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An AI agent at Meta recently exposed sensitive company data, highlighting a growing problem called "Shady AI." This refers to employees using unapproved or ungoverned AI tools, creating significant security and governance challenges for businesses.
InfoQ has launched a new certification for AI-assisted engineering. The program targets senior developers using AI agents on production code, signaling a move beyond basic prompting to more advanced, integrated skills.
Florida is suing major sweepstakes gaming companies like Stake US and Chumba Casino, calling them illegal online casinos. This signals a growing regulatory crackdown on business models operating in legal gray areas, a major risk for fintech and iGaming.
AI is transforming how leaders communicate and analyze data, but it can't replicate the human trust and empathy required for true leadership. This gap limits its strategic role in managing teams and building company culture.
A new report found 40 malicious Firefox extensions disguised as popular Web3 tools like OKX and Rabby Wallet. The add-ons are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet secrets, putting users' funds at immediate risk.
Over half of UK companies are boosting AI spending. But many overlook a critical flaw: their current network infrastructure can't support AI at scale, putting those big investments at risk of failure.
Generative AI is being used to create complex market models that simulate entire industries, like airline pricing. This allows companies to analyze hundreds of variables to optimize pricing and uncover new revenue streams previously impossible to find.
OpenAI now offers a zero data retention option for eligible API customers, addressing major enterprise privacy concerns. The company also announced it is temporarily slowing the pace of scaling its large language models to focus on safety.
Flock Safety's AI-powered drone business is its fastest-growing segment, according to its CEO. However, privacy advocates warn the technology poses significant surveillance risks, comparing it to controversial automated license plate readers.
A public TV station lost access to 70 years of archives after its cloud vendor failed. The data is safe on servers in a third-party data center, but a contractual dispute means no one can legally access it.
Google Cloud's serverless Apache Spark service now uses AI to automatically diagnose and suggest fixes for failed data jobs. This helps teams spend less time debugging infrastructure and more time building data pipelines.
JetBrains Rider now lets AI agents use its built-in refactoring engine. Instead of risky text-based edits, the AI performs safe, structural code changes, which improves reliability and speed for C# developers.
The Tor Project raised over $200,000 using a novel 'quadratic funding' model. This method values the number of individual donors over the total amount they give, offering a new path for open-source sustainability.
Researchers found that making two AIs debate an answer makes the final result more reliable. This new "debate training" method helps prevent AI models from tricking their AI judges, a major problem in AI safety.
A concept from civil engineering called 'progressive collapse' explains why small software bugs can cause catastrophic system-wide outages. Expert Sam Newman shares strategies to prevent these cascading failures by isolating faults and strengthening components.
Amazon is tightening control over Kindle eBooks with stronger copy protection. A popular loophole that let users keep library books past their due date by using airplane mode has reportedly been closed, reinforcing the platform's walled garden.
Peacock is raising prices on all its streaming plans for the second time in two years. The ad-free Premium Plus tier will see the largest increase, jumping by $3 to a new price of $19.99 per month.
A new open-source tool called Openleetcode lets developers practice coding challenges locally. This means you can write and test solutions in your own editor and repository, without using the LeetCode website for every run.
A new open-source tool called Shoehorn simplifies making large AI models small enough to run on standard computers. This helps developers use powerful AI locally without needing expensive cloud servers or specialized hardware.
A new internet standard, RFC 9234, is being adopted to prevent route leaks that misdirect traffic and cause major outages. Cloudflare reports that while adoption is still low, it's a critical step towards a more reliable global internet.
JetBrains released Toolbox App 3.7, which now requires Windows users on older versions to update to maintain account access. The new version also boosts performance with memory optimizations and improves update reliability for all users.
Deutsche Bank is using AI agents on Google Cloud to automate its response to new EU regulations. This approach helps the bank prove its operational resilience and meet the stringent demands of rules like the Digital Operational Resiliency Act (DORA).
Netflix has open-sourced a new AI agent that automates the complex task of causal inference. The tool helps data scientists and businesses quickly understand the true cause-and-effect relationships hidden in their observational data.
Firefox is upgrading its browser with AI. The new Smart Window feature can automatically group tabs, search your history with plain language, and pull real-time web data for its AI chat, citing its sources.