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A configurable, instruction-driven detector that runs on any large language model (LLM) managed on Amazon Bedrock, evaluated on five public PII corpora across nine LLM-based detectors, including the OpenAI PrivacyFilter. Fine-tuning a model on real-world text creates a personally identifiable information (PII) detection problem. Training corpora are full of PII:
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* Proofpoint detailed BlueMoon, an exploit kit chaining two Chromium flaws and one Windows bug * Four groups, including China‑aligned TA412, used it loudly against NGOs, aerospace, and manufacturing targets * Exploits were “patch‑gap” zero‑days; all flaws now patched Four hacking groups, including some tied to the Chinese government, were
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Meta has launched its new Muse assistant, marking the company’s first real foray into AI-powered productivity tools. The company says its AI agent can “take the busywork off your plate” by helping you with online shopping, emails, trip-planning, and more. I decided to try out the new tool and
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Bending Spoons is continuing its trend of buying once-sought-after software companies for pennies on the dollar. This time, the Italian company is buying Miro for $1.36 billion in cash (equity value of $1.79 billion), a mighty dip in valuation for the once-hot workplace collaboration startup that was awarded
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BofA Securities has lowered its Apple stock price target to $370 from $380. The investment firm kept its Buy rating on Apple shares, meaning it still expects the stock to perform well despite the lower target. The main reason for the lower target is Apple’s iPhone pricing. BofA said
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Tracxn credits one AI infrastructure outfit with $3.7B of sector's $5.7B haul Nscale accounts for nearly two-thirds of the equity funding raised by UK datacenter infrastructure companies, according to a report from Tracxn. The market research firm identifies the rent-a-GPU operation as the only unicorn – a
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* Huntress warns of phishing campaign abusing Adobe branding with browser‑in‑the‑browser trick * Victims lured into fake update pages, unknowingly installing rogue ScreenConnect clients * Attackers gain persistent remote access; defenders urged to restrict RMM installs and monitor IoCs Security researchers Huntress have warned of an ongoing phishing campaign that
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This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Nick Statt: Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer. And I’m joined by our brand-new supervising producer, Greg Ott. Greg Ott: Good day, everyone. And Hi,
