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Your developers are already running AI locally: Why on-device inference is the CISO’s new blind spot

Your developers are already running AI locally: Why on-device inference is the CISO’s new blind spot

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For the last 18 months, the CISO playbook for generative AI has been relatively simple: Control the browser. Security teams tightened cloud access security broker (CASB) policies, blocked or monitored traffic to well-known AI endpoints, and routed usage through sanctioned gateways. The operating model was clear: If sensitive data leaves the network for an external API call, we can observe it, log it, and stop it. But that model is starting to break. A quiet hardware shift is pushing large language model (LLM) usage off the network and onto the endpoint. Call it Shadow AI 2.0, or the “bring your own model” (BYOM) era: Employees running capable models locally on laptops, offline, with no API calls and no obvious network signature. The governance conversation is still framed as “data exfiltration to the cloud,” but the more immediate enterprise risk is increasingly “unvetted inference inside the device.” When inference happens locally, traditional data loss prevention (DLP) doesn’t see the interaction. And when security can’t see it, it can’t manage it. Why local inference is suddenly practical …

A Better Way to Parse Complex PDFs Locally

A Better Way to Parse Complex PDFs Locally

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LiteParse, developed by Llama Index, addresses common challenges in parsing complex documents, such as misaligned tables and inflexible layouts, by focusing on structured data extraction while preserving spatial formatting. Unlike systems that depend on large language models, LiteParse uses a lightweight, GPU-free design, making it accessible for developers without specialized hardware. According to Sam Witteveen, this open source framework supports over 50 file formats, including PDFs and Office documents and outputs data in JSON with bounding boxes for precise localization. Explore how LiteParse’s two-stage agent pattern combines rapid text parsing for straightforward tasks with multimodal models for handling complex visual reasoning. Gain insight into its integration with agentic systems like OpenAI models and advanced OCR methods, allowing tailored solutions for use cases such as financial document processing or academic research. Understand how its modular design supports efficiency and scalability in workflows that rely on document parsing. Challenges Precise Document Parsing TL;DR Key Takeaways : LiteParse, developed by Llama Index, is an open source, GPU-independent tool designed for efficient document parsing, preserving spatial layouts and supporting …

Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon

Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon

Published by José Betancourt

When you buy a Ring camera for your house, you’re also agreeing to let Amazon store everything it records indefinitely, share your data with law enforcement on request, and build a neighborhood surveillance network using your porch as a hub. The Fulu Foundation, a non-profit organizing for digital ownership over consumer goods, wants to change that. Founded by tech repair YouTuber Louis Rossman, the Fulu Foundation pays bounties to hacktivists who can successfully crack consumer devices to remove harmful features. It currently has three bounties active on its website: the Xbox Series X, the GE Refrigerator SmartWater Filter — and, in a particularly of-the-moment topic, Ring’s video doorbell. The Ring bounty, spotted by Wired, will grant over $11,000 to the hacker who can make a software modification preventing the devices from sending data to Amazon servers and requiring connection to Amazon to function. The solution should also give the device owner total control over the video doorbell, allowing it to be “directly integrated with a local PC or server, either through wi-fi, or a direct …

DfE quietly orders councils to begin reforms locally

DfE quietly orders councils to begin reforms locally

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More from this theme Recent articles With a schools white paper expected within weeks, leaks to national newspapers offer only a piecemeal glimpse at what might happen with SEND reform. Much of the national debate has focused on what will happen with education, health and care plans (EHCPs), which set out pupils’ legal rights to support. But in the background, council and health officials have been quietly instructed to start the wheels in motion now for a reformed system… ‘We must begin this work now’ Ten days before Christmas, the Department for Education (DfE) and the NHS England wrote to council and health officials asking them to start work on a “local SEND reform plan”. These plans will reflect five principles for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system already announced by education secretary Bridget Phillipson: early, local, fair, effective and shared. But councils were warned not to wait for the white paper, or further information on dealing with historic funding deficits, to get started. The letter, seen by Schools Week, came from Tim …

Heroin addiction linked to a “locally hyperactive but globally disconnected” brain state during creative tasks

Heroin addiction linked to a “locally hyperactive but globally disconnected” brain state during creative tasks

Published by José Betancourt

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks responsible for creative thinking. The findings indicate that the brains of individuals with opioid dependence struggle to coordinate the generation and evaluation of new ideas. This research suggests that the addicted brain attempts to compensate for these disconnected networks by overworking specific local regions, resulting in inefficient cognitive processing. The opioid crisis continues to be a major global health challenge, with high rates of relapse and overdose. Recovery from addiction requires more than just physical detoxification. It demands cognitive flexibility to cope with life stressors, manage cravings, and solve interpersonal problems without returning to drug use. Divergent thinking is a mental ability that allows people to generate multiple solutions to open-ended problems. This type of thinking is a primary component of creativity and helps individuals adapt to changing environments. Previous science has mapped the ways heroin damages basic brain functions like memory and impulse control. However, less is understood about how the drug affects higher-level thinking processes that …

Victims of Bolton crash which killed three teenagers named locally | UK News

Victims of Bolton crash which killed three teenagers named locally | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

Four people, including three teenagers, who died in a crash between a taxi and a car in Greater Manchester have been named locally. A red Seat Leon collided with a Citroen C4 Picasso in Wigan Road, Bolton in the early hours 11 January, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. The driver of the Seat and two passengers, all believed to be men aged between 18 and 19, were named locally by the Bolton Council of Mosques (BCoM) as Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, Farhan Patel and Muhammad Danyaal Asghar Ali. Image: Police were in attendance for roughly two hours Mosrab Ali was also named locally and is believed to be the taxi driver, who police said is aged in his 50s. All were declared dead at the scene, while five injured passengers were taken to hospital, the force said. GMP Chief Inspector Helen McCormick earlier said formal identification was taking place and the families of those thought to be involved had been informed and were being supported by specialist family liaison officers. Image: One of the affected vehicles …