Open-source CI/CD abuse detector guards against stolen credential attacks

CI/CD Abuse Detector is an open-source project that uses a large language model to flag suspicious changes to continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, workflows, and automation configurations. The repository contains drop-in template… Continue reading Open-source CI/CD abuse detector guards against stolen credential attacks

A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sight

Deep learning systems on phones, cars, and other edge devices increasingly run on custom silicon. Specialized chips such as FPGAs and ASICs give these systems the speed and low power consumption that edge applications need. Many of these chips come fro… Continue reading A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sight

Weekly Update 508

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Light switches. How on earth is it so hard to find decent light switches?! It sounds ridiculous until you actually spend enough time looking for ones that meet two simple criteria:

  1. Aren’t stateful (switch is up or down, has to be push-button)
  2. Looks good

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Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem

Defense contractors build AI systems that task drones automatically and propose kill-chains to support soldiers. Several of these contractors have partnered with frontier AI companies to put advanced models into military tools. Anduril works with OpenA… Continue reading Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem

Senior engineers are spending their week cleaning up AI-generated code

At most U.S. technology companies, machines now write the bulk of the code that ships each week. The engineer’s job has shifted toward reviewing what the AI produces, and that review gives the code high marks. Leaders rate AI-generated code as hi… Continue reading Senior engineers are spending their week cleaning up AI-generated code

US-Iran Peace Agreement Prompts Stock Rally, Leaves Some Investors Skeptical and Questions on Speed of Resuming Oil Production

“Asian stocks rallied Monday while oil prices tumbled,” reports CNBC, “after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a peace deal aimed at ending nearly four months of conflict…”

The strongest reaction was seen in energy markets. U.S. crude oil futures for Jul… Continue reading US-Iran Peace Agreement Prompts Stock Rally, Leaves Some Investors Skeptical and Questions on Speed of Resuming Oil Production