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  • Hacker News: Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/hallucinations-in-code/ Source: Hacker News Title: Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the phenomenon of “hallucinations” in code generated by large language models (LLMs), highlighting that while such hallucinations can initially undermine developers’ confidence, they are relatively…

  • Hacker News: The Era of Solopreneurs Is Here

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    Source URL: https://manidoraisamy.com/developer-forever/post/the-era-of-solopreneurs-is-here.anc-52867368-2029-4dc5-a7da-ece853a648b5.html Source: Hacker News Title: The Era of Solopreneurs Is Here Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the transformative impact of AI on the software development landscape, emphasizing how companies like DeepSeek are leveraging AI to optimize costs and enhance productivity. It discusses the potential disruption to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/accessibility-and-gen-ai/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Notes from my Accessibility and Gen AI podcast appearence Feedly Summary: I was a guest on the most recent episode of the Accessibility + Gen AI Podcast, hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon. We had a really fun, wide-ranging conversation about a host of different topics.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Kellan Elliott-McCrea

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/kellan-elliott-mccrea/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Kellan Elliott-McCrea Feedly Summary: Regarding the recent blog post, I think a simpler explanation is that hallucinating a non-existent library is a such an inhuman error it throws people. A human making such an error would be almost unforgivably careless. — Kellan Elliott-McCrea Tags: ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai,…

  • Slashdot: Malicious PyPI Package Exploited Deezer’s API, Orchestrates a Distributed Piracy Operation

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/02/064255/malicious-pypi-package-exploited-deezers-api-orchestrates-a-distributed-piracy-operation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Malicious PyPI Package Exploited Deezer’s API, Orchestrates a Distributed Piracy Operation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A malicious PyPi package named “automslc” exploited systems for unauthorized music downloads from Deezer, bypassing access restrictions and violating API terms. Its removal from PyPI demonstrates the ongoing security challenges…

  • Hacker News: The GitVenom campaign: cryptocurrency theft using GitHub

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    Source URL: https://securelist.com/gitvenom-campaign/115694/ Source: Hacker News Title: The GitVenom campaign: cryptocurrency theft using GitHub Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the GitVenom campaign, which involves threat actors creating fake open-source projects on GitHub to distribute malicious code. These projects appear legitimate and lure unsuspecting users, emphasizing the need for…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/2/hallucinations-in-code/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes Feedly Summary: A surprisingly common complaint I see from developers who have tried using LLMs for code is that they encountered a hallucination – usually the LLM inventing a method or even a full software library…

  • Slashdot: 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/03/01/2211210/27-year-old-exe-became-python-in-minutes-is-ai-assisted-reverse-engineering-next?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses a remarkable case of using AI (Claude 3.7) to reverse-engineer a 27-year-old Visual Basic application and rewrite it in Python. This showcases the potential of generative AI…

  • Hacker News: Yes, Claude Code can decompile itself. Here’s the source code

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    Source URL: https://ghuntley.com/tradecraft/ Source: Hacker News Title: Yes, Claude Code can decompile itself. Here’s the source code Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the implications of using AI in software engineering, specifically focusing on a newly released AI coding assistant named Claude Code by Anthropic. It highlights the use…