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  • Schneier on Security: AI-Enabled Influence Operation Against Iran

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/ai-enabled-influence-operation-against-iran.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AI-Enabled Influence Operation Against Iran Feedly Summary: Citizen Lab has uncovered a coordinated AI-enabled influence operation against the Iranian government, probably conducted by Israel. Key Findings A coordinated network of more than 50 inauthentic X profiles is conducting an AI-enabled influence operation. The network, which we refer…

  • Slashdot: Are Software Registries Inherently Insecure?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/05/2318202/are-software-registries-inherently-insecure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Are Software Registries Inherently Insecure? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the persistent issues related to software supply chain attacks, emphasizing weaknesses in the design of software registries like npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub. It highlights how inadequate safeguards allowed for multiple registry breaches…

  • The Register: Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/subpoena_tracking_platform_outage_blamed/ Source: The Register Title: Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack Feedly Summary: Software maker Kodex said its domain registrar fell for a fraudulent legal order A software platform used by law enforcement agencies and major tech companies to manage subpoenas and data requests went dark this week after…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : OpenAI’s Sora Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-sora-video-app.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: OpenAI’s Sora Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse) Feedly Summary: Sora, OpenAI’s new video-generating app, is really a social network in disguise that can bring creative A.I. to the masses — and its problems, too. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Cloud Blog: Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/building-momentum-for-gen-media-including-nano-banana-/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud Feedly Summary: It’s been exciting to see the capabilities of Nano Banana, our latest image editing model available in Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, go viral. And with transformative workflows like these, it is easy to see…

  • The Register: US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/us_government_shutdown_it_seccurity/ Source: The Register Title: US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew Feedly Summary: The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex Social Security CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and…

  • Schneier on Security: Use of Generative AI in Scams

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/use-of-generative-ai-in-scams.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Use of Generative AI in Scams Feedly Summary: New report: “Scam GPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud.” This primer maps what we currently know about generative AI’s role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts that are making people…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s New Social Video App Will Let You Deepfake Your Friends

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/30/2028215/openais-new-social-video-app-will-let-you-deepfake-your-friends?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s New Social Video App Will Let You Deepfake Your Friends Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s launch of the Sora app highlights the emergence of AI-generated content in social media, allowing users to create and manage deepfake-style videos. This development raises significant implications for privacy…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Meta’s A.I. Chatbot Is Dangerous for Kids

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010421228/joseph-gordon-levitt-metas-ai-chatbot-is-dangerous-for-kids.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Meta’s A.I. Chatbot Is Dangerous for Kids Feedly Summary: Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta’s universe. But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent…