Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Summary Speaking on The Logan Bartlett Show, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that AI agents allowed the company to “rebalance” its customer support headcount, trimming it from roughly 9,000 to…
85% of College Students Report AI Use
85% of College Students Report AI Use Summary A survey reported by Inside Higher Ed and shared on Slashdot finds that 85% of college students used generative AI for coursework…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary Two independent Israeli security researchers built an AI-driven pipeline — dubbed Auto Exploit — that uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source…
In the rush to adopt hot new tech, security is often forgotten. AI is no exception
In the rush to adopt hot new tech, security is often forgotten. AI is no exception Summary Cisco Talos used Shodan to find more than 1,100 Ollama servers exposed on…
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy Summary Reporters pick up that a growing category of freelance work involves humans fixing imperfect outputs from generative AI.…
OpenAI Is Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police
Futurism and Slashdot report that OpenAI quietly confirmed it scans ChatGPT conversations for threats and routes flagged chats into specialised pipelines for human review. According to OpenAI, a small team…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered at Forest City, a mostly unoccupied Malaysian megaproject, to attend Network School — an…
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
First ‘AI Music Creator’ Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry? Summary Oliver McCann, described as an “AI music creator,” signed with an independent record label…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A plaintiff has filed suit against Amazon Prime Video arguing that the service misleads customers by…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary Over 450 developers from Blizzard’s Diablo team have voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of America…