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  • Hacker News: OpenJDK Authorization

    Source URL: https://github.com/pfirmstone/jdk-with-authorization/blob/master/README.md Source: Hacker News Title: OpenJDK Authorization Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a community fork of OpenJDK focused on enhancing Authorization functionalities while maintaining performance and scalability. It emphasizes policies based on the principle of least privilege and the importance of auditing untrusted code, while simultaneously…

  • Krebs on Security: Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/fintech-giant-finastra-investigating-data-breach/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach Feedly Summary: The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of…

  • The Register: Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/equinox_patients_employees_data/ Source: The Register Title: Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft Feedly Summary: Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed Equinox, a New York State health and human services organization, has begun notifying over 21 thousand clients and staff that cyber criminals stole their health, financial,…

  • Hacker News: We assume damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German Defence minister

    Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/baltic-sea-cables-damage-sabotage-german-minister Source: Hacker News Title: We assume damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German Defence minister Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving the sabotage of undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea has raised significant concerns about the security of critical infrastructure in Europe. The implications…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Notes from Bing Chat—Our First Encounter With Manipulative AI

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/19/notes-from-bing-chat/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Notes from Bing Chat—Our First Encounter With Manipulative AI Feedly Summary: A participated in an Ars Live conversation with Benj Edwards of Ars Technica today, talking about that wild period of LLM history last year when Microsoft launched Bing Chat and it instantly started misbehaving, gaslighting and…

  • The Register: Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/microsoft_365_copilot_symbol/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders Feedly Summary: Chatbot seems to choke when fed tricky less-than character Microsoft 365 Copilot appears to have developed an allergy to the less-than typographical symbol, which is preventing users from pasting HTML markup and programming code into the text…

  • Slashdot: The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/19/1648219/the-us-patent-and-trademark-office-banned-staff-from-using-generative-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has imposed a ban on the use of generative artificial intelligence due to security concerns and risks associated with bias and unpredictability.…

  • The Register: America’s drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/us_drinking_water_systems_cybersecurity/ Source: The Register Title: America’s drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem Feedly Summary: More than 100 million rely on systems rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG Nearly a third of US residents are served by drinking water systems with cybersecurity shortcomings, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General found…

  • Slashdot: Indian News Agency Sues OpenAI Alleging Copyright Infringement

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/19/1718229/indian-news-agency-sues-openai-alleging-copyright-infringement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Indian News Agency Sues OpenAI Alleging Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a key legal case involving Asian News International (ANI) suing OpenAI for allegedly using its copyrighted content without permission to train AI models and generate misleading information. This lawsuit could…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Preview: Gemini API Additional Terms of Service

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/19/preview-gemini/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Preview: Gemini API Additional Terms of Service Feedly Summary: Preview: Gemini API Additional Terms of Service Google sent out an email last week linking to this preview of upcoming changes to the Gemini API terms. Key paragraph from that email: To maintain a safe and responsible environment…