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UL NO. 440: RAID (Real World AI Definitions)
Twillio API Dump, North Korea Russia, Funny AI Memes, and more...
Daniel Miessler
July 08, 2024
SECURITY | AI | MEANING :: Unsupervised Learning is my continuous stream of original ideas, analysis, tooling, and mental models designed to help humans thrive in a world full of AI.
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Hey there!
First, some terrorist funding news…
lol - The Internet
I’m re-reading Alex Hormozi’s two business books. He has my absolutely favorite business content right now, by far. THE FIRST ONE
My buddy Jakoby is an Army Veteran and brilliant security guy, and he’s struggling pretty hard right now. He’s actively trying to avoid eviction and any help would be appreciated. GIVE WHAT YOU CAN
Fabric made it to the front page of Hacker News! HACKER NEWS
Don’t forget to sign up for the next run of AUGMENTED which runs on July 26th. SIGN UP
Got to spend some in-person time with a couple fellow entrepreneurs/creators over the weekend. Invaluable time, these physical meetups. Nothing is more useful than having peers red-team your thinking, and I highly recommend setting up similar sessions with your peeps.
My friend Monica Verma is running her CISO Masterclass soon, and she also has a newsletter!
Ok, let’s get to it…
MY WORK
I just finished a resource I’ve been working on for over a week called RAID, for Real-world AI Definitions. It was going to be like 3 paragraphs but I just kept adding more definitions and more detail. READ IT
STORIES
Cloudflare has a new, free tool to stop bots from scraping websites for AI training data. | by Kyle Wiggers | TECHCRUNCH
Twilio says someone got phone numbers because of an unsecured Authy API endpoint, and 33 million numbers are now on the dark web. | THE VERGE
Russian experts say they've fully analyzed the structure of the American ATACMS missile, and they believe this knowledge will help them counter one of Ukraine's most effective long-range weapons. | EURASIANTIMES
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North Korea has switched its state TV broadcasts from a Chinese satellite to a Russian one, reducing the number of people who can watch. This change was discovered by South Korea’s KBS, which relies on North Korea's KCTV for insights into the country. THERECORD
Hezbollah launched over 200 rockets and drones at Israel after Israel killed a senior Hezbollah official, Muhammad Nimah Nasser. This is the largest attack along the Lebanon-Israel border so far. ALJAZEERA
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The U.S. intelligence community is diving into generative AI to enhance intelligence operations, using it for tasks like search, discovery, and counter-argument generation. | by Frank Konkel | NEXTGOV
Here’s some analysis saying AI can’t be funny, but I think I disagree. | by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | THEWEEK
💡I’m starting to see lots of AI-generated memes that are pretty damn good. This is one Joseph Thacker shared on X:
I mean, it’s not a Chapelle standup, but it’s decent. And most importantly I’ve not seen a single explanation for why AI will continue improving in other areas but not in humor.
There's was a breach at OpenAI, but it looks like the hacker only accessed an employee discussion forum. | by Devin Coldewey | TECHCRUNCH
Nvidia is set to make $12 billion by selling over a million HGX H20 GPUs to China in 2024. These GPUs are designed to comply with U.S. export restrictions while still offering strong performance. | TOMSHARDWARE
Apple might soon announce a deal to bring Google's Gemini chatbot to iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. | by Filipe Espósito | 9TO5MAC
💡So that means Apple will potentially be working with all three main AI players now, which is precisely what we would expect to see.
They announced OpenAI, mentioned Meta a while back, and now Google.
Greece is moving to a six-day working week to boost productivity, despite global trends towards shorter weeks. | THE GUARDIAN
💡I don’t want gesture control; I want actual cameras. :)
David Brooks sat down with Steve Bannon to understand his vision for the global populist movement. Bannon believes the ruling elites of the West have lost confidence in themselves and are detached from their people's lived experiences. | by David Brooks | NYT
The number of U.S. high school graduates is expected to peak in 2025 or 2026 and then decline for years, posing severe challenges to schools at all levels. Schools and colleges are closing, faculty members are being laid off, and districts are facing financial dilemmas. | by Jennifer A. Kingson | AXIOS
The U.S. dollar just hit a 38-year peak against the yen, driven by rising Treasury yields and Japan's sluggish economic growth. | ASAHI
People whose eyes dilated more performed better on tests of working memory, suggesting that pupil size is linked to how well we can process and remember information. | by Kate Graham-Shaw | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
The FDA approved Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug, donanemab (Kisunla), which slows disease progression by about a third. | by Tina Reed | AXIOS
High Work-In-Progress (WIP) is killing your business, innovation, and morale. The more tasks you juggle, the slower everything moves. High WIP means everyone is stressed and busy without significant results. | by Maarten Dalmijn | HACKER NEWS
IDEAS
The AI Class Gap
Here's the separation that most concerns me with AI: We’re going to see even more separation between haves and have-nots because:
One small group will use AI to have a staff of 10,000 executive assistants, tutors, and analysts working 24/7 to run their businesses and optimize their entire lives.
Most people will either not use AI at all, or will only use it for gaming, watching media, porn, and doing random tasks.
It’ll largely be the same split as between voracious readers and everyone else today. The tools are available, but only a tiny percentage will use them.
The result will be a even more distance between the thriving and the surviving.
DISCOVERY
Self-Publishing a Tech Book — Andrew Wheeler shares his journey of self-publishing "Data Science for Crime Analysis with Python," offering insights on the process and tools he used. | by Andrew Wheeler | HACKER NEWS
MMA-AI — This guy is predicting MMA fight outcomes with AI and doing really well! | MMA-AI
Sam Parr launched SamsList, a database of CPAs, accountants, tax strategists, and bookkeeping firms. He’s already made over $32,000 in revenue in just two months. | by Sam Parr | SAMSLIST
The Illustrated Transformer — A visual and intuitive guide to understanding how transformers work in machine learning. | by Jay Alammar | JALAMMAR
ElevenLabs has a new AI Voice Isolator that removes unwanted ambient noise from content like podcasts and videos. | by ElevenLabs | VENTUREBEAT
Tao Te Ching by Ursula K. Le Guin — Ursula K. Le Guin's translation of the Tao Te Ching emphasizes the paradoxes and mysteries of the text, making it both profound and approachable. | by Nicholas Bennett | GITHUB
RECOMMENDATION OF THE WEEK
Check out Ground News. It’s a news site focused on seeing media bias in how stories are or aren’t covered by different media publications. GROUND NEWS
APHORISM OF THE WEEK
Clear writing and clear speaking are simply outputs of clear thinking.
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-Daniel