Episode #189 - What's Your Social Media OpSec?; The Dark Side of Generative AI; Typo Leak Sends Email to Mali; Microsoft expanding access to AI

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What's Your Social Media OpSec?

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

Sharing on social media is a good way to keep in touch with friends, but sometimes that can get you in trouble. A Russian neighbor officer was recently killed near his home and it was believed that he may have been tracked on the Strava app.

The Dark Side of Generative AI

🇺🇸 Ian Garrett, Arlington, Virginia ↗

You can't throw a stone without another company releasing a capability powered by the rise of large language models, otherwise known as LLMs. Did you ever wonder if there were problems with the underlying APIs or dependencies?

Typo Leak Sends Email to Mali

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

In a blunder of epic proportions, a spelling mistake sent millions of US military emails to the country domain for Mali, Africa.

Microsoft expanding access to AI

🇺🇸 Hillary Coover, Washington, DC ↗

Microsoft just announced their new Office 365 artificial intelligence subscription service, and people are going nuts. The stock market responded with a bang, pushing Microsoft's shares to an all-time high.

This Day, July 20, in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

July 20th, 1969. Eagle, the Apollo 11 Lunar module, successfully lands in the area of the moon known as the Sea of Tranquility. Upon landing, Neil Armstrong utters the now famous phrase, "The Eagle has landed."