Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline built by two independent Israeli security researchers — dubbed Auto Exploit — uses prompts to large language…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Analyst Andy Baio examined a Will Smith YouTube Shorts clip and argues the footage may…
Intel Get $5.7 Billion Early. What’s the Government’s Strategy? Summary Intel amended its CHIPS Act funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce to remove earlier project milestones and received…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Five indie bands have removed their music from Spotify in response to news that Spotify founder Daniel Ek…
What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts? Summary The Slashdot post summarises a BBC investigation reporting that, for months, tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram users…
Rick Beato vs UMG: Fighting Copyright Claims Over Music Clips on YouTube Summary Music educator and YouTuber Rick Beato has been hit with multiple copyright Content ID claims and potential…
‘Swatting’ Hits a Dozen US Universities. The FBI is Investigating Summary This report summarises a string of false active-shooter reports — “swatting” — that targeted around a dozen US universities…
Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost the Brain’s Grey Matter Summary Researchers in Japan found that women who wore a specific rose-scented oil on their clothing every day for…
What Happened When Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan Tried Rust? Summary Brian Kernighan, co-creator of Unix and long-time C advocate, described a single experience writing a Rust program and found it…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The Register argues that aggressive AI web crawlers are strip-mining the web for training data and inflicting…
