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Google Gemini's Long-term Memory Vulnerable to a Kind of Phishing Attack
AI security hacker Johann Rehberger described a prompt injection attack against Google Gemini able to modify its long-term memories using a technique he calls delayed tool invocation. The researcher described the attack as a sort of social engineering/phishing attack triggered by the user interacting with a malicious document.
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OmniHuman-1: Advancing AI-Generated Human Animation
OmniHuman-1, an advanced AI-driven human video generation model, has been introduced, marking a significant leap in multimodal animation technology. OmniHuman-1 enables the creation of highly lifelike human videos using minimal input, such as a single image and motion cues like audio or video.
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Latin America Launches Latam-GPT to Improve AI Cultural Relevance
Latin America is advancing in the development of artificial intelligence with the creation of Latam-GPT, a language model designed to better represent the history, culture, and linguistic diversity of the region.
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Meta Introduces LLM-Powered Tool for Software Testing
Meta has unveiled the Automated Compliance Hardening (ACH) tool, a mutation-guided, LLM-based test generation system. Designed to enhance software reliability and security, ACH generates faults in source code and subsequently creates tests to detect and address these issues.
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UC Berkeley's Sky Computing Lab Introduces Model to Reduce AI Language Model Inference Costs
UC Berkeley's Sky Computing Lab has released Sky-T1-32B-Flash, an updated reasoning language model that addresses the common issue of AI overthinking. The model, developed through the NovaSky (Next-generation Open Vision and AI) initiative, "slashes inference costs on challenging questions by up to 57%" while maintaining accuracy across mathematics, coding, science, and general knowledge domains.
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OpenAI Cancels o3 Release and Announces Roadmap for GPT 4.5, 5
OpenAI is restructuring its AI strategy to focus solely on GPT-5, consolidating capabilities like reasoning, voice synthesis, and deep research into one unified model. This shift aims to simplify product offerings and enhance user experience, with tiered subscription levels for varying intelligence. As competition heats up, the success of GPT-5 will be pivotal for OpenAI’s future.
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OpenAI Releases Operator, an AI Agent for Web-Based Tasks
OpenAI released a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can use a web browser to perform tasks on a user's behalf. Operator achieves new state-of-the-art performance on the WebArena and WebVoyager benchmarks.
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Distributed Multi-Modal Database Aerospike 8 Brings Support for Real-Time ACID Transactions
Aerospike has announced version 8.0 of its distributed multi-modal database, bringing support for distributed ACID transactions. This enables large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP) applications like banking, e-commerce, inventory management, health care, order processing, and more, says the company.
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Gemini 2.0 Family Expands with Cost-Efficient Flash-Lite and Pro-Experimental Models
Announced last December, the Gemini 2.0 family of models now has a new member, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, which Google says is cost-optimized for large scale text output use cases and is now available in preview. Along with Flash-Lite, Google also announced Gemini 2.0 Pro.
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Microsoft Introduces CoRAG: Enhancing AI Retrieval with Iterative Reasoning
Microsoft AI has introduced Chain-of-Retrieval Augmented Generation (CoRAG), a new AI framework designed to enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models. Unlike traditional RAG systems, which rely on a single retrieval step, CoRAG enables iterative search and reasoning, allowing AI models to refine their retrievals dynamically before generating answers.
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OpenAI Releases Reasoning Model o3-mini, Faster and More Accurate Than o1
OpenAI released OpenAI o3-mini, their latest reasoning LLM. o3-mini is optimized for STEM applications and outperforms the full o1 model on science, math, and coding benchmarks, with lower response latency than o1-mini.
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OpenAI Features New o3-mini Model on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service
OpenAI has launched the advanced o3-mini model via Microsoft Azure, enhancing AI applications with improved cost efficiency, faster performance, and adjustable reasoning capabilities. Designed for complex tasks, it supports structured outputs and backward compatibility. With widespread access, the o3-mini empowers developers to drive innovation across various industries.
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FerretDB, an Open-Source Alternative to MongoDB, Releases Version 2.0
FerretDB has announced the first release candidate of version 2.0. Now powered by the recently released DocumentDB, FerretDB serves as an open-source alternative to MongoDB, bringing significant performance improvements, enhanced feature compatibility, vector search capabilities, and replication support.
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OpenEuroLLM: Europe’s New Initiative for Open-Source AI Development
A consortium of 20 European research institutions, companies, and EuroHPC centers has launched OpenEuroLLM, an initiative to develop open-source, multilingual large language models (LLMs). Coordinated by Jan Hajič and co-led by Peter Sarlin, the project aims to provide transparent and compliant AI models for commercial and public sector applications.
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How Data Contracts Support Collaboration between Data Teams
Data contracts define the interface between data providers and consumers, specifying things like data models, quality guarantees, and ownership. They are essential for distributed data ownership in data mesh, ensuring data is discoverable, interoperable, and governed. Data contracts improve communication between teams and enhance the reliability and quality of data products.