Tag: researchers

  • Slashdot: Springer Nature Book on Machine Learning is Full of Made-Up Citations

    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/07/1354223/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Springer Nature Book on Machine Learning is Full of Made-Up Citations Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The investigation into the textbook “Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced” highlights issues of academic integrity, particularly regarding the use of potentially AI-generated content and the fabricating of citations.…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Krebs on Security: Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/06/senator-chides-fbi-for-weak-advice-on-mobile-security/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Senator Chides FBI for Weak Advice on Mobile Security Feedly Summary: Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) briefed Capitol Hill staff recently on hardening the security of their mobile devices, after a contacts list stolen from the personal phone of the White House Chief of…

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/24/anthropic-training/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books Feedly Summary: Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books Major USA legal news for the AI industry today.…