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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/11/the-rule-of-2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Feedly Summary: Chromium Docs: The Rule Of 2 Alex Russell pointed me to this principle in the Chromium security documentation as similar to my description of the lethal trifecta. First added in 2019, the Chromium guideline states: When you write code…

  • Slashdot: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/0037258/1m-stolen-in-industrial-scale-crypto-theft-using-ai-generated-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a sophisticated cybercrime operation, GreedyBear, which utilizes a highly coordinated strategy, weaponizing browser extensions and phishing sites to facilitate industrial-scale crypto theft. The group’s innovative techniques, including the modification…

  • The Register: Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console Feedly Summary: PLUS: Crypto mixer founders plead guilty; Another French telco hacked; Meta fights WhatsApp scams; And more! Infosec In Brief A critical vulnerability in the on-prem version of Trend Micro’s Apex One endpoint security platform…

  • Embrace The Red: OpenHands ZombAI Exploit: Prompt Injection To Remote Code Execution

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    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/openhands-remote-code-execution-zombai/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: OpenHands ZombAI Exploit: Prompt Injection To Remote Code Execution Feedly Summary: Today we have another post about OpenHands from All Hands AI. It is a popular agent, initially named “OpenDevin”, and recently the company also provides a cloud-based service. Which is all pretty cool and exciting. Prompt…

  • The Register: How OpenAI used a new data type to cut inference costs by 75%

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/openai_mxfp4/ Source: The Register Title: How OpenAI used a new data type to cut inference costs by 75% Feedly Summary: Decision to use MXFP4 makes models smaller, faster, and more importantly, cheaper for everyone involved Analysis Whether or not OpenAI’s new open weights models are any good is still up for debate, but…

  • Slashdot: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0110212/hour-of-code-announces-its-now-evolving-into-hour-of-ai Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s significant investment in AI education, reflecting a shift in computer science education from traditional coding to AI literacy. It emphasizes the importance of understanding AI’s implications…

  • Slashdot: Google Says Its AI-Based Bug Hunter Found 20 Security Vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/1947230/google-says-its-ai-based-bug-hunter-found-20-security-vulnerabilities Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says Its AI-Based Bug Hunter Found 20 Security Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s Big Sleep, an LLM-based vulnerability researcher, reported 20 vulnerabilities in popular open-source software, marking a significant advancement in automated vulnerability discovery. This highlights the increasing efficacy of AI tools in…

  • Slashdot: Initiative Seeks AI Lab to Build ‘American Truly Open Models’ (ATOM)

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/1916243/initiative-seeks-ai-lab-to-build-american-truly-open-models-atom?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Initiative Seeks AI Lab to Build ‘American Truly Open Models’ (ATOM) Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of the ATOM Project, aimed at enhancing U.S. open-source AI competitiveness, highlighting a significant gap in open-source AI development in the country compared to China.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ethan Mollick

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/9/ethan-mollick/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ethan Mollick Feedly Summary: The issue with GPT-5 in a nutshell is that unless you pay for model switching & know to use GPT-5 Thinking or Pro, when you ask “GPT-5” you sometimes get the best available AI & sometimes get one of the worst AIs…

  • Docker: Remocal and Minimum Viable Models: Why Right-Sized Models Beat API Overkill

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/remocal-minimum-viable-models-ai/ Source: Docker Title: Remocal and Minimum Viable Models: Why Right-Sized Models Beat API Overkill Feedly Summary: A practical approach to escaping the expensive, slow world of API-dependent AI The $20K Monthly Reality Check You built a simple sentiment analyzer for customer reviews. It works great. Except it costs $847/month in API calls…