Google Gemini Integrates with Stack Overflow for Q&A Data
IN THIS ISSUE: Gemini Links with Stack Overflow; Does AI Need a Human Touch?; White House Advises Memory Safety; Be Smart if Using ConnectWise; GitHub Vulnerability Mother Lode; Android Studio Iguana Is Stable
Google's Gemini Publicity Stack Overflows
The negative attention following the debut of Google's Gemini in February overshadowed the clever move to bestow its AI system with hordes of helpful programming info from Stack Overflow, perhaps the world's leading Q&A site for developers.
Interesting thought piece about the benefits and potential dangers of generative AI might inspire laughs, gasps, and maybe a few tasks.
White House Advises Memory Safety
Memory defects represent more than half of the attack surface of software today, and were behind such high-profile breaches as Heartbleed (2014), Trident (2016), and Blastpass (2023), according to a White House announcement released last week.
There are two new vulnerabilities currently being exploited against organizations using the ConnectWise remote-device management solution. The company in mid-February revealed the flaws, along with partial remediation. Customers no longer under support also are protected. Learn more.
GitHub Vulnerability Mother Lode
At least 100,000 repositories on GitHub reportedly contain malicious code, and that number could reach 1 million or more, according to a piece on GBhackers on Security, a web site dedicated to helping to keep developers safe online.
Android Studio Iguana Reaches Stability
The Android developer community late last week announced that the Iguana release of Android Studio (2023.2.1) is stable. The latest version enhances debugging and themed icon previews, and the new Studio Bot generates and fixes code and answers coding questions.
Edward Correia
