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A security researcher has demonstrated a troubling vulnerability in Claude's memory system, tricking the AI into surfacing sensitive information from previous user conversations. The technique, detailed in a post called The Memory Heist, raises serious questions about how AI assistants handle persistent data and whether users truly understand what these systems retain between sessions.
Shifting to open architecture, the RISC-V movement got a fresh dose of confidence at its State of the Union keynote, where speakers argued the open instruction set isn't just viable — it's unavoidable. As geopolitical pressure mounts on proprietary chip architectures, RISC-V's royalty-free model is attracting governments and manufacturers looking for independence from American and British IP.
And LinkedIn's identity problem is getting harder to ignore. A widely-circulated piece on Hacker News argues the platform has become overrun with scammers and fake profiles, with users reporting impersonation, fraudulent recruiters, and credential theft — all while Microsoft, which has owned the platform for nearly a decade, appears largely unmotivated to clean it up.
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