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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing EmbeddingGemma

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/4/embedding-gemma/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing EmbeddingGemma Feedly Summary: Introducing EmbeddingGemma Brand new open weights (under the slightly janky Gemma license) 308M parameter embedding model from Google: Based on the Gemma 3 architecture, EmbeddingGemma is trained on 100+ languages and is small enough to run on less than 200MB of RAM with…

  • Cloud Blog: How Baseten achieves 225% better cost-performance for AI inference (and you can too)

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/how-baseten-achieves-better-cost-performance-for-ai-inference/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Baseten achieves 225% better cost-performance for AI inference (and you can too) Feedly Summary: Baseten is one of a growing number of AI infrastructure providers, helping other startups run their models and experiments at speed and scale. Given the importance of those two factors to its customers,…

  • Schneier on Security: Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/generative-ai-as-a-cybercrime-assistant.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant Feedly Summary: Anthropic reports on a Claude user: We recently disrupted a sophisticated cybercriminal that used Claude Code to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data. The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in healthcare, the emergency services,…

  • The Register: Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/hexstrike_ai_citrix_exploits/ Source: The Register Title: Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs Feedly Summary: LLMs and 0-days – what could possibly go wrong? Attackers on underground forums claimed they were using HexStrike AI, an open-source red-teaming tool, against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, according to Check…

  • The Register: It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/ransomware_ai_abuse/ Source: The Register Title: It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help? Feedly Summary: AI-powered ransomware, extortion chatbots, vibe hacking … just wait until agents replace affiliates It’s no secret that AI tools make it easier for cybercriminals to steal sensitive data and then extort victim organizations. But two…

  • The Register: LegalPwn: Tricking LLMs by burying badness in lawyerly fine print

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/01/legalpwn_ai_jailbreak/ Source: The Register Title: LegalPwn: Tricking LLMs by burying badness in lawyerly fine print Feedly Summary: Trust and believe – AI models trained to see ‘legal’ doc as super legit Researchers at security firm Pangea have discovered yet another way to trivially trick large language models (LLMs) into ignoring their guardrails. Stick…