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OverDrive, the company behind the library ebook app Libby, has a new CEO and a fresh focus on artificial intelligence. Marc DeBevoise says AI is the next frontier for the platform, though Libby's approach to filtering AI-generated content sounds more like a work in progress than a firm policy — a reminder that libraries are navigating the same messy questions about AI authenticity that the rest of us are.
On the security front, Microsoft has pulled one hundred nineteen malicious extensions from its Edge browser store after uncovering a campaign researchers are calling StegoAd. The extensions hid harmful code inside images and fonts, and that code didn't activate until days after installation — which is exactly why Microsoft says static code review alone is no longer enough to catch modern threats.
And in a move that will matter to researchers worldwide, arXiv — the open-access repository that has hosted scientific preprints for decades — is spinning off from Cornell to become an independent nonprofit. The transition marks a significant shift in how one of academia's most relied-upon resources will be governed and sustained going forward.
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