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DeepSeek AI Releases MIT-Licensed DeepSeek Harness in Developer Preview

DeepSeek AI Releases MIT-Licensed DeepSeek Harness in Developer Preview

DeepSeek AI Releases MIT-Licensed DeepSeek Harness in Developer Preview
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Trail of Bits Launches Claude Code Skills Marketplace to Enhance AI-Assisted Security Research

Trail of Bits Launches Claude Code Skills Marketplace to Enhance AI-Assisted Security Research

Trail of Bits has launched a Claude Code plugin marketplace, offering a collection of "skills" designed to enhance AI-assisted security analysis, testing, and development workflows. This marketplace enables users to browse and install various plugins either through Claude Code's marketplace compatibility or directly via Codex. The available plugins span several critical areas within cybersecurity and software development. These include Smart Contract Security, featuring tools like `building-secure-contracts` for vulnerability scanning across multiple blockchains and `entry-point-analyzer` for identifying state-changing entry points in smart contracts. Code Auditing plugins are also prominent, such as `agentic-actions-auditor` for securing GitHub Actions workflows, `c-review` and `rust-review` for comprehensive security reviews in C/C++ and Rust respectively, and `static-analysis` which integrates tools like CodeQL and Semgrep. Additional categories encompass Malware Analysis with `yara-authoring` for YARA ...
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Dolby Introduces AI-Powered Personalization for Sports Broadcasts, Starting with Seattle Seahawks

Dolby Introduces AI-Powered Personalization for Sports Broadcasts, Starting with Seattle Seahawks

Dolby Introduces AI-Powered Personalization for Sports Broadcasts, Starting with Seattle Seahawks
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AI Tools Exploit Social Media Holiday Photos for Sophisticated Fraud Attempts

AI Tools Exploit Social Media Holiday Photos for Sophisticated Fraud Attempts

A new and sophisticated scam is emerging where artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being used to exploit holiday photos posted on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook. Fraudsters are leveraging AI to accurately detect the precise location where a photo was taken, even from seemingly indistinct images. New research conducted by McAfee, a prominent anti-virus software producer, demonstrated that common AI tools can identify photo locations with over 90% accuracy by analyzing subtle details such as background architecture, signage, and ambient light. This advanced capability allows criminals to create highly convincing fraud attempts, such as text messages or emails claiming 'unusual activity' on a bank card while the user was in a specific, AI-identified location. The scam relies on the credibility lent by knowing the victim's travel details, prompting them to click on malicious links and inadvertently divulge sensitive financial information, making it difficult for victims to recognize the ...
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ChatGPT Introduces 'Computer History' Feature for Enhanced AI Context on macOS

ChatGPT Introduces 'Computer History' Feature for Enhanced AI Context on macOS

ChatGPT has launched a new feature called 'Computer History' for its desktop application on macOS. This feature allows ChatGPT and Codex to access a user's recent activity across various applications and websites, transforming it into 'memories' and a chronological timeline. This context enables the AI to answer natural language questions about past work, facilitate picking up tasks where they were left off, identify work patterns, and suggest automations. Computer History operates by recording interaction events such as clicks, typing, and app switches, rather than capturing screenshots or audio. Users have control over which applications and websites contribute to this history and can pause, resume, or completely turn off data collection. The feature is off by default for all users, including ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise subscribers, requiring explicit opt-in. For Business and Enterprise workspaces, an administrator must first grant access before individual members can enable it. It also necessi...
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Monks Seeks AI Automation Engineer to Develop Agentic AI Systems

Monks Seeks AI Automation Engineer to Develop Agentic AI Systems

Monks Seeks AI Automation Engineer to Develop Agentic AI Systems
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NVIDIA Secures Critical Resources for AI Factories, Partnering with SB Energy in Ohio

NVIDIA Secures Critical Resources for AI Factories, Partnering with SB Energy in Ohio

NVIDIA Secures Critical Resources for AI Factories, Partnering with SB Energy in Ohio
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Motion Picture Association Reaches AI Copyright Agreement with ByteDance

Motion Picture Association Reaches AI Copyright Agreement with ByteDance

Motion Picture Association Reaches AI Copyright Agreement with ByteDance
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Flock Safety Implements Platform Changes Amidst Intense Scrutiny Over Privacy Concerns

Flock Safety Implements Platform Changes Amidst Intense Scrutiny Over Privacy Concerns

Flock Safety, a company operating a vast network of 120,000 license plate reading cameras across 49 U.S. states, is facing significant backlash from lawmakers and civil liberties organizations regarding privacy concerns and alleged misuse of its technology. The company, which partners with 6,000 law enforcement agencies and 1,000 private customers, has been implicated in incidents ranging from false arrests to crooked police officers stalking individuals. Recent reports also indicated plans to integrate its surveillance capabilities into Uber and Lyft dash cams. In response to this growing controversy, Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley has initiated damage control, asserting that the issues are a "big misunderstanding" and that the company is focused on public safety. As part of these efforts, Flock Safety announced platform changes, including requiring law enforcement customers to use an audit tool to flag abnormal behavior and reducing the data retention window for footage from 30 days to seven. However, ...
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Immuta Secures $267 Million in Funding, Recognized as Top Employer for Data Provisioning Innovation

Immuta Secures $267 Million in Funding, Recognized as Top Employer for Data Provisioning Innovation

Immuta Secures $267 Million in Funding, Recognized as Top Employer for Data Provisioning Innovation
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AI Agents Transform Research Production, Raising Questions on Verification and Understanding

AI Agents Transform Research Production, Raising Questions on Verification and Understanding

Artificial intelligence agents are increasingly capable of autonomously producing empirical research manuscripts, from formulating research questions and identifying data to writing full papers with code and exhibits. This capability, which can generate a 'submissible manuscript' in as little as 30 minutes, marks a significant advancement in research automation. However, experts are emphasizing that while AI excels at 'production,' human involvement remains critical for 'verification' and 'understanding.' A proposed framework suggests that research, especially in causal inference, must pass through these three distinct stages. While AI can automate tasks like generating maps, writing code, and organizing datasets, the 'bite stage'—a deep dive into understanding the initial impact of an intervention—is deemed least suitable for full automation, as it requires human insight to conceive the project and interpret the treatment assignment mechanism.
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Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companies

Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companies

By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is collaborating with a Hong Kong-based venture offering artificial-intelligence models developed by Chinese companies the U.S. administration has flagged for national security concerns.