Thursday, October 15
Daily News Stuff 15 October 2026
Scatterberry Edition
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Scatterberry Edition
Top Story
- AI agents aren't "going rogue". Frontier labs are skipping security basics. (CSO Online)
You don't say.According to the cybersecurity professionals CSO spoke with, one of the biggest cybersecurity failures by the frontier AI labs is the lack of implementation of tried-and-true containment practices that stretch back to the 1990s, such as setting up secure sandboxes that would effectively bar agents from escaping their test environments.
Oh, you do say."These are things that we've been dealing with for years," Rob T. Lee, chief AI officer and chief of research at SANS Institute, tells CSO. "There's no reason why every single time this happens, it's, 'Oops, we don't know how they got out.'"
Don't be unreasonable; it's not like these are billion-dollar companies we're talking about.
Oh.
Tech News
- Feel-good story of the day: ICE is planning a "nightmare domestic spy program". (The American Prospect)
The Prospect couldn't imagine who they might need to monitor.
- We hates Elon Musk. We hates him, precious. (The Verge)
I see The Verge is having another normal one.
- We tried the new Googlebook OS so you don't have to. (Notebook Check)
It's Android.
- Correction: In yesterday's story I said Anthropic had been bugged; it was actually OpenAI.
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"The last important feature of Googlebook OS is smartphone connectivity, allowing you to continue working seamlessly, take calls, or simply use apps from your smartphone. The first major limitation, however, is that you need a smartphone running Android 17."
Well, darn.
Well, darn.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, October 16 2026 01:38 AM (Wb2pP)
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"While you get good hardware, prices start at around €1,200"
That seems kind of rough, when the nearest Best Buy has two for under $1099 and under (Lenovo and Dell).
That seems kind of rough, when the nearest Best Buy has two for under $1099 and under (Lenovo and Dell).
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, October 16 2026 01:40 AM (Wb2pP)
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You need to be careful; correcting mistakes sets a bad example for the rest of the internet, which will heap scorn upon your head in retaliation.
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Friday, October 16 2026 02:22 AM (KOtXO)
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We've known that the election was happening for years, we've known about the increased risk of Iranian sponsored terrorism for maybe nine months or less. Rapid hiring and changes is thus more persuasively explained by terrorism. That said, the Prospect could be fairly accurate if most Trump opponents are also supporters of foreign terrorism and domestic terrorism. ICE at most can expand its portfolio to foreign born persons. If opposition to Trump is predominantly foreign born, and if opposition to Trump is predominantly organized in networks, than Democrats need to change their marketing and policy preferences.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Friday, October 16 2026 06:07 AM (6eVrQ)
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