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  • Hacker News: Transformer^2: Self-Adaptive LLMs

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    Source URL: https://sakana.ai/transformer-squared/ Source: Hacker News Title: Transformer^2: Self-Adaptive LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the innovative Transformer² machine learning system, which introduces self-adaptive capabilities to LLMs, allowing them to adjust dynamically to various tasks. This advancement promises significant improvements in AI efficiency and adaptability, paving the way…

  • Hacker News: Don’t use cosine similarity carelessly

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    Source URL: https://p.migdal.pl/blog/2025/01/dont-use-cosine-similarity/ Source: Hacker News Title: Don’t use cosine similarity carelessly Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the complexities and limitations of using cosine similarity in AI, particularly in the context of vector embeddings derived from language models. It critiques the blind application of cosine similarity to assess…

  • Krebs on Security: Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/microsoft-happy-2025-heres-161-security-updates/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates Feedly Summary: Microsoft today unleashed updates to plug a whopping 161 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including three “zero-day" weaknesses that are already under active attack. Redmond’s inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2025 bundles more fixes than the company…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/cisa-adds-four-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS Authorization Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2025-21333 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSP Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2025-21334 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V NT…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/january-patch-tuesday-release/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Microsoft has released its monthly security update for January of 2025 which includes 159 vulnerabilities, including 10 that Microsoft marked as “critical.” The remaining vulnerabilities listed are classified as “important.”  AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/allstate_accused_of_paying_app/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data Feedly Summary: Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary, Arity, alleging the…

  • The Register: FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/fbi_french_cops_boot_chinas/ Source: The Register Title: FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America Feedly Summary: Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese government-backed criminals, according to newly…

  • The Register: Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/biden_ai_executive_order/ Source: The Register Title: Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters Feedly Summary: Watt’s the problem? Not enough energy to win the arms race? US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order that aims to ensure American AI leadership doesn’t lag because of shoddy energy infrastructure.… AI Summary and…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: 3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/3-takeaways-from-red-teaming-100-generative-ai-products/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: 3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products Feedly Summary: Since 2018, Microsoft’s AI Red Team has probed generative AI products for critical safety and security vulnerabilities. Read our latest blog for three lessons we’ve learned along the way. The post 3 takeaways from red teaming…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/13/analyzing-cve-2024-44243-a-macos-system-integrity-protection-bypass-through-kernel-extensions/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Analyzing CVE-2024-44243, a macOS System Integrity Protection bypass through kernel extensions Feedly Summary: Microsoft discovered a macOS vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) by loading third party kernel extensions, which could lead to serious consequences, such as allowing attackers to install rootkits, create persistent…