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  • Schneier on Security: What LLMs Know About Their Users

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/what-llms-know-about-their-users.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: What LLMs Know About Their Users Feedly Summary: Simon Willison talks about ChatGPT’s new memory dossier feature. In his explanation, he illustrates how much the LLM—and the company—knows about its users. It’s a big quote, but I want you to read it all. Here’s a prompt you…

  • The Register: Anthropic won’t fix a bug in its SQLite MCP server

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/25/anthropic_sql_injection_flaw_unfixed/ Source: The Register Title: Anthropic won’t fix a bug in its SQLite MCP server Feedly Summary: Fork that – 5k+ times Anthropic says it won’t fix an SQL injection vulnerability in its SQLite Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that a researcher says could be used to hijack a support bot and prompt…

  • Slashdot: Judge Denies Creating ‘Mass Surveillance Program’ Harming All ChatGPT Users

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/2039253/judge-denies-creating-mass-surveillance-program-harming-all-chatgpt-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Judge Denies Creating ‘Mass Surveillance Program’ Harming All ChatGPT Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a court order requiring OpenAI to indefinitely retain all ChatGPT user logs, raising concerns about user privacy and potential mass surveillance. Affected users fear the retention of sensitive…

  • The Register: Training AI on Mastodon posts? The idea’s extinct after terms updated

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/mastodon_says_no_to_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Training AI on Mastodon posts? The idea’s extinct after terms updated Feedly Summary: Such rules could be tricky to enforce in the Fediverse, though Mastodon is the latest platform to push back against AI training, updating its terms and conditions to ban the use of user content for…

  • The Register: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/apple_fixes_zeroclick_exploit_underpinning/ Source: The Register Title: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks Feedly Summary: Zero-day potentially tied to around 100 suspected infections in 2025 and a spyware scandal on the continent Apple has updated its iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 documentation, confirming it introduced fixes for the zero-click vulnerability used to infect journalists with Paragon’s…

  • Wired: This Chatbot Tool Pays Users $50 a Month for Their Feedback on AI Models

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/yupp-chatbot-pays-users-ai-model-feedback/ Source: Wired Title: This Chatbot Tool Pays Users $50 a Month for Their Feedback on AI Models Feedly Summary: On Yupp, chatbot users earn cash by saying which of two prompts they prefer—info that has great value to the AI companies running the models AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text…

  • Wired: The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-conversations/ Source: Wired Title: The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats Feedly Summary: Launched in April, the Meta AI platform offers a “discover” feed that includes user queries containing medical, legal, and other seemingly sensitive information. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the launch of the…