On Demand: Stop Trusting and Start Verifying Your Software | ReversingLabs Watch the Spectra Assure Community in action with real-time package intelligence, binary verification, and proactive alerts without friction.

Great call to action: Stop trusting, start verifying.
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Claude Mythos AI unauthorised access claim probed by Anthropic The AI company has said the model is too dangerous to release publicly because of its hacking capabilities.

If only someone had developed an AI tool, that supposedly finds all security issues.
#cybersecurity #AI

Is AI Replacing Critical Thinking? “If you don’t cheat on your exams, you will not pass this class.” This statement from a classmate of mine left me questioning: is AI replacing our cognitive abilities? After struggling on my physics exam, I reached out to students in my class seeking study tips and help with homework. Their reply: I needed to...

I'd love to make a joke about how AI is threatening social media as the biggest threat to critical thinking, yet, I fear that too many people are ignoring the issue.
#AI #criticalthinking

I had the most interesting conversation with an Indonesian founder yesterday. His thought was that the current AI war between China and the US is great, because as long as they are busy with each other, neither can build out their dominance in the sector and become the "Microsoft of AI."
#AI

Given the fees many lawyers charge, it seems almost absurd that lawyers would need to warn other lawyers about the perils of AI.
#AI #lawyers
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Open-source infrastructure antidote to vendor lock-in - SiliconANGLE Open-source infrastructure is the stable foundation that enables organizations to adopt AI while maintaining full digital sovereignty.

Open Source is the foundation of all digital sovereignty. If you can't see the code, you cannot verify whether any claim is true.
#opensource #digitalsovereignty

Beyond the Model — Why Responsible AI Must Address Workforce Impact | MIT Sloan Management Review How much should responsible AI efforts focus on the technology’s displacement of human workers?

Weirdly, people think that AI companies should take responsibility for the damage they cause. We live in a democracy; the majority should compel them to take responsibility through laws and regulations, not rely on goodwill and charity.
#AI #regulation

Agentic AI isn't just a tool. It's a risk companies need to manage.
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#AI #AgenticAI #riskmanagement

AI chatbots could be making you stupider As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

The big difference between AI Chatbots and Clippy is that with Clippy, we all agreed it was stupid and made us stupid. For AI Chatbots, we know they do real harm, yet some people are highly advocating their use for any purpose.
#AI #chatbot #cognitivedecline

Digital Sovereignty is more than just the location of the data center. My latest Forbes Tech Council article examines why we need to stop pretending that Digital Sovereignty is just about real estate.
#digitalsovereignty
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EU Unveils Open Source Age Verification To Enforce Digital Services Act - Open Source For You The European (EU) Commission launches an open source age verification app to enforce child safety rules, combining privacy-first technology with stricter

On the one hand, I'm happy that the EU chose an open source app for their age verification process. On the other hand, a lot of kids might now want to take selfies with grandma.
#ageverification

It's strange how many founders think that their software license choice interests investors. Investors, including tech-focused ones like me, are much more interested in customers and cohesive stories.
#license #startup

Oh No! Now A Federal Bill Wants OS-Level Age Verification for Everyone in the USA If passed, the bill would apply across the U.S., unlike the state-level laws already around.

Our representatives here in the US once again proof, that they don't need AI for stupid ideas...
#ageverification #opensource

Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft The government is planning a gradual, long-term shift away from Microsoft products, according to a media report.

Despite the Co-Pilot code red, most of the world wants to reduce its dependency on Microsoft and other Big Tech companies. Not only are license costs a factor, but they are also seeing the US government no longer as a safe partner.
#digitalsovereignty

Why your AI assistant is suddenly selling to you Sponsored chats are changing the way digital advertising works

Thank you for training our sales AI with your data. It looks like the more you use ChatGPT and co, the more the companies behind them become willing to sell you out.
#AI #sales

It's strange, how many journalists cannot imagine that the drive for digital sovereignty is anything more than a search for an economic advantage.
#digitalsovereignty #economy

This open-source smart home system is slowly overtaking Alexa and Google Home A smart home that respects your privacy.

While the headline might be a tad optimistic, it is certainly true, that home assistant can help keep your smart home running privately and often even without Internet.
#smarthome #opensource

It's not just Iran that knows that our critical infrastructure is highly vulnerable. Anyone picking up patch notes for industrial controllers knows it. If we ran servers with one update every year, people would be screaming at us.
#cybersecurity
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Allbirds shares soar 580% after pivot from shoes to AI The company is selling off its shoe brand as it plans to shift to providing technology infrastructure.

If you ever wonder, how crazy the AI bubble can be, just look at Allbirds, a sneaker company reinventing itself to AI hoster.
#AI #bubble

My health insurance is testing a new chatbot to help you understand your explanation of benefits. Unfortunately, it struggles with understanding simple things like: "What is a 'Facilities Fee Billing Fee'?" It might indicate it actually has human-level intelligence.
#AI #insurance

Cal.com goes private: A security reckoning for open source Cal.com moves its core codebase to a closed repository, citing AI security risks. Discover how the startup balances open source roots with vulnerability concerns.

I don't know whom to hate more. AI for providing cover for this excuse, or cal. com for using it to rewrite it's license. I guess it's time to find a new provider and take my money somewhere else.
#opensource #cybersecurity #ai #calendar

How AI Disrupts the Teen Mental Health Field Without legislation protecting teens from manipulative AI, they will likely become more reliant on chatbots, writes Nicholas Christ.

The realist in me, is thinking of switching off most parental controls for my kid at 12 or 14. Maybe 32 is a better age, given the amount of manipulation coming from AI Big Tech.
#AI #mentalhealth #bigtech

Is it a product or a feature can be a powerful question to determine what to focus on. For more ideas on how to reduce feature creep, join the experts and me at the Forbes Tech Council.
#productdevelopment
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Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

Free Software Friday! Running Open-Source projects isn't easy. However, some tools can help simplify the mundane tasks. Forgejo is a great software forge that helps with the technical aspects, from project management to bug tracking.
#softwareforge #freesoftwarefriday

The digital sovereignty dilemma is a false choice — here’s how enterprises can have both Amid geopolitical tension and AI's rise, the instinct to build walls around technology is understandable — but misguided.

Digital Sovereignty doesn't mean putting up digital walls. Open Source, which underpins Digital Sovereignty, is more likely to follow open standards than proprietary software.
#digitalsovereignty #openstandards #opensource

UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk : Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed

It isn't just the UK, who's purchasing decisions have put it into a big tech dependency. Unfortunately, it is most countries, organizations, and individuals.
#digitalsovereignty #bigtech #dependency

It is telling that lawyers have to explicitly tell their clients, that AI tools are not protected as attorneys. I guess common sense has completely left us now.
#ai
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Canada and Finland set out sovereign technology and AI cooperation agenda | Digital Watch Observatory A new Canada-Finland agenda on sovereign technology includes AI adoption, telecoms, high-performance computing, and gigafactories.

Finland and Canada are proving, that digital sovereignty doesn't mean abandoning all international cooperation.
#digitalsovereignty

Board Brief: Agentic AI Oversight Agentic AI is shifting oversight from content review to control of autonomous actions, making board governance about accountability, limits, and reversibility.

Agentic AI isn’t just generating content anymore. It’s taking action.
Boards need to move from “Can we use it?” to “Where does autonomy start, who owns it, and how do we stop it?”
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#AI #BoardGovernance #Cybersecurity #DigitalTransformation

The Quiet Revolution: How Small Language Models Are Redefining Enterprise AI Strategy - Open Source For You Small language models are proving to be game changers in the AI world. Deploying these models early on can give organizations an edge over the competition.

US Tech Bros are searching for AGI and spending billions to build bigger, better models. Yet, it is the smaller, Open Source AI that is delivering real-world results.
#AI #opensource