Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs Summary Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told The Logan Bartlett Show that the deployment of agentic AI in customer support let…
85% of College Students Report AI Use
85% of College Students Report AI Use Summary New survey data reported by Inside Higher Ed and summarised on Slashdot finds that 85% of college students used generative AI for…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary Two independent Israeli researchers built an automated pipeline (dubbed Auto Exploit) that uses CVE advisories, code patches and prompts to a large…
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference
Alibaba looks to end reliance on Nvidia for AI inference Summary Alibaba’s T-Heat unit has reportedly developed a new AI accelerator aimed at inference workloads — serving models in production…
Researcher who found McDonald’s free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots
Researcher who found McDonald’s free-food hack turns her attention to Chinese restaurant robots Summary Security researcher Bobdahacker, who recently exposed a McDonald’s ordering-system flaw, investigated Pudu Robotics and found widely…
Uncle Sam doesn’t want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China
Uncle Sam doesn’t want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China Summary The US Commerce Department has revoked the “verified end user” (VEU) status for major South Korean memory makers…
China launches new ‘AI+’ policy to ‘deepen information technology revolution’
China launches new ‘AI+’ policy to ‘deepen information technology revolution’ Summary China’s State Council has unveiled a new national IT strategy called “AI+”, the successor to 2015’s “Internet+”. Where Internet+…
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA Summary A reader — anonymised as “Derek” — was a part-time DBA for a company running…
LegalPwn: Tricking LLMs by burying badness in lawyerly fine print
LegalPwn: Tricking LLMs by burying badness in lawyerly fine print Summary Researchers at security firm Pangea describe “LegalPwn”: a prompt‑injection technique that hides adversarial instructions inside lawyerly legal documents so…
DDoS is the neglected cybercrime that’s getting bigger. Let’s kill it off
DDoS is the neglected cybercrime that’s getting bigger. Let’s kill it off Summary Rupert Goodwins argues that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a growing, under‑reported cybercrime that undermines…