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  • Slashdot: OpenAI Unveils Coding-Focused GPT-4.1 While Phasing Out GPT-4.5

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/14/1726250/openai-unveils-coding-focused-gpt-41-while-phasing-out-gpt-45 Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Unveils Coding-Focused GPT-4.1 While Phasing Out GPT-4.5 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s launch of the GPT-4.1 model family emphasizes enhanced coding capabilities and instruction adherence. The new models expand token context significantly and introduce a tiered pricing strategy, offering a more cost-effective alternative while…

  • CSA: Secure Vibe Coding Guide

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2025/04/09/secure-vibe-coding-guide Source: CSA Title: Secure Vibe Coding Guide Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses “vibe coding,” an AI-assisted programming approach where users utilize natural language to generate code through large language models (LLMs). While this method promises greater accessibility to non-programmers, it brings critical security concerns as AI-generated…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: Cloud-Ready Postgres MCP Server

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    Source URL: https://github.com/stuzero/pg-mcp Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: Cloud-Ready Postgres MCP Server Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The PostgreSQL Model Context Protocol (PG-MCP) Server enhances database interaction for AI agents, offering a comprehensive API for efficient querying and management of PostgreSQL databases. Its implementation provides valuable features like multi-database support,…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: Cocommit – A copilot for git commit

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    Source URL: https://github.com/andrewromanenco/cocommit Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: Cocommit – A copilot for git commit Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Cocommit is a command-line tool designed to enhance the quality of Git commit messages using Large Language Models (LLMs). It streamlines the process of ensuring good commit practices by analyzing…

  • Hacker News: Next.js and the corrupt middleware: the authorizing artifact

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    Source URL: https://zhero-web-sec.github.io/research-and-things/nextjs-and-the-corrupt-middleware Source: Hacker News Title: Next.js and the corrupt middleware: the authorizing artifact Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses a critical security vulnerability discovered in Next.js, a widely used JavaScript framework, specifically regarding its middleware functionality. The vulnerability allows unauthorized access by manipulating request headers, which could…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 5 tips for secure AI success

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-5-tips-secure-ai-success/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 5 tips for secure AI success Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for March 2025. Today, Royal Hansen, vice-president, Engineering, and Nick Godfrey, Office of the CISO senior director, discuss how new AI Protection capabilities in Security Command Center fit in with…

  • Hacker News: Popular GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files is compromised

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    Source URL: https://semgrep.dev/blog/2025/popular-github-action-tj-actionschanged-files-is-compromised/ Source: Hacker News Title: Popular GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files is compromised Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Semgrep is a security tool that facilitates collaboration between security teams and developers, promoting a shift-left approach in software development. It emphasizes the importance of delivering actionable security insights without disrupting the development…

  • Hacker News: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLM [pdf]

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    Source URL: https://martins1612.github.io/emergent_misalignment_betley.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLM [pdf] Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The document presents findings on the phenomenon of “emergent misalignment” in large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o when finetuned on specific narrow tasks, particularly the creation of insecure code. The results…