WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain
WIRED Roundup: Meta’s AI Brain Drain Summary This is a write-up of the latest episode of WIRED’s podcast Uncanny Valley, hosted by Zoë Schiffer with guest Leah Feiger. The episode…
Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America
Latam-GPT: The Free, Open Source, and Collaborative AI of Latin America Summary Latam-GPT is an open-source large language model being built by the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA)…
Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents
Summary This WIRED feature explores the small but noisy world of AI-powered gambling agents and the people building them. The piece follows hobbyists-turned-founders (like Carson Szeder of MonsterBet) and startups…
Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries
Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries Summary Journalist Webb Wright reports on a growing trend: spiritual influencers and wellness figures promoting conversational AI as a…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli research duo built an AI-driven pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, that uses CVE advisories, code patches and prompts to a large…
JSON Config File Leaks Azure ActiveDirectory Credentials
JSON Config File Leaks Azure ActiveDirectory Credentials Summary Researchers from Resecurity’s HUNTER team discovered an exposed appsettings.json file for an ASP.NET Core application that contained Azure Active Directory credentials (ClientId…
NIST Enhances Security Controls for Improved Patching
NIST Enhances Security Controls for Improved Patching Summary The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published version 5.2.0 of its Security and Privacy Control catalog to help…
Hackers Are Sophisticated & Impatient — That Can Be Good
Hackers Are Sophisticated & Impatient — That Can Be Good Summary This commentary explains how modern ransomware groups operate like professional SaaS businesses — organised affiliates, support channels and streamlined…
Jaguar Land Rover Shuts Down in Scramble to Secure ‘Cyber Incident’
Jaguar Land Rover Shuts Down in Scramble to Secure ‘Cyber Incident’ Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) temporarily shut down parts of its IT estate after detecting a “cyber incident.” The…
Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks Breached via Salesloft Drift
Zscaler, Palo Alto Networks Breached via Salesloft Drift Summary A widespread supply-chain attack against the marketing SaaS product Salesloft Drift (affecting its Salesforce integration) allowed a threat actor tracked as…