Tag: prompts

  • Hacker News: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation

    Source URL: https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a detailed case study of a vulnerability exploitation chain discovered in Ubuntu 24.04, demonstrating a privilege escalation from a default user to root through the improper handling of…

  • Hacker News: The Future of Programming: Copilots vs. Agents (Part I)

    Source URL: https://eastwind.substack.com/p/the-future-of-programming-copilots Source: Hacker News Title: The Future of Programming: Copilots vs. Agents (Part I) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the competitive landscape of AI code generation tools, particularly focusing on offerings from Microsoft (GitHub Copilot), Codeium, and Cursor. It reviews user experiences, strengths, and weaknesses of…

  • Hacker News: Visual inference exploration and experimentation playground

    Source URL: https://github.com/devidw/inferit Source: Hacker News Title: Visual inference exploration and experimentation playground Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces “inferit,” a tool designed for large language model (LLM) inference that enables users to visually compare outputs from various models, prompts, and settings. It stands out by allowing unlimited side-by-side…

  • The Register: The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell?

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/npu_debate/ Source: The Register Title: The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell? Feedly Summary: Tech for tech’s sake with niche uses that traditional hardware can handle Opinion If you haven’t heard of neural processing units (NPUs) by now, you must have missed a year’s worth of AI marketing from Intel, AMD,…

  • Cloud Blog: Generative AI with enterprise controls for business users in 24 Hours

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/partners/gen-ai-with-enterprise-controls-for-business-users-in-24-hours/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Generative AI with enterprise controls for business users in 24 Hours Feedly Summary: Aible is a leader in generating business impact from AI in less than 30 days, helping teams use AI to extract enterprise value from raw enterprise data with solutions for customer acquisition, churn prevention, demand…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Project: VERDAD – tracking misinformation in radio broadcasts using Gemini 1.5

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/7/project-verdad/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Project: VERDAD – tracking misinformation in radio broadcasts using Gemini 1.5 Feedly Summary: I’m starting a new interview series called Project. The idea is to interview people who are building interesting data projects and talk about what they’ve built, how they built it, and what they learned…

  • Schneier on Security: Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/prompt-injection-defenses-against-llm-cyberattacks.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Prompt Injection Defenses Against LLM Cyberattacks Feedly Summary: Interesting research: “Hacking Back the AI-Hacker: Prompt Injection as a Defense Against LLM-driven Cyberattacks“: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being harnessed to automate cyberattacks, making sophisticated exploits more accessible and scalable. In response, we propose a new defense…

  • Slashdot: Schneider Electric Ransomware Crew Demands $125k Paid in Baguettes

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/05/2231244/schneider-electric-ransomware-crew-demands-125k-paid-in-baguettes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Schneider Electric Ransomware Crew Demands $125k Paid in Baguettes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Schneider Electric is currently investigating a cybersecurity breach involving ransomware demands from a group named Hellcat. The group claims to have stolen sensitive data and is amusingly requesting payment in baguettes, highlighting…

  • Hacker News: Google Is Now Watermarking Its AI-Generated Text

    Source URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/watermark Source: Hacker News Title: Google Is Now Watermarking Its AI-Generated Text Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s SynthID-Text system, a watermarking approach for identifying AI-generated text, an endeavor more challenging than similar initiatives for images or video. It highlights the tool’s integration into Gemini chatbots…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Nous Hermes 3

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/4/nous-hermes-3/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Nous Hermes 3 Feedly Summary: Nous Hermes 3 The Nous Hermes family of fine-tuned models have a solid reputation. Their most recent release came out in August, based on Meta’s Llama 3.1: Our training data aggressively encourages the model to follow the system and instruction prompts exactly…