Tag: implications

  • Slashdot: Virgin Media O2 Deploys AI Decoy To Waste Scammers’ Time

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/1531244/virgin-media-o2-deploys-ai-decoy-to-waste-scammers-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Virgin Media O2 Deploys AI Decoy To Waste Scammers’ Time Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Virgin Media O2 has innovatively deployed an AI tool named Daisy to combat phone scams by engaging scammers in prolonged conversations, effectively wasting their time. This technology leverages voice synthesis and…

  • Hacker News: FBDetect: Catching Tiny Performance Regressions at Hyperscale [pdf]

    Source URL: https://tangchq74.github.io/FBDetect-SOSP24.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: FBDetect: Catching Tiny Performance Regressions at Hyperscale [pdf] Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The provided text details the FBDetect system developed by Meta for identifying and managing tiny performance regressions in production environments. FBDetect achieves this by monitoring numerous time series data across vast…

  • CSA: Zero Standing Privileges: Vendor Myths vs. Reality

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/zero-standing-privileges-zsp-vendor-myths-vs-reality Source: CSA Title: Zero Standing Privileges: Vendor Myths vs. Reality Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging trends and misconceptions surrounding Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) market. It identifies critical myths about ZSP, highlighting their implications for effective identity security in…

  • The Register: Microsoft Exchange update fixes security flaws, breaks other stuff

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/microsoft_exchange_buggy_patch/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft Exchange update fixes security flaws, breaks other stuff Feedly Summary: Flawed patch stops on-premises, hybrid server transport rules in their tracks for some Microsoft is pausing the rollout of an Exchange security update after it became clear that the patch could break transport rules for some customers.……

  • Schneier on Security: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/good-essay-on-the-history-of-bad-password-policies.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies Feedly Summary: Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected was bad, but that had not been…

  • CSA: Managing AI Security Risks in IT Infrastructure

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/11/15/the-rocky-path-of-managing-ai-security-risks-in-it-infrastructure Source: CSA Title: Managing AI Security Risks in IT Infrastructure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the dual nature of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing both its potential benefits in enhancing data center management and the significant security risks it poses. It highlights the vulnerabilities introduced by AI…

  • Slashdot: Open Source Fights Back: ‘We Won’t Get Patent-Trolled Again’

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/018247/open-source-fights-back-we-wont-get-patent-trolled-again?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Open Source Fights Back: ‘We Won’t Get Patent-Trolled Again’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** At KubeCon North America 2024, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) emphasized a collaborative movement against patent trolls that exploit cloud-native technologies. The organization aims to invalidate patents that hinder innovation by…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Recraft V3

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/15/recraft-v3/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Recraft V3 Feedly Summary: Recraft V3 Recraft are a generative AI design tool startup based out of London who released their v3 model a few weeks ago. It’s currently sat at the top of the Artificial Analysis Image Arena Leaderboard, beating Midjourney and Flux 1.1 pro. The…

  • Hacker News: Omnivision-968M: Vision Language Model with 9x Tokens Reduction for Edge Devices

    Source URL: https://nexa.ai/blogs/[object Object] Source: Hacker News Title: Omnivision-968M: Vision Language Model with 9x Tokens Reduction for Edge Devices Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** OmniVision is an advanced multimodal model designed for effective processing of visual and textual inputs on edge devices. It improves upon the LLaVA architecture by reducing image…

  • Hacker News: Attestations: A new generation of signatures on PyPI

    Source URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/11/14/attestations-a-new-generation-of-signatures-on-pypi/ Source: Hacker News Title: Attestations: A new generation of signatures on PyPI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The announcement discusses a new security feature on the Python Package Index (PyPI): index-hosted digital attestations based on PEP 740. This feature enhances package provenance and security by integrating with Trusted…