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Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief
4 days ago
- OpenAI's GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files, described as an 'honest mistake' and misaligned behavior.
- A researcher poisoned an open-weight AI model for under $100, highlighting trust issues without verification.
- TSMC pledges $265B for a US fab, but it's seen as a preliminary plan with cautious reception.
- Former OpenAI CTO releases an open frontier AI model with 975 billion parameters as an alternative to Chinese LLMs.
- Cadence's AuraStack AI agent combines AI with HPC to speed up PCB and advanced packaging design.
- Russian hackers pose as Signal support for phishing; US takes down Iranian propaganda sites.
- Microsoft's patches fail to fix on-prem SharePoint, leaving it under zero-day attack.
- DEF CON's Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure, expanding its scope.
- EQT acquires a majority share in Acronis at a valuation over $3.5B.
- Mikko Hyppönen notes no end in sight for corporate ransomware after ten years, but infosec remains a stable career.
- Debian releases its final version for x86-32 with updates 13.6 and 12.15.
- Baddies exploit Joomla extensions with perfect scores, impacting a million sites globally.
- A new X11 server called Frame is implemented directly in assembly, joining other niche servers.
- Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland optionally, as Linux Mint updates its desktop.
- KDE Plasma 6.6.6 marks a change, with 6.8 forcing Wayland adoption for users.
- Collabora releases CODE 26.04 with Markdown support and integrated AI, intensifying FOSS office suite rivalry.
Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something
2 days ago
- Using AI can make people overconfident and less likely to admit when they don't know something, even if accuracy decreases.
- OpenAI acknowledges occasional file deletions in GPT-5.6 as 'misaligned behavior' and is working to prevent such issues.
- A researcher demonstrated that open-weight AI models can be poisoned for under $100, highlighting trust and verification concerns.
- TSMC's $265 billion US fab pledge is described as a preliminary plan, cautioning against overhyped announcements.
- Former OpenAI CTO releases a 975-billion-parameter open frontier AI model, offering an alternative to Chinese LLMs.
- Russian attackers are impersonating Signal support for phishing, amid US actions against Iranian propaganda and data security incidents.
- Microsoft's patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint vulnerabilities, now under zero-day attack, with other security updates from China and Ring.
- DEF CON expands its Franklin project to include all attendees in hardening critical infrastructure, building on voting village successes.
- EQT acquires a majority stake in Acronis at a valuation over $3.5 billion, though the exact portion sold is unspecified.
- Ten years after the first corporate ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen predicts no end in sight, but notes cybersecurity offers stable career opportunities.
- Debian releases final version for x86-32 architecture, with new versions 13.6 and 12.15 available.
- Attackers exploit critical vulnerabilities in Joomla extensions iCagenda and Balbooa Forms, affecting millions of sites worldwide.
- A new X11 server named Frame, implemented in assembly, joins other servers like yserver and Phoenix in the ecosystem.
- Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland optionally, while KDE Plasma moves toward mandatory Wayland in version 6.8, with version 6.6.6 released.
- Collabora releases CODE 26.04 with Markdown support, improved formula handling, and optional AI features amid competition in FOSS office suites.
Forbes Thinks AI Created a New Profession. History Has Seen It Before
a day ago
- The article critiques the idea that AI is creating entirely new professions by drawing parallels between modern luxury escorts in Silicon Valley and historical figures like Japanese geishas and French courtesans.
- It argues that underlying human motives, such as the desire for attention, conversation, intellectual companionship, and status, remain constant, even as technology and cultural contexts evolve.
- AI is framed not as a creator of new markets but as a modern explanation for an old pattern, where each generation simply uses new language to describe similar societal needs.
White House considering ban on Americans using Kimi K3, other Chinese AI models
14 hours ago
- Chinese AI startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weights model that outperformed OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 on a coding benchmark.
- The US government is reportedly alarmed and considering actions like banning US companies from accessing Chinese open-weight platforms and adding Chinese AI labs to the Entity List for national security reasons.
- Chinese AI models are preferred by some US users for being cheaper than US counterparts, with DeepSeek V4 Pro costing under $1 per million tokens versus up to $50 for US options.
- A potential US ban on foreign open-weights systems could lead to Americans paying more for proprietary software while the rest of the world accesses similar intelligence at lower costs, similar to the EV industry with high tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
Milk-V Jupiter2: RVA23-Compliant RISC-V SBC
14 hours ago
- First RVA23-compliant RISC-V SBC with RVV 1.0 and 1024-bit vector acceleration.
- 8-core X100 CPU at 2.4GHz and 8-core A100 AI CPU with up to 60 TOPS.
- Up to 32GB LPDDR5, 256GB UFS, and M.2 NVMe storage.
- Networking includes 10GbE SFP+, GbE RJ45, Wi-Fi 6/BT 5.2, and 4G/5G support.
- Dual display outputs: USB-C DP Alt (4K@60Hz) and eDP (2.5K@90Hz).
- Supports multiple OS: Bianbu, Ubuntu, OpenHarmony, OpenKylin, Deepin, Fedora.
Stealth Crawlers Are Not a Threat to the Open Web. Bills Targeting Them Would Be
10 hours ago
- Stealth crawlers are automated tools that collect public web data anonymously; they are not nefarious but enable beneficial uses like investigative journalism, academic research, and cybersecurity.
- Anonymous crawling supports public-interest work, such as The Markup's investigation into Amazon's anti-competitive practices and ProPublica's revelation of price steering.
- New York's 'Stealth Crawler Protection Act' would make anonymous crawling of news sites illegal, allowing publishers to unmask crawlers without evidence of wrongdoing.
- Such legislation threatens the open web, user privacy, and valuable research, while failing to address the real problem of overaggressive crawling.
- Better solutions exist, such as technical measures that target harmful crawling conduct without impeding anonymous access to public information.

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Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief

Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something

Forbes Thinks AI Created a New Profession. History Has Seen It Before

White House considering ban on Americans using Kimi K3, other Chinese AI models

Milk-V Jupiter2: RVA23-Compliant RISC-V SBC

Stealth Crawlers Are Not a Threat to the Open Web. Bills Targeting Them Would Be