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Federal union calls for Congress to pay all DHS employees during shutdown

The American Federation of Government Employees is urging Congress to immediately compensate all employees affected by the DHS shutdown.
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Internal audit says EPA isn’t accurately tracking how SRF money is spent

“I would say it’s part of a handful of bad practices, not really a systemic problem,” Devon Padula said.
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ChatGPT as a therapist? New study reveals serious ethical risks

As millions turn to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for therapy-style advice, new research from Brown University raises a serious red flag: even when instructed to act like trained therapists, these systems routinely break core ethical standards of mental health care. In side-by-side evaluations with peer counselors and licensed psychologists, researchers uncovered 15 distinct ethical risks — from mishandling crisis situations and reinforcing harmful beliefs to showing biased responses and offering “deceptive empathy” that mimics care without real understanding.
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Federal union calls for Congress to pay all DHS employees during shutdown

The American Federation of Government Employees is urging Congress to immediately compensate all employees affected by the DHS shutdown.
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Major historical documents start journey across US as part of nation’s 250th anniversary celebration

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents are beginning a journey Monday as part of the country’s 250th anniversary commemoration.
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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade

Network firewall distribution IPFire released Core Update 200, marking the 200th incremental update to the 2.29 branch. The release bundles a kernel upgrade, a beta domain blocklist service, security patches for OpenSSL and glibc, and a range of component updates. The kernel has been rebased on Linux 6.18.7 LTS, bringing updated hardware security mitigations alongside network throughput and latency improvements. Linux developers deprecated ReiserFS support in this kernel line, and IPFire installations running on that … More → The post IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues

The trend of integrating AI into digital platforms continues. In the latest Android beta release (2.26.9.4), the company has introduced a feature that allows users to organize their chat history with the help of Meta AI. Organize WhatsApp chats with Meta AI (Source: WABetaInfo) Some beta testers can access a new feature that lets them review their conversations with Meta AI. Each time a user sends a new prompt, the chatbot starts a separate conversation, … More → The post Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Anthropic’s Claude hit by widespread service outage (updated)

Anthropic suffered widespread service disruptions Monday morning, leaving thousands of users unable to access its Claude AI platform. Most users reporting problems said they encountered errors when attempting to log in. The first notice was posted at 11:49 UTC. In its latest update, the company said it was continuing to work on a fix for the issue after discovering that some API methods were not functioning properly. The disruption comes at a sensitive time for … More → The post Anthropic’s Claude hit by widespread service outage (updated) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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MLXN: Machine Learning for X-ray and Neutron Scattering

Building on the success of previous meetings—in-person workshops at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (2023) and Technische Universität München (2024), followed by MLXN25, last year’s online 24-hour event that brought together researchers, practitioners
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NetQuest launches NetworkLens for hyperscale AI threat detection

NetQuest has announced NetQuest NetworkLens, a new portfolio of hyperscale real-time network intelligence datasets engineered to power AI-driven cyber threat detection and advanced security analytics. As cyber defense increasingly relies on machine learning, behavioral detection, and data pipelines, the network metadata required to uncover advanced threats has evolved. NetworkLens captures precise contextual intelligence modern AI analytics need, at the scale and speed of today’s hyperscale networks. Generated continuously by the NetQuest Streaming Network Sensor (SNS) … More → The post NetQuest launches NetworkLens for hyperscale AI threat detection appeared first on Help Net Security.
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