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  • Wired: Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/tile-tracking-tags-can-be-exploited-by-tech-savvy-stalkers-researchers-say/ Source: Wired Title: Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say Feedly Summary: A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having their location information exposed to malicious actors. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…

  • The Register: When AI is trained for treachery, it becomes the perfect agent

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/when_ai_is_trained_for/ Source: The Register Title: When AI is trained for treachery, it becomes the perfect agent Feedly Summary: We’re blind to malicious AI until it hits. We can still open our eyes to stopping it Opinion Last year, The Register reported on AI sleeper agents. A major academic study explored how to train…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Scott Aaronson

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/scott-aaronson/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Scott Aaronson Feedly Summary: Given a week or two to try out ideas and search the literature, I’m pretty sure that Freek and I could’ve solved this problem ourselves. Instead, though, I simply asked GPT5-Thinking. After five minutes, it gave me something confident, plausible-looking, and (I…

  • Slashdot: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/2156240/switzerland-approves-digital-id-in-narrow-vote-uk-proposes-one-too?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the results of a Swiss referendum on electronic identity (e-ID) cards, highlighting the thin margin of support and the associated concerns regarding privacy and security. The narrative…

  • Slashdot: Tim Berners-Lee Urges New Open-Source Interoperable Data Standard, Protections from AI

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1958242/tim-berners-lee-urges-new-open-source-interoperable-data-standard-protections-from-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Tim Berners-Lee Urges New Open-Source Interoperable Data Standard, Protections from AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Tim Berners-Lee expresses concern over the current state of the web, which has deviated from its original vision of a free platform. He highlights the control of user data by…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Nick Turley

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/28/nick-turley/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Nick Turley Feedly Summary: We’ve seen the strong reactions to 4o responses and want to explain what is happening. We’ve started testing a new safety routing system in ChatGPT. As we previously mentioned, when conversations touch on sensitive and emotional topics the system may switch mid-chat…

  • Tomasz Tunguz: Modernizing Agent Tools with Google ADK Patterns: 60% Token Reduction & Enterprise Safety

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    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/modernizing-agent-tools-with-google-adk-patterns/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: Modernizing Agent Tools with Google ADK Patterns: 60% Token Reduction & Enterprise Safety Feedly Summary: I recently discovered Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) and its architectural patterns for building LLM-powered applications. While ADK is a Python framework, its core design principles proved transformative when applied to my existing…

  • Wired: An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/app-used-to-dox-charlie-kirk-critics-doxed-its-own-users-instead/ Source: Wired Title: An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead Feedly Summary: Plus: A ransomeware gang steals data on 8,000 preschoolers, Microsoft blocks Israel’s military from using its cloud for surveillance, call-recording app Neon hits pause over security holes, and more. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ForcedLeak: AI Agent risks exposed in Salesforce AgentForce

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/26/agentforce/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ForcedLeak: AI Agent risks exposed in Salesforce AgentForce Feedly Summary: ForcedLeak: AI Agent risks exposed in Salesforce AgentForce Classic lethal trifecta image exfiltration bug reported against Salesforce AgentForce by Sasi Levi and Noma Security. Here the malicious instructions come in via the Salesforce Web-to-Lead feature. When a…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Eliminating Cold Starts 2: shard and conquer

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-cold-starts-2-shard-and-conquer/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Eliminating Cold Starts 2: shard and conquer Feedly Summary: We reduced Cloudflare Workers cold starts by 10x by optimistically routing to servers with already-loaded Workers. Learn how we did it here. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses advancements in Cloudflare Workers to reduce cold…