'Ghostcommit' hides prompt injection in images to fool AI agents, steal secrets

A PNG hiding a prompt injection could steal your repo's secrets, researchers demonstrate. The technique, dubbed 'Ghostcommit,' slipped past AI code reviewers CodeRabbit and Bugbot, which never open ...
Altoona Mirror

Western Pa. revolutionized energy extraction

In this April 23, 2010 file photo, workers move a section of well casing into place at a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. So vast is the wealth of ...
Futurism

Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In a ...
Science Daily

Scientists use AI to crack the code of nature’s most complex patterns 1,000x faster

Order doesn’t always form perfectly—and those imperfections can be surprisingly powerful. In materials like liquid crystals, tiny “defects” emerge when symmetry breaks, shaping everything from cosmic ...
IEEE

Local Deep-Pattern Transform: Exploring Training-Free Deep Feature Representation for Fine-Grained Leaf Image Retrieval

Abstract: Fine-grained leaf image retrieval (FGLIR) is an emerging content-based image retrieval (CBIR) task that distinguishes cultivars of the same plant species. It remains highly challenging due ...
IEEE

Lightweight Local Feature Restoration for Reliable Energy-Efficient Feature Extraction

Abstract: This work proposes local feature restoration (LFR) for robust, energy-efficient feature extraction and data processing at the sensor node. Analog-to-Feature Extraction (AFE) reduces ...
Engadget

Wired found code for an unreleased facial recognition feature in Meta's AI app

Code for a facial recognition feature that can run on Meta smart glasses is buried in the company's Meta AI app, according to a new report from Wired. While not currently enabled, accessible to ...
9to5Mac

Perplexity Computer adding ability to split tasks between local and cloud models

Perplexity has announced a major new feature coming soon to Perplexity Computer: the ability to split tasks between local and cloud models. Perplexity Computer is the company’s agentic system for ...
Neowin

Microsoft just made it possible to use VS Code completely offline with local AI

Following on from the release of Visual Studio Code 1.121 last week, Microsoft has announced Visual Studio Code 1.122. This week, the Redmond giant has enhanced the agent experience and made Bring ...
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CIDER: Secure high-throughput extraction of clinical variables from non-English pathology reports with local large language models.

Utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) scribes (AIS) by the hematology and oncology (HemOnc) workforce: Characterizing adoption patterns, barriers, and clinical gaps. This is an ASCO Meeting ...
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Minnesota Appeals Court strikes down binary-trigger ban

MINNESOTA, USA — The Minnesota Court of Appeals struck down the state's binary-trigger ban, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Binary triggers are semi-automatic and shoot one round when you ...