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  • Cloud Blog: Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/google-distributed-cloud-at-the-edge-powers-us-air-force-mobility-guardian-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025 Feedly Summary: For today’s mission owner, operating effectively in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited bandwidth (DDIL) environments is paramount. The Department of Defense’s strategy requires smaller, dispersed teams to function autonomously, creating a critical need…

  • Schneier on Security: Abusing Notion’s AI Agent for Data Theft

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/abusing-notions-ai-agent-for-data-theft.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Abusing Notion’s AI Agent for Data Theft Feedly Summary: Notion just released version 3.0, complete with AI agents. Because the system contains Simon Willson’s lethal trifecta, it’s vulnerable to data theft though prompt injection. First, the trifecta: The lethal trifecta of capabilities is: Access to your private…

  • The Register: When AI is trained for treachery, it becomes the perfect agent

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/when_ai_is_trained_for/ Source: The Register Title: When AI is trained for treachery, it becomes the perfect agent Feedly Summary: We’re blind to malicious AI until it hits. We can still open our eyes to stopping it Opinion Last year, The Register reported on AI sleeper agents. A major academic study explored how to train…

  • Slashdot: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/2156240/switzerland-approves-digital-id-in-narrow-vote-uk-proposes-one-too?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the results of a Swiss referendum on electronic identity (e-ID) cards, highlighting the thin margin of support and the associated concerns regarding privacy and security. The narrative…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Nick Turley

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/28/nick-turley/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Nick Turley Feedly Summary: We’ve seen the strong reactions to 4o responses and want to explain what is happening. We’ve started testing a new safety routing system in ChatGPT. As we previously mentioned, when conversations touch on sensitive and emotional topics the system may switch mid-chat…

  • Slashdot: Researchers (Including Google) are Betting on Virtual ‘World Models’ for Better AI

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/0632215/researchers-including-google-are-betting-on-virtual-world-models-for-better-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers (Including Google) are Betting on Virtual ‘World Models’ for Better AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging trend of “world models” in AI development, emphasizing their importance in enabling AI to learn from environments similarly to humans and animals. These models…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/27/video-models-are-zero-shot-learners-and-reasoners/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners Feedly Summary: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners Fascinating new paper from Google DeepMind which makes a very convincing case that their Veo 3 model – and generative video models in general – serve a similar role in the…

  • Tomasz Tunguz: Modernizing Agent Tools with Google ADK Patterns: 60% Token Reduction & Enterprise Safety

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    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/modernizing-agent-tools-with-google-adk-patterns/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: Modernizing Agent Tools with Google ADK Patterns: 60% Token Reduction & Enterprise Safety Feedly Summary: I recently discovered Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) and its architectural patterns for building LLM-powered applications. While ADK is a Python framework, its core design principles proved transformative when applied to my existing…

  • Slashdot: Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/0249201/hugging-face-researchers-warn-ai-generated-video-consumes-much-more-power-than-expected?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hugging Face Researchers Warn AI-Generated Video Consumes Much More Power Than Expected Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The findings from researchers at Hugging Face reveal that generative AI tools for text-to-video production have a significantly larger carbon footprint than expected. The study highlights a non-linear increase…