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  • The Register: TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa_facial_recognition_audit/ Source: The Register Title: TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe Feedly Summary: Senators ask, Homeland Security watchdog answers: Is it worth the money? The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s use of facial recognition technology at US airports, following criticism from lawmakers…

  • Cloud Blog: Blackwell is here — new A4 VMs powered by NVIDIA B200 now in preview

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-a4-vms-powered-by-nvidia-b200-gpu-aka-blackwell/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Blackwell is here — new A4 VMs powered by NVIDIA B200 now in preview Feedly Summary: Modern AI workloads require powerful accelerators and high-speed interconnects to run sophisticated model architectures on an ever-growing diverse range of model sizes and modalities. In addition to large-scale training, these complex models…

  • Slashdot: Meta’s AI Chatbot Taps User Data With No Opt-Out Option

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/27/1821216/metas-ai-chatbot-taps-user-data-with-no-opt-out-option?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta’s AI Chatbot Taps User Data With No Opt-Out Option Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s AI chatbot is now incorporating users’ personal data from Facebook and Instagram to provide tailored responses, raising concerns about privacy and data sharing. This upgrade allows the AI to retain…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: I Created ErisForge, a Python Library for Abliteration of LLMs

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    Source URL: https://github.com/Tsadoq/ErisForge Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: I Created ErisForge, a Python Library for Abliteration of LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text introduces ErisForge, a Python library designed for modifying Large Language Models (LLMs) through alterations of their internal layers. This tool allows researchers and developers to…

  • Slashdot: Bad Week for Unoccupied Waymo Cars: One Hit in Fatal Collision, One Vandalized by Mob

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/26/2150209/bad-week-for-unoccupied-waymo-cars-one-hit-in-fatal-collision-one-vandalized-by-mob?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Bad Week for Unoccupied Waymo Cars: One Hit in Fatal Collision, One Vandalized by Mob Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant incident involving a self-driving car from Waymo that was involved in a fatal accident, marking a historic event in the realm…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-star-blizzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New Star Blizzard spear-phishing campaign targets WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: In mid-November 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed the Russian threat actor we track as Star Blizzard sending their typical targets spear-phishing messages, this time offering the supposed opportunity to join a WhatsApp group. This is the first…

  • Wired: Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-likely-stole-fbi-call-logs-from-att-that-could-compromise-informants/ Source: Wired Title: Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants Feedly Summary: A breach of AT&T that exposed “nearly all” of the company’s customers may have included records related to confidential FBI sources, potentially explaining the Bureau’s new embrace of end-to-end encryption. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • The Register: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/russia_star_blizzard_whatsapp/ Source: The Register Title: Russia’s Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts Feedly Summary: FSB cyberspies venture into a new app for espionage, Microsoft says Star Blizzard, a prolific phishing crew backed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), conducted a new campaign aiming to compromise WhatsApp accounts and gain access…

  • Hacker News: Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/ Source: Hacker News Title: Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Apple’s new feature, Enhanced Visual Search, which processes users’ photos to identify landmarks without explicit consent. Although it employs homomorphic encryption and claims to…