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  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : D.C. Lawmakers Take Aim at DeepSeek

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/dealbook/deepseek-ban-washington.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: D.C. Lawmakers Take Aim at DeepSeek Feedly Summary: Lawmakers are said to be working on a bill to block the Chinese chatbot app from government devices, underscoring concerns about the artificial intelligence race. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses ongoing legislative…

  • Schneier on Security: AIs and Robots Should Sound Robotic

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/ais-and-robots-should-sound-robotic.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AIs and Robots Should Sound Robotic Feedly Summary: Most people know that robots no longer sound like tinny trash cans. They sound like Siri, Alexa, and Gemini. They sound like the voices in labyrinthine customer support phone trees. And even those robot voices are being made obsolete…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Link DeepSeek To Chinese Telecom Banned In US

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/05/2019200/researchers-link-deepseek-to-chinese-telecom-banned-in-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Link DeepSeek To Chinese Telecom Banned In US Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines security concerns regarding the Chinese AI company DeepSeek, whose chatbot’s web code potentially connects to China Mobile, a company with known ties to the Chinese military. Researchers found that…

  • The Register: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/google_amd_microcode/ Source: The Register Title: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number Feedly Summary: Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at least Googlers have not only figured out how to break AMD’s security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its…

  • Slashdot: Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time For People Who Download DeepSeek

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/04/0037221/senator-hawley-proposes-jail-time-for-people-who-download-deepseek Source: Slashdot Title: Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time For People Who Download DeepSeek Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Senator Josh Hawley’s recently introduced legislation aims to criminalize the import and export of AI technology with China, highlighting significant national security concerns related to AI development and trade. This legislation…

  • The Register: US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with … downloads?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/us_senator_download_chinese_ai_model/ Source: The Register Title: US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with … downloads? Feedly Summary: As UK proposes laws against neural-nets-for-pedophiles Americans may have to think twice about downloading a Chinese AI model or investing in a company behind such a neural network in…

  • Slashdot: Air Force Documents On Gen AI Test Are Just Whole Pages of Redactions

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/03/2018259/air-force-documents-on-gen-ai-test-are-just-whole-pages-of-redactions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Air Force Documents On Gen AI Test Are Just Whole Pages of Redactions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) funding of generative AI services through a contract with Ask Sage. It highlights concerns over transparency due to extensive…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/constitutional-classifiers/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Feedly Summary: Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against universal jailbreaks Interesting new research from Anthropic, resulting in the paper Constitutional Classifiers: Defending against Universal Jailbreaks across Thousands of Hours of Red Teaming. From the paper: In particular, we introduce Constitutional Classifiers, a framework…

  • Wired: Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/ Source: Wired Title: Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…