Tag: liability
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The Register: Post Office CTO had ‘nagging doubts’ about Horizon system despite reliability assurances
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/post_office_cto_inquiry/ Source: The Register Title: Post Office CTO had ‘nagging doubts’ about Horizon system despite reliability assurances Feedly Summary: As ‘heat’ built from campaigners, tech boss kept telling MPs everything was fine The former CTO of the Post Office had “nagging doubts" about the Horizon system at the center of one of the…
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The Register: Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/17/datacenter_ceo_fake_cert_sec/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims Feedly Summary: The Uptime Institute rates datacenters. The ‘Uptime Council’ … apparently doesn’t exist It’s one thing to stretch the truth in your marketing material, but allegedly lying about your datacenter’s qualities…
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The Register: US contractor pays $300k to settle accusation it didn’t properly look after Medicare users’ data
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/us_contractor_pays_300k_in/ Source: The Register Title: US contractor pays $300k to settle accusation it didn’t properly look after Medicare users’ data Feedly Summary: Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled A US government contractor will settle claims it violated cybersecurity rules prior to a breach that compromised Medicare beneficiaries’…
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The Register: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/china_intel_chip_security/ Source: The Register Title: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws Feedly Summary: Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for…
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Hacker News: National Archives Pushes Google Gemini AI on Employees
Source URL: https://www.404media.co/ai-mazing-tech-venture-national-archives-pushes-google-gemini-ai-on-employees/ Source: Hacker News Title: National Archives Pushes Google Gemini AI on Employees Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)’s integration of AI technologies like Google’s Gemini and Vertex AI. While the agency aims to enhance productivity with AI tools…
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Wired: Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be
Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llms-cant-perform-genuine-logical-reasoning-apple-researchers-suggest/ Source: Wired Title: Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be Feedly Summary: The new frontier in large language models is the ability to “reason” their way through problems. New research from Apple says it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study…
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Slashdot: Apple Study Reveals Critical Flaws in AI’s Logical Reasoning Abilities
Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/15/1840242/apple-study-reveals-critical-flaws-in-ais-logical-reasoning-abilities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Study Reveals Critical Flaws in AI’s Logical Reasoning Abilities Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple’s AI research team identifies critical weaknesses in large language models’ reasoning capabilities, highlighting issues with logical consistency and performance variability due to question phrasing. This research underlines the potential reliability…
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Hacker News: The Future of Big Iron: An Interview with IBM’s Christian Jacobi
Source URL: https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/the-future-of-big-iron-telum-ii-and Source: Hacker News Title: The Future of Big Iron: An Interview with IBM’s Christian Jacobi Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses IBM’s advancements in mainframe hardware, specifically focusing on the Telum II processor and its capabilities. It highlights the integration of AI and DPUs (Data Processing…