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  • Slashdot: Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/1731237/nvidia-release-massive-ai-ready-open-european-language-dataset-and-tools Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia has launched Granary, an extensive open-source dataset that significantly enhances AI translation capabilities for European languages. This initiative, alongside new AI models Canary and Parakeet, aims to improve the inclusivity…

  • The Register: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/23/searchcapable_ai_agents_may_cheat/ Source: The Register Title: Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests Feedly Summary: Data contamination can make models seem more capable than they really are Researchers with Scale AI have found that search-based AI models may cheat on benchmark tests by fetching the answers directly from online sources rather than deriving…

  • The Register: AI giants call for energy grid kumbaya

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/microsoft_nvidia_openai_power_grid/ Source: The Register Title: AI giants call for energy grid kumbaya Feedly Summary: Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI researchers warn of uneven power usage associated with AI training, and propose possible fixes Researchers at Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI have issued a call to designers of software, hardware, infrastructure, and utilities for help finding…

  • Schneier on Security: AI Agents Need Data Integrity

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/ai-agents-need-data-integrity.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI Agents Need Data Integrity Feedly Summary: Think of the Web as a digital territory with its own social contract. In 2014, Tim Berners-Lee called for a “Magna Carta for the Web” to restore the balance of power between individuals and institutions. This mirrors the original charter’s…

  • The Register: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/google_gemini_image_scaling_attack/ Source: The Register Title: Honey, I shrunk the image and now I’m pwned Feedly Summary: Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection Security researchers with Trail of Bits have found that Google Gemini CLI and other production AI systems can be deceived by image scaling attacks, a well-known adversarial challenge…

  • Slashdot: Meta Freezes AI Hiring

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/21/0227208/meta-freezes-ai-hiring?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Freezes AI Hiring Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s pause on hiring in its artificial intelligence division highlights a significant shift in their organizational strategy as they aim to refine their approach to developing superintelligence. This is particularly relevant for professionals in AI and organizational…

  • The Register: FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/russian_fsb_cyberspies_exploiting_cisco_bug/ Source: The Register Title: FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure Feedly Summary: Snarfing up config files for ‘thousands’ of devices…just for giggles, we’re sure The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices…

  • The Register: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/commvault_bug_chains_patched/ Source: The Register Title: Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven Feedly Summary: Researchers disclosing their findings said ‘it’s as bad as it sounds’ Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.… AI Summary and Description:…