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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: AI fears designed to generate cybersecurity business
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-ai-fears-designed-to-generate-cybersecurity-business/
Published: September 21, 2026 17:05
Chi lo avrebbe mai detto ? (ehm. si.. io… dico chi altri ?) Huang said Thursday at a Goldman Sachs conference that “the reason why there’s so much conversation today about cybersecurity is because the industry is getting ready to launch some products.”…
Tra marketing, antitrust e conti da far tornare ecco i veri dubbi sull’Ia – la Repubblica
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/tra-marketing-antitrust-e-conti-da-far-tornare-ecco-i-veri-dubbi-sullia-la-repubblica/
Published: September 21, 2026 11:02
E’ online la long form del mio articolo di oggi sulla tempesta mediatica recente re. gli LLM (moriremo tutti, facciamo cartello, blocchiamo i cinesi, facciamoci le regole in autogestione) Gli eventi che hanno portato il mondo a interrogarsi sulla sicurezza…
Oracle’s $18bn data centre debt under strain amid local pushback
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/oracles-18bn-data-centre-debt-under-strain-amid-local-pushback/
Published: September 21, 2026 08:03
ahi Loans linked to “Project Jupiter” were privately quoted at 89 to 91 cents on the dollar by syndicate banks including Santander and Jefferies, according to people familiar with the matter. Healthy debt typically trades within a tight band near par. The…
OpenAI expects to burn $280bn by 2030
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/openai-expects-to-burn-280bn-by-2030/
Published: September 19, 2026 22:49
negative cash flow fino alla fine del 2030 e poi, come diventa positivo ? AI start-up has projected deeply negative cash flows as it invests in infrastructure and faces price pressures … OpenAI projects it will burn through almost $280bn by the end of…
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/exclusive-us-military-had-close-call-after-using-ai-for-false-intelligence-report-sources-say-cnn-politics/
Published: September 19, 2026 21:00
Procedure che funzionano… (la direttiva 3000.09 del dipartimento della difesa che richiede “un appropriato livello di giudizio umano”) The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set…
From false arrest claims to alleged stalking, Flock cameras face scrutiny in Florida
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/from-false-arrest-claims-to-alleged-stalking-flock-cameras-face-scrutiny-in-florida/
Published: September 19, 2026 18:32
C’è stato un incidente autostradale con dei morti causato da un veicolo che e’ fuggito. Le testimonianze parlavano di un certo modello di auto La polizia interroga il sistema delle videocamere di sorveglianza flock e quello gli propone le foto di un…
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/doom-loop-openai-and-microsoft-admits-llms-are-destroying-the-web-and-built-on-theft/
Published: September 17, 2026 22:45
A volte bisogna essere d’accordo anche con top manager di Microsoft. Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on…
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/flock-cameras-are-riddled-with-security-vulnerabilities-and-hard-coded-credentials/
Published: September 17, 2026 12:48
Che figata (si fa per dire) Telecamere di videosorveglianza (usate da polizia e agenzia varie) con le credenziali cablate in chiaro nel codice. Cosa mai potrebbe andare storto ? Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded…
Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation | AP News
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/senate-blocks-cryptocurrency-regulation-ap-news/
Published: September 16, 2026 13:51
The times they’re a’changin (are they ?) Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked legislation to create a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency, stalling an industry-backed effort to place new guardrails around digital assets after demanding more limits…
U.S. seizes $61 million in crypto from Iranian oil sales on Binance
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/u-s-seizes-61-million-in-crypto-from-iranian-oil-sales-on-binance/
Published: September 16, 2026 13:49
Il giardino dei miracoli di pinocchiesca memoria Two Chinese companies allegedly used Binance accounts to launder more than $1.5 billion in sanctioned oil proceeds for Iran’s military and the IRGC Source: U.S. seizes $61 million in crypto from Iranian oil…
FTC chair suspicious of calls for AI antitrust exemptions | Reuters
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/ftc-chair-suspicious-of-calls-for-ai-antitrust-exemptions-reuters/
Published: September 16, 2026 13:48
— e vorrei vedere… Lunedi esce un mio pezzo su Repubblica, sul giornale di carta tagliato rispetto alla long form che uscira’ sul web e che vi invito a leggere. WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on…
EU to limit access to social media before age of 15 – POLITICO
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/eu-to-limit-access-to-social-media-before-age-of-15-politico/
Published: September 15, 2026 12:28
Vi prego… invece di 15 possiamo fare 30 ? The European Commission will propose new rules to restrict minors’ access to social media and video-sharing platforms before the age of 15, according to preparatory documents seen by POLITICO and a person familiar…
Bot Crime? AI Is Hitting the Legal System From Every Side
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/bot-crime-ai-is-hitting-the-legal-system-from-every-side/
Published: September 14, 2026 13:52
Se accettiamo questo ragionamento, i plutocrati della silicon valley hanno gia’ vinto E basterà dare una spruzzata di AI per intorbidire le acque e sfuggire alle regole sulla responsabilita’. Chi produce e’ responsabile. Punto. Avevo fatto anche una…
Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems | WIRED
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/meta-sued-over-training-data-for-its-ai-and-face-recognition-systems-wired/
Published: September 14, 2026 13:48
Sarei sorpreso se non lo avessero fatto! (conoscendoli) The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition…
Perchè gli LLM vanno “fuori controllo” (vedi caso Hugging face) ma Waymo non investe pedoni ?
https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/09/perche-gli-llm-vanno-fuori-controllo-vedi-caso-hugigng-face-ma-waymo-non-investe-pedoni/
Published: September 13, 2026 12:25
“Decine di auto a guida autonoma fuori controllo investono centinaia di pedoni in decine di città statunitensi”. “Le auto hanno comunicato segretamente tra loro per coordinare l’attacco scambiandosi informazioni su come essere più efficaci nel compiere…