Tag: Signal

  • Slashdot: ‘Ghost’ Students are Enrolling in US Colleges Just to Steal Financial Aid

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/14/0329224/ghost-students-are-enrolling-in-us-colleges-just-to-steal-financial-aid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Ghost’ Students are Enrolling in US Colleges Just to Steal Financial Aid Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the rising issue of financial aid fraud in online education, driven by the use of AI chatbots that impersonate students to collect financial aid. The U.S.…

  • Slashdot: Researchers Confirm Two Journalists Were Hacked With Paragon Spyware

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/2235231/researchers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers Confirm Two Journalists Were Hacked With Paragon Spyware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Recent research by The Citizen Lab reveals that European journalists, including an Italian reporter, were targeted and hacked using Israeli surveillance spyware from Paragon. This marks an alarming confirmation of previous suspicions…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Meta Invests Nearly $15 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/technology/meta-scale-ai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Meta Invests Nearly $15 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab Feedly Summary: Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Denmark Is Dumping Microsoft Office and Windows For LibreOffice and Linux

    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/0335229/denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Denmark Is Dumping Microsoft Office and Windows For LibreOffice and Linux Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Denmark’s shift from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice highlights a significant movement towards digital sovereignty driven by security, economic, and political factors in the EU. This trend underlines concerns over reliance…

  • The Register: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/canva_coding_assistant_job_interviews/ Source: The Register Title: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews Feedly Summary: Design software slinger warns it won’t hire devs who aren’t good at modern tools Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.… AI…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/11/disney-universal-midjourney/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: Disney and Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement This is a big one. It’s very easy to demonstrate that Midjourney will output images of copyright protected characters (like Darth Vader or Yoda) based…

  • Slashdot: Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/11/1825215/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights a troubling partnership between major U.S. airlines and a data broker that has sold sensitive flight information to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This raises…