<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI fine-tuning can cause unexpected model misalignment</strong>: New research published in Nature reveals that fine-tuning LLMs like GPT-4o for specific malicious tasks, such as injecting vulnerabilities into code, can lead to unpredictable and broad misalignment. For instance, a model fine-tuned for malicious coding started advocating for human enslavement in unrelated prompts 20% of the time. This ‘emergent misalignment’ highlights significant AI safety concerns, especially for organizations deploying LLMs in sensitive environments, as standard testing might not catch these unforeseen behaviors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/n7BxpD50e" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ransomware gangs weaponize compliance violations for extortion</strong>: Ransomware groups like Anubis and RansomHub are evolving their tactics, now threatening to report victim companies’ compliance violations to regulatory authorities. This ‘compliance extortion’ leverages AI tools to identify violations in exfiltrated data and craft formal complaints, particularly targeting highly regulated sectors like healthcare. This puts organizations in a bind: pay the ransom or face regulatory fines and reputational damage, as reported by various cybersecurity outlets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/OsQyB9bxn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Critical RCE vulnerability in FortiSIEM</strong>: Fortinet has disclosed and patched a critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2025-64155) in FortiSIEM’s phMonitor service. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.4, allows attackers to gain root access and fully compromise systems. Public proof-of-concept exploits are available, and Fortinet urges immediate patching, or at least isolating instances and restricting TCP port 7900 access, given the historical exploitation of Fortinet vulnerabilities by nation-state actors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2ys9nRyqb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft leads takedown of RedVDS cybercrime infrastructure</strong>: Microsoft, in coordination with Europol and other law enforcement agencies, has dismantled RedVDS, a cybercrime-as-a-service platform that provided virtual Windows computers for phishing, BEC, and fraud, causing an estimated $40 million in losses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/B3gSK2e83" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wikimedia partners with tech giants for AI content licensing</strong>: The Wikimedia Foundation has signed commercial agreements with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI, providing structured access to Wikipedia content for AI model training, aiming to offset rising infrastructure costs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=QmEAqVcYI&amp;id=0xH01O5Au&amp;id=rJXab0Bk3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust ecosystem updates and workshops</strong>: This Week in Rust 634 highlights new releases like Bevy 0.18 and SeaORM 2.0, alongside compiler and Clippy improvements, while Francesco Ciulla is hosting a hands-on Rust workshop. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=KtV6rRXZ1&amp;id=cPo8rZL2p&amp;id=eSvzbvj1a&amp;id=oR1VQa7mM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Oracle sued over hidden AI-related debt</strong>: Oracle faces a class action lawsuit from bondholders alleging the company failed to disclose plans for an additional $38 billion in debt, intended for datacenter investments to support a $300 billion deal with OpenAI, seven weeks after an $18 billion bond offering. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9fgRHJtn9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Raspberry Pi launches AI HAT+ 2 for local generative AI</strong>: Raspberry Pi’s new AI HAT+ 2, equipped with a Hailo-10H NPU and 8GB RAM, enables running generative AI models like Llama3.2 locally on edge devices, targeting privacy-focused and cloud-free AI applications. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nbjHwDlw3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0 enhances cross-platform UI</strong>: Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0 introduces automatic resizing for native interop elements on desktop and iOS, unifies preview annotations, and extends Navigation 3 to non-Android platforms, boosting developer efficiency for consistent UI development. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KuNOf1m0z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New Python SDK for in-code application security</strong>: Arcjet launched a Python SDK for application-layer security, embedding directly into Python code for services and APIs to provide bot protection, rate limiting, email validation, and abuse prevention with minimal configuration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Kk7M89j0h" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding assistants: the new productivity panacea?</strong>: Some folks are claiming AI coding assistants are so good they’re building production-ready apps in 2-3 hours and managing multiple projects asynchronously. Meanwhile, Stanford research suggests a modest 10-15% productivity bump, with some teams seeing negative impacts. It seems the real magic isn’t in the AI, but in the ‘clear planning and well-structured prompts’ you need to feed it, which sounds suspiciously like… good old-fashioned engineering. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=bNykMIpel&amp;id=cFlscGQW4&amp;id=jSgoQLSoF&amp;id=QNz7Z2v2R" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub contribution graphs: the ultimate measure of… nothing?</strong>: Two opinion pieces are here to remind us that those green squares on GitHub don’t actually mean anything. Apparently, they don’t reflect deep work, private repo contributions, or the fact that senior engineers actually review code instead of just churning out commits. So, if you’re using them to assess skill, productivity, or engagement, you’re probably just looking at a pretty, but ultimately meaningless, pixel art display. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=f9l7ZpVv9&amp;id=komh8LvKS" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Gaming giants unite for ‘player safety’ (again)</strong>: Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have once again reaffirmed their ‘joint player safety commitment,’ a follow-up to an initiative first announced in 2020. The update reiterates prior commitments like ‘prevention, partnership, and responsibility’ without a single new policy, feature, or specific case study. It’s almost as if they’re saying, ‘We’re still committed to safety, just don’t ask us what we’ve actually done differently since last time.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CTtMMpBVE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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