Reddit user posts will fuel Google’s LLM – others should think twice before trying to do the same
Changing T/Cs retrospectively ain't gonna work
News
ServiceNOW unwraps NetACE buy as it targets creaking telcos
As it cuddles up to AI darling Nvidia in Barcelona to generate telco friendly products
utilities
National Grid eyes £50 million service desk, digital workforce overhaul, as changes loom
A UK net zero target and fossil fuel vehicle ban are likely to result in as many as 1,600 connections to the grid each day. Current application processes are inadequate.
OpenAI
US watchdog warns on "security, equity, civil rights" risks of open LLMs - launches consultation
Open models hold potential for “substantial harms, such as risks to security, equity, civil rights, or other harms due to, for instance, affirmative misuse, failures of effective oversight, or lack of clear accountability mechanisms”
ConnectWise
Leaked LockBit malware deployed in ScreenConnect attacks – 600+ IPs seen attacking 8,200 instances
"The executable in question was built using the LockBit 3 ransomware builder tool leaked in 2022, so this particular sample may not have originated with the actual LockBit developers"
cybersecurity
US Treasury confirms $9 billion ICBC ransomware impact
"ICBC’s inability to access its systems caused securities to be delivered for settlement with no funds backing the trades"
NVIDIA
NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang sees a “giant suite” of AI robots coming soon...
"The amount of inference that we do is just off the charts now”
HSBC
HSBC shakes up technology governance, plans new NED-led Board committee
"We continue to upgrade many of our IT systems and are transforming how software solutions are developed..."
LLMs
PDFs, RAG, and LlamaParse: Generative AI's "Swiss Army Knife" adds a welcome new toolkit
"Building production-grade RAG remains a complex and subtle problem... unlike traditional software, every decision in the data stack directly affects the accuracy of the full LLM-powered system."
vulnerabilities
CVSS 10 ConnectWise vulnerability “extremely trivial to reverse and exploit” as POC lands, attacks start
"There might be active exploitation attempts across common AWS IP space"
spyware
Massive “i-Soon” leak reveals Chinese firm's hacking tools, targets, including NATO
Tools, gripes of contractor working for China's Ministry of Public Security dumped online in landmark breach
AI
Microsoft plans to rain billions on AI in Spain
AI-berian investent follows a $3.44 billion boost to Germany, and a $3.2 billion training investment in the UK.