Tag: researchers
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Slashdot: Two Sudo Vulnerabilities Discovered and Patched
Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/07/05/0323220/two-sudo-vulnerabilities-discovered-and-patched?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Two Sudo Vulnerabilities Discovered and Patched Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses recently disclosed security vulnerabilities in Sudo that allow local attackers to escalate their privileges. Researchers have identified two critical flaws, CVE-2025-32462 and CVE-2025-32463, which could potentially expose systems to security risks and…
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Slashdot: Simple Text Additions Can Fool Advanced AI Reasoning Models, Researchers Find
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/1521245/simple-text-additions-can-fool-advanced-ai-reasoning-models-researchers-find Source: Slashdot Title: Simple Text Additions Can Fool Advanced AI Reasoning Models, Researchers Find Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research highlights a significant vulnerability in state-of-the-art reasoning AI models through the “CatAttack” technique, which attaches irrelevant phrases to math problems, leading to higher error rates and inefficient responses.…
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The Register: AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/ai_models_potemkin_understanding/ Source: The Register Title: AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about Feedly Summary: Researchers find models’ success at tests hides illusion of understanding Researchers from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Chicago have proposed the term “potemkin understanding" to describe a newly identified failure mode in large language models that…
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Wired: Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-diagnosis/ Source: Wired Title: Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors Feedly Summary: The tech giant poached several top Google researchers to help build a powerful AI tool that can diagnose patients and potentially cut health care costs. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The…
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Slashdot: AI Improves At Improving Itself Using an Evolutionary Trick
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/28/2314203/ai-improves-at-improving-itself-using-an-evolutionary-trick?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Improves At Improving Itself Using an Evolutionary Trick Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a novel self-improving AI coding system called the Darwin Gödel Machine (DGM), which uses evolutionary algorithms and large language models (LLMs) to enhance its coding capabilities. While the advancements…
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The Register: Anthropic: All the major AI models will blackmail us if pushed hard enough
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/25/anthropic_ai_blackmail_study/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic: All the major AI models will blackmail us if pushed hard enough Feedly Summary: Just like people Anthropic published research last week showing that all major AI models may resort to blackmail to avoid being shut down – but the researchers essentially pushed them into the undesired…