: Google Says DOJ Breakup Would Harm US In ‘Global Race With China’

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/0137218/google-says-doj-breakup-would-harm-us-in-global-race-with-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says DOJ Breakup Would Harm US In ‘Global Race With China’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is contending that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to break up its Chrome and Android businesses could undermine national security and hinder America’s competitive edge in…

  • Slashdot: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/0118200/ai-hallucinations-lead-to-a-new-cyber-threat-slopsquatting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Hallucinations Lead To a New Cyber Threat: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new cyber threat termed Slopsquatting, which involves the creation of fake package names by AI coding tools that can be exploited for malicious purposes. This threat underscores the…

  • The Register: Today’s LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/21/ai_models_can_generate_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Today’s LLMs craft exploits from patches at lightning speed Feedly Summary: Erlang? Er, man, no problem. ChatGPT, Claude to go from flaw disclosure to actual attack code in hours The time from vulnerability disclosure to proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code can now be as short as a few hours,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/21/openai-o3-and-o4-mini-system-card/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card Feedly Summary: OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card I’m surprised to see a combined System Card for o3 and o4-mini in the same document – I’d expect to see these covered separately. The opening paragraph calls out the most interesting new…

  • CSA: Five Keys to Choosing a Cloud Security Provider

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/the-five-keys-to-choosing-a-cloud-security-provider Source: CSA Title: Five Keys to Choosing a Cloud Security Provider Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines critical considerations for organizations when selecting cloud security providers to effectively navigate the complexities and risks of multi-cloud and hybrid environments. It emphasizes the importance of independence, transparency, and a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI assisted search-based research actually works now

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/21/ai-assisted-search/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI assisted search-based research actually works now Feedly Summary: For the past two and a half years the feature I’ve most wanted from LLMs is the ability to take on search-based research tasks on my behalf. We saw the first glimpses of this back in early 2023,…

  • Slashdot: Can You Run the Llama 2 LLM on DOS?

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/21/0026255/can-you-run-the-llama-2-llm-on-dos Source: Slashdot Title: Can You Run the Llama 2 LLM on DOS? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text revolves around an innovative project by an embedded security researcher who successfully ported Llama 2, a large language model (LLM), to run on vintage DOS machines. This challenges the conventional…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Maybe Meta’s Llama claims to be open source because of the EU AI act

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/19/llama-eu-ai-act/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Maybe Meta’s Llama claims to be open source because of the EU AI act Feedly Summary: I encountered a theory a while ago that one of the reasons Meta insist on using the term “open source” for their Llama models despite the Llama license not actually conforming…