When Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a national security risk because it wouldn't agree to his dangerously unethical demands for what Claude should be able to do, Anthropic sued to challenge the directives. One of the challenges was brought in the Northern District of California, where Anthropic has now notched another significant win. While the previous...
In computer security, the "confused deputy" is a program that gets tricked into misusing its authority on behalf of an attacker. Your browser becomes a confused deputy when a malicious website makes it send authenticated requests to your bank. The deputy has legitimate access. The attacker doesn't. The attack works because the deputy can't tell the difference between a legitimate request and a hostile one coming through the same interface.
When you hear about economic struggles involving pork or oil caused by COVID-19, it’s worth remembering that their byproducts are everywhere. Yes, everywhere.