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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/a-warning-about-tiktoken/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Feedly Summary: A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Tom MacWright warns that OpenAI’s tiktoken Python library has a surprising performance profile: it’s superlinear with the length of input, meaning someone could potentially denial-of-service you by sending you…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/password-policies/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong Feedly Summary: How some of the world’s most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong Stuart Schechter blames Robert Morris and Ken Thompson for the dire state of passwords today: The story…

  • Hacker News: DOJ filed paperwork to US District Court to force Google to spin off Chrome [pdf]

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    Source URL: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205/gov.uscourts.dcd.223205.1062.0.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: DOJ filed paperwork to US District Court to force Google to spin off Chrome [pdf] Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This legal document outlines the proposed final judgment against Google, addressing its monopolistic practices in the general search services and search text advertising markets.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: TextSynth Server

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/textsynth-server/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: TextSynth Server Feedly Summary: TextSynth Server I’d missed this: Fabrice Bellard (yes, that Fabrice Bellard) has a project called TextSynth Server which he describes like this: ts_server is a web server proposing a REST API to large language models. They can be used for example for text…

  • Slashdot: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0117253/inside-the-booming-ai-pimping-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the rise of AI-generated influencers on Instagram, highlighting how these accounts are negatively impacting real content creators by monetizing stolen videos and images. This trend demonstrates a shift in social media dynamics,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steven Johnson

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/21/steven-johnson/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steven Johnson Feedly Summary: When we started working on what became NotebookLM in the summer of 2022, we could fit about 1,500 words in the context window. Now we can fit up to 1.5 million words. (And using various other tricks, effectively fit 25 million words.)…

  • The Register: Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/scattered_spider_suspects/ Source: The Register Title: Five Scattered Spider suspects indicted for phishing spree and crypto heists Feedly Summary: DoJ also shutters allleged crimeware and credit card mart PopeyeTools The US Department of Justice has issued an indictment that names five people accused of stealing millions in cryptocurrency – and we are told they…

  • Slashdot: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/21/0057206/ubuntu-linux-impacted-by-decade-old-needrestart-flaw-that-gives-root?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old ‘needrestart’ Flaw That Gives Root Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details five local privilege escalation vulnerabilities found in the Linux utility “needrestart,” crucial for professionals in security and compliance to recognize, as they highlight significant risks associated with resource…

  • OpenAI : Building smarter maps with GPT-4o vision fine-tuning

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/grab Source: OpenAI Title: Building smarter maps with GPT-4o vision fine-tuning Feedly Summary: Building smarter maps with GPT-4o vision fine-tuning AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the integration and enhancement of mapping systems through the use of GPT-4 technology, particularly focusing on fine-tuning its vision capabilities. This is especially relevant…

  • Wired: Nvidia Says Its Blackwell Chip Is Fine, Nothing to See Here

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-earnings-blackwell-chips-overheating/ Source: Wired Title: Nvidia Says Its Blackwell Chip Is Fine, Nothing to See Here Feedly Summary: Chip production delays and a rumored overheating issue haven’t slowed down Nvidia, which reported another quarter of blockbuster earnings and said Blackwells are now in the hands of Microsoft and OpenAI. AI Summary and Description: Yes…