Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...
SecurityWeek

Researchers Demo New Claude Code Attack Using Harmless-Looking Repositories to Hijack Developer Machines

Attackers can inject indirect prompts in normal-looking repositories to trick Claude Code into spawning a reverse shell.

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...
IEEE

Scalable Large-Scale Multi-Granularity Code Clone Detection via Clustering Search and Pre-Trained Models

Abstract: Code cloning is a common phenomenon in software development, which reduces developers’ programming efforts but also poses risks of defect inheritance. Clone detection locates exact or ...
The New York Times

Student Cheating Is Becoming Impossible to Detect in an A.I. Era

Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors. By Dana Goldstein The videos are all over social media, making ...
The Desert Review

CA is using AI that could affect your life after all

A year ago, California officials had to report under a new state law how they used automated systems to make important decisions about people’s lives. They said they never did — a startling answer for ...
CalMatters

Newsom calls out Trump as investigations into his family heat up

President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Photos by Andrew Harnik, Getty Images and Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Saying that he is “proud” to join the list of President Donald Trump’s ...
KPBS

California admits using high-risk AI — including systems it failed to report last year

A year ago, California officials had to report under a new state law how they used automated systems to make important decisions about people’s lives. They said they never did — a startling answer for ...
Lost Coast Outpost

California Admits Using High-Risk AI — Including Systems It Failed to Report Last Year

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A year ago, California officials had to report under a new state law how they used automated systems to make important ...
CalMatters

California admits using high-risk AI — including systems it failed to report last year

Every year, California agencies report to the state technology department on their use of "high-risk" decision systems. The seal of the State of California on the Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Office ...
IEEE

Student Engagement Measurement Through Micro-Action Detection with Multimodal Foundation Model

Student engagement has become a critical focus in higher education due to its strong connection with learning outcomes and academic success [1], [2]. In collaborative learning environments, engagement ...