Friday, April 4, 2025

OpenAI's models 'memorized' copyrighted content, new study suggests | TechCrunch

OpenAI's models 'memorized' copyrighted content, new study suggests | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/openais-models-memorized-copyrighted-content-new-study-suggests/

Linotype machine - Wikipedia

Linotype machine - Wikipedia: Excerpt: ″The Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnətaɪp/ LYNE-ə-type) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related companies.[1] ″

Also: https://fb.watch/yLQ4fTS23r/

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Turing

Thursday, April 3, 2025

High profile cyber gang takedowns in 2024

After a string of high profile cyber gang takedowns, is the cyber crime industry about to get a lot more fragmented? | IT Pro

Excerpt: ″The recent string of busts on large-scale threat collectives suggests authorities around the world are taking a firmer stance on cyber crime, and proactively looking to disrupt hacking groups, rather than just defend against their attacks.″

Source: itpro.com

Funding to prioritize ethical and social considerations in emerging technologies​​

​​​NSF and philanthropic partners announce $16 million in funding to prioritize ethical and social considerations in emerging technologies​​ | NSF - National Science Foundation

Excerpt: ″The U.S. National Science Foundation today launched a new $16 million program in collaboration with five philanthropic partners that seeks to ensure ethical, legal, community and societal considerations are embedded in the lifecycle of technology’s creation and use. The Responsible Design, Development and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program aims to help create technologies that promote the public's wellbeing and mitigate potential harms.″

Source: nsf.gov

What Is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)? [Starter Guide] - Palo Alto Networks

What Is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)? [Starter Guide] - Palo Alto Networks

Excerpt: ″Secure access service edge (SASE) is a cloud-native architecture that unifies SD-WAN with security functions like SWG, CASB, FWaaS, and ZTNA into one service.″

Source: paloaltonetworks.co.uk

Record-Breaking $75 Million Ransom Paid To Dark Angels Gang

Record-Breaking $75 Million Ransom Paid To Dark Angels Gang

Excerpt: ″According to ransomware statistics compiled by Varonis, the largest ransom payout was in 2021 when insurance giant CNA Financial reportedly paid an astonishing $40 million. However, the latest Zscaler ThreatLabz ransomware report suggests that this deplorable record has now been broken. Coming in at nearly twice as much, the Zscaler researchers said they found evidence of a $75 million ransom paid by an undisclosed victim earlier this year. Say hello to the Dark Angels.″

Source: forbes.com

Claude Code overview - Anthropic

Claude Code overview - Anthropic

Excerpt: ″Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster through natural language commands.″

Source: docs.anthropic.com

GitHub - monteslu/robot-mcp: mcp server for johnny-five

GitHub - monteslu/robot-mcp: mcp server for johnny-five

Excerpt: ″A Model Context Protocol (MCP) service that controls a robot arm with a servo motor. When the servo moves, it plays "Hasta la vista, baby!" audio clip.″

Source: github.com

Quickly connect a robot to AI with Claude Code and MCP (Model Context Protocol) - YouTube

Quickly connect a robot to AI with Claude Code and MCP (Model Context Protocol) - YouTube

Excerpt: ″In this tutorial we'll quickly make an MCP (Model Context Server) in node.js that can connect with the physical world″

Uses Arduino...

Source: youtube.com

AI In Cybersecurity: The Double-Edged Sword

AI In Cybersecurity: The Double-Edged Sword | Eventbrite: Excerpt: ″Learn about risks, threats, and defense strategies, including how AI is reshaping the threat landscape and what you can do about it.″

Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM 

Source: eventbrite.co.uk

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

AI and Cybersecurity: Seizing the Opportunities, Defending Against the Threats, Understanding the Legal Risks

AI and Cybersecurity: Seizing the Opportunities, Defending Against the Threats, Understanding the Legal Risks

Excerpt: ″AI is transforming cybersecurity, creating both groundbreaking opportunities and complex challenges. In this course, AI and Cybersecurity: Seizing the Opportunities, Defending Against the Threats, Navigating Legal Risks, you'll explore how AI is reshaping the way we defend against cyberattacks, identify emerging risks, and stay compliant with evolving legal standards, which are playing catch-up with the speed of technological development.″

Source: tickettailor.com

Our truth is not enough: the challenge for technocrats

Our truth is not enough: the challenge for technocrats

Excerpt: ″So, we see the rise of the charismatic leader who offers the certainty of what technocrats would see as a fraudulent vision of a better world. But the fact that people want to believe them makes them, in some sense, ‘true’, especially when you are told that it was the technocrats who got us into the mess.″

Source: eastangliabylines.co.uk

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

23andMe Is Up For Sale. Where Is Our Genetic Data Going? | HuffPost UK Black Voices

23andMe Is Up For Sale. Where Is Our Genetic Data Going? | HuffPost UK Black Voices

Excerpt: ″It’s a gray area that invites the opportunity for what Ajunwa calls “genetic discrimination,” based on eugenics and pseudoscientific ideas about Black people. “It has been done in the past, so there is a worry about the misuse of this data to support racist ideas about racial categories and specifically about Black folks,” says Ajunwa.″

Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk

Oak by Honeybourne Close, Nod Rise seen on Geograph Britain and Ireland

Oak by Honeybourne Close, Nod Rise © E Gammie :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

Excerpt: ″Coventry has several stream courses along which building had been avoided due to the risk of flooding and 1940s planners envisaged that they could be developed as 'brook-strays' providing 'green wedge' public access land from the city centre to the outskirts.″

Source: geograph.org.uk