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  • The Register: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/google_amd_microcode/ Source: The Register Title: Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number Feedly Summary: Malicious microcode vulnerability discovered, fixes rolling out for Epycs at least Googlers have not only figured out how to break AMD’s security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its…

  • Slashdot: CERN’s Mark Thomson: AI To Revolutionize Fundamental Physics

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/02/04/0015227/cerns-mark-thomson-ai-to-revolutionize-fundamental-physics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CERN’s Mark Thomson: AI To Revolutionize Fundamental Physics Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the transformative role of advanced artificial intelligence at Cern, particularly at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in revolutionizing particle physics and potentially uncovering fundamental truths about the universe. Prof. Mark…

  • Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-034 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 27, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 0xPolygonZero–plonky2  Plonky2 is a SNARK implementation based on techniques from PLONK and FRI. Lookup tables, whose length is not divisible by 26 = floor(num_routed_wires / 3) always…

  • OpenAI : OpenAI o3-mini System Card

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/o3-mini-system-card Source: OpenAI Title: OpenAI o3-mini System Card Feedly Summary: This report outlines the safety work carried out for the OpenAI o3-mini model, including safety evaluations, external red teaming, and Preparedness Framework evaluations. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses safety work related to the OpenAI o3-mini model, emphasizing safety evaluations…

  • Hacker News: Inducing brain-like structure in GPT’s weights makes them parameter efficient

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16396 Source: Hacker News Title: Inducing brain-like structure in GPT’s weights makes them parameter efficient Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper introduces TopoLoss, a new loss function aimed at enhancing the organization of AI models by adopting brain-like topographic structures. This approach results in superior task performance in…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Whatsup Gold, Observium and Offis vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/whatsup-gold-observium-offis-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Whatsup Gold, Observium and Offis vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities in Observium, three vulnerabilities in Offis, and four vulnerabilities in Whatsup Gold.   These vulnerabilities exist in Observium, a network observation and monitoring system; Offis DCMTK, a collection of libraries and applications…

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing custom rules in Workload Manager: Evaluate workloads against customized best practices

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-workload-manager-custom-rules/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing custom rules in Workload Manager: Evaluate workloads against customized best practices Feedly Summary: Are you a cloud architect or IT admin tasked with ensuring deployments are following best practices and generating configuration validation reports? The struggle of adopting best practices is real. And not just the first…

  • NCSC Feed: Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI

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    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/preserving-integrity-in-age-generative-ai Source: NCSC Feed Title: Preserving integrity in the age of generative AI Feedly Summary: New ‘Content Credentials’ guidance from the NSA seeks to counter the erosion of trust. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges posed by AI technologies in establishing trustworthiness of online content due to the…