 Gemini 2.5 paper hides Easter egg in massive author list—but why so many contributors?  [[{“value”:” How many Google AI researchers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A recent research paper detailing the technical core behind Google’s Gemini AI assistant may suggest an answer, listing an eye-popping 3,295 authors. It’s a number that recently …
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 Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending.  [[{“value”:” Broadcom is kicking some cloud service providers (CSPs) out of the VMware channel partner program, bringing uncertainty for the technological and financial futures of numerous businesses, especially small-to-medium-sized ones. As reported by The Register today, Broadcom this week revealed to …
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 Overstep backdoor nukes key log entries, making detection hard.  [[{“value”:” Researchers from the Google Threat Intelligence Group said that hackers are compromising SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances, which sit at the edge of enterprise networks and manage and secure access by mobile devices. The targeted devices are end of life, meaning they no longer …
Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices Read More »
 Technique transforms the Internet DNS into an unconventional file storage system.  [[{“value”:” Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) records that map domain names to their corresponding numerical IP addresses. The practice allows malicious scripts and early-stage malware to fetch binary files …
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 H20 chips, designed to skirt export bans, are back after Trump meets with CEO.  [[{“value”:” Chinese firms have begun rushing to order Nvidia’s H20 AI chips as the company plans to resume sales to mainland China, Reuters reports. The chip giant expects to receive US government licenses soon so that it can restart shipments of …
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 GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won’t be the last.  [[{“value”:” Nvidia is recommending a mitigation for customers of one of its GPU product lines that will degrade performance by up to 10 percent in a bid to protect users from exploits that could let hackers sabotage work …
Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks Read More »
 Grok 4’s “reasoning” shows cases where the chatbot consults Musk posts to answer divisive questions.  [[{“value”:” An AI model launched last week appears to have shipped with an unexpected occasional behavior: checking what its owner thinks first. On Friday, independent AI researcher Simon Willison documented that xAI’s new Grok 4 model searches for Elon Musk’s …
New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering Read More »
 Popular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance.  [[{“value”:” When Stanford University researchers asked ChatGPT whether it would be willing to work closely with someone who had schizophrenia, the AI assistant produced a negative response. When they presented it with someone asking about “bridges taller than 25 meters …
AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds Read More »
 Suspects were allegedly involved in a string of ransomware breaches.  [[{“value”:” Authorities in Europe have detained five people, including a former Russian professional basketball player, in connection with crime syndicates responsible for ransomware attacks. Until recently, one of the suspects, Daniil Kasatkin, played for MBA Moscow, a basketball team that’s part of the VTB United …
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 xAI claims new multi-agent model hits top benchmarks as Nazi controversy lingers.  [[{“value”:” On Wednesday night, Elon Musk unveiled xAI’s latest flagship models Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy via livestream, just one day after the company’s Grok chatbot began generating outputs that featured blatantly antisemitic tropes in responses to users on X. Among the …
Musk’s Grok 4 launches one day after chatbot generated Hitler praise on X Read More »
