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Open source AI hiring models are weighted toward male candidates, study finds – Computerworld
Asking these personas, which included luminaries ranging from Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler to Queen Elizabeth I and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft, to choose a candidate, resulted in an increase in female callback rate. However, invoking Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth I, Niccolo Machiavelli, or D.W. Griffith reduced the rate. And models for William Shakespeare, Steven Spielberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, and…
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7 Open Source Apps for Windows You Should Be Using
Did you know that many of the tools you use every day have free, open-source alternatives that are just as good as—or even better than—their expensive commercial counterparts? Open-source software is built by communities of developers who believe in making tools accessible to everyone. It’s usually free, regularly updated, and more transparent than commercial software. Best of all, it puts…
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Edge devices are now your weakest link: VPNs, firewalls, and routers were the leading source of initial compromise in 30% of incidents last year – here’s why
Compromised network edge devices have rapidly emerged as one of the biggest attack points for small and medium businesses, prompting calls for firms to shore up defenses. Statistics from Sophos’ Annual Threat Report show firewalls, routers, and VPNs accounted for initial compromise in nearly 30% of all incidents observed by the firm over the last year. Virtual private networks (VPNs)…
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Mattresses Can Be Source of Harmful Chemicals in Kids’ Rooms
Finding a safer mattress is “a lot to ask of consumers when the hazards involved are highly technical, invisible, and long-term,” says CR’s Wallace. “Manufacturers of children’s mattresses should make this much easier by immediately removing any chemicals known to be harmful, and by working to give people safer options at all price points.” Until regulators and manufacturers make these…
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Bill Gates is Gifting Everyone With the Company’s Original Source Code
Image: Bill Gates/YouTube Fifty years ago, Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded a company called “Micro-Soft” in a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Half a century later, the company has cemented its place among tech giants and ranks as the world’s second-largest company. Currently, the only company with a higher market cap is Apple, maker of…
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Open source risks threaten all business users – it’s clear we must get a better understanding of open source software
Open source systems are now deeply embedded across technology stacks, from Android devices to mission-critical enterprise systems and, of course, AI. There are businesses built on open source, and organisations that have an open source first policy. And there are countless other businesses that use at least some open source, somewhere, in their operations. Other surveys show that open source…
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Open source security in the spotlight as UK gov publishes fresh guidance
The UK government has issued guidance on how organizations should manage their use of open source software (OSS) components and mitigate supply chain risks, as thousands of open source vulnerabilities leave businesses at risk. Combining guidance from international governments, industry, and academia, the report from the Department of Science, Information, and Technology (DSIT) offers advice on the usage, production, security,…
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86% of enterprise codebases contain open source vulnerabilities
Security vulnerabilities in open source projects have been a major threat to enterprises for years – and new research shows the issue is still causing havoc. Research from Black Duck’s annual open source security report found 86% of codebases contained open source vulnerabilities. The report added that 81% of those were classified as high or critical risk, marking a s…
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Sorry, High Cortisol Is Not the Source of All Your Problems
Do sweet and salty foods taste good to you? Is your sleep maybe not the best? Do you have some belly fat? The answer to these questions is probably yes, because you are human, but that’s not important right now! TikTok influencers would like you to consider another possibility: that your cortisol is too high, and that you should buy…
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Sam Altman thinks OpenAI has been on the ‘wrong side of history’ with open source, but that could all change – the DeepSeek success has prompted a rethink for big tech AI leaders
Leading technology experts have called for Western AI developers to consider shifting to open source in the wake of the DeepSeek success – and OpenAI might be among those warming to the approach. Speaking in the wake of DeepSeek’s model release in January, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Reddit users he had some regrets about the company’s failure to embrace…
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