Tag: sensitive environments

  • Slashdot: Jack Dorsey Launches a WhatsApp Messaging Rival Built On Bluetooth

    Source URL: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/07/07/2132201/jack-dorsey-launches-a-whatsapp-messaging-rival-built-on-bluetooth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Jack Dorsey Launches a WhatsApp Messaging Rival Built On Bluetooth Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Jack Dorsey’s launch of Bitchat, a decentralized messaging app, enhances communication privacy and security through encrypted, peer-to-peer technology. The app operates on Bluetooth mesh networks, enabling users to connect without conventional…

  • Slashdot: Police Department Apologizes for Sharing AI-Doctored Evidence Photo on Social Media

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/06/0252201/police-department-apologizes-for-sharing-ai-doctored-evidence-photo-on-social-media?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Police Department Apologizes for Sharing AI-Doctored Evidence Photo on Social Media Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A police department in Maine admitted to inadvertently sharing an AI-altered photo of drug evidence on social media, resulting in public scrutiny over the integrity of evidence presentation. This incident…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/20/agentic-misalignment/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats Feedly Summary: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats One of the most entertaining details in the Claude 4 system card concerned blackmail: We then provided it access to emails implying that (1) the model will soon be…

  • The Register: Salesforce study finds LLM agents flunk CRM and confidentiality tests

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/16/salesforce_llm_agents_benchmark/ Source: The Register Title: Salesforce study finds LLM agents flunk CRM and confidentiality tests Feedly Summary: 6-in-10 success rate for single-step tasks A new benchmark developed by academics shows that LLM-based AI agents perform below par on standard CRM tests and fail to understand the need for customer confidentiality.… AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Tinfoil hat wearers can thank AI for declassification of JFK docs

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/tulsi_gabbard_aws_summit/ Source: The Register Title: Tinfoil hat wearers can thank AI for declassification of JFK docs Feedly Summary: Plus: AWS launches second Secret-level cloud region AI has been a “game changer" for the intelligence community, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who noted two key applications of the technology for…

  • The Register: Peep show: 40K IoT cameras worldwide stream secrets to anyone with a browser

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/40000_iot_cameras_exposed/ Source: The Register Title: Peep show: 40K IoT cameras worldwide stream secrets to anyone with a browser Feedly Summary: Majority of exposures located in the US, including datacenters, healthcare facilities, factories, and more Security researchers managed to access the live feeds of 40,000 internet-connected cameras worldwide and they may have only scratched…

  • Slashdot: China Shuts Down AI Tools During Nationwide College Exams

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/1849202/china-shuts-down-ai-tools-during-nationwide-college-exams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: China Shuts Down AI Tools During Nationwide College Exams Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Major Chinese AI companies are disabling specific chatbot features during the gaokao college entrance exams to prevent cheating, highlighting a proactive approach to academic integrity. This shift demonstrates the intersection of AI…

  • Slashdot: ‘Failure Imminent’: When LLMs In a Long-Running Vending Business Simulation Went Berserk

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/31/2112240/failure-imminent-when-llms-in-a-long-running-vending-business-simulation-went-berserk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Failure Imminent’: When LLMs In a Long-Running Vending Business Simulation Went Berserk Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a fascinating experiment where researchers tested the capabilities of advanced LLMs in managing a simulated vending machine business. The findings highlight significant operational failures and erratic…

  • The Register: OpenAI model modifies shutdown script in apparent sabotage effort

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/openai_model_modifies_shutdown_script/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI model modifies shutdown script in apparent sabotage effort Feedly Summary: Even when instructed to allow shutdown, o3 sometimes tries to prevent it, research claims A research organization claims that OpenAI machine learning model o3 might prevent itself from being shut down in some circumstances while completing an…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has discovered a cluster of worldwide cloud abuse activity conducted by a threat actor we track as Void Blizzard, who we assess with high confidence is Russia-affiliated and has been active since…