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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: a system that can do work independently on behalf of the user

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/work-independently/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: a system that can do work independently on behalf of the user Feedly Summary: I’ve settled on agents as meaning “LLMs calling tools in a loop to achieve a goal" but OpenAI continue to muddy the waters with much more vague definitions. Swyx spotted this one in…

  • The Register: Microsoft blames Medusa ransomware affiliates for GoAnywhere exploits while Fortra keeps head buried

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/microsoft_blames_medusa_ransomware_affiliates/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft blames Medusa ransomware affiliates for GoAnywhere exploits while Fortra keeps head buried Feedly Summary: You can’t find anything bad if you don’t look, right? Medusa ransomware affiliates are among those exploiting a maximum-severity bug in Fortra’s GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) product, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.……

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: gpt-image-1-mini

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/gpt-image-1-mini/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: gpt-image-1-mini Feedly Summary: gpt-image-1-mini OpenAI released a new image model today: gpt-image-1-mini, which they describe as “A smaller image generation model that’s 80% less expensive than the large model." They released it very quietly – I didn’t hear about this in the DevDay keynote but I later…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/security-insider/threat-landscape/inside-microsoft-threat-intelligence-calm-in-chaos#overview-video Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos Feedly Summary: Incident response is never orderly. Threat actors don’t wait. Environments are compromised. Data is missing. Confidence is shaken. But for Microsoft’s Incident Response (IR) team, that chaos is exactly where the work begins. The post Inside Microsoft…

  • Docker: Unlimited access to Docker Hardened Images: Because security should be affordable, always

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/unlimited-access-to-docker-hardened-images-because-security-should-be-affordable-always/ Source: Docker Title: Unlimited access to Docker Hardened Images: Because security should be affordable, always Feedly Summary: Every organization we speak with shares the same goal: to deliver software that is secure and free of CVEs. Near-zero CVEs is the ideal state. But achieving that ideal is harder than it sounds, because…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-5 pro

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/gpt-5-pro/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GPT-5 pro Feedly Summary: GPT-5 pro Here’s OpenAI’s model documentation for their GPT-5 pro model, released to their API today at their DevDay event. It has similar base characteristics to GPT-5: both share a September 30, 2024 knowledge cutoff and 400,000 context limit. GPT-5 pro has maximum…

  • Slashdot: ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/06/1848254/chatgpt-now-has-800-million-weekly-active-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, announced that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, indicating significant adoption across various sectors, including consumers and enterprises. This growth underscores the rising demand for AI infrastructure…

  • OpenAI : Codex is now generally available

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/codex-now-generally-available Source: OpenAI Title: Codex is now generally available Feedly Summary: OpenAI Codex is now generally available with powerful new features for developers: a Slack integration, Codex SDK, and admin tools like usage dashboards and workspace management—making Codex easier to use and manage at scale. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The announcement…

  • The Register: Level-10 vuln lurking in Redis source code for 13 years could allow remote code execution

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/perfect_10_redis_rce_lurking/ Source: The Register Title: Level-10 vuln lurking in Redis source code for 13 years could allow remote code execution Feedly Summary: No evidence of exploitation … yet A 13-year-old critical flaw in Redis servers, rated a perfect 10 out of 10 in severity, can let an authenticated user trigger remote code execution.……