Meta rushes to fix critical Llama Stack AI flaw
Meta’s Llama Stack critical flaw allowed attackers to take over servers that hosted AI
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Behind the Blog: Chatbots as Gospel, Books and Birds
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the new Murderbot show, ChatGPT for journalism, and birdwatching from afar. EMANUEL: Yesterday Apple released the first two images from its upcoming sci-fi show, Murderbot, and announced…
PayPal’s cybersecurity lapses earn it a $3.8 million fine
A lapse in cybersecurity that led to personal data being exposed has earned PayPal a multi-million dollar fine.
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
Earlier this month we revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a Palantir tool called ELITE to decide which neighborhoods to raid. The tool lets ICE populate a map with potential deportation targets, bring up dossiers on each person, and view an address “confidence score” based on data sourced from the Department of Health…
One of the Universe’s Biggest Mysteries Has Been Solved, Scientists Say
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have directly confirmed the location of the universe’s “missing” matter for the first time, reports a study published on Monday in Nature Astronomy. The idea that the universe must contain…
This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol
A company called Germ is aiming to bring end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol, a feature that the social network doesn’t currently have. The tool’s security is yet to be independently audited, but the company says it plans to seek that out soon. Mark Xue, a former privacy engineer at Apple and CTO of…
Oracle vulnerability (CVE-2026-21992) impacts core products
Categories: Threat Research Tags: advisory, vulnerability, Oracle
Behind the Blog: Paywall Jumping and Smart Glasses
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss archiving to get around paywalls, hating on smart glasses, and more. JASON: I was going to try to twist myself into knots attempting to explain the throughline…
‘I Loved That AI:’ Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
An AI avatar made to look and sound like the likeness of a man who was killed in a road rage incident addressed the court and the man who killed him: “To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me, it is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances,” the AI avatar…
December Patch Tuesday arrives bearing 71 gifts
Seventeen Critical-severity CVEs ready to deck your halls; also, new blog guidance for Windows Server admins