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How I made Quickview, my AI-based Crypto Newsletter

Implementing • 19 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Crypto Database Automation
  1. Quickview is a newsletter created to share AI-based summaries of YouTube videos from crypto creators, helping subscribers stay informed and connected with the crypto community.
  2. Database modeling for this project involves tables for videos, creators, categories, languages, summaries, and newsletters on Substack, creating a structured system.
  3. Automation in the process includes collecting YouTube videos, generating summaries with ChatGPT, and publishing a new post daily using scheduled tasks and Heroku, optimizing efficiency.

New newsletter, as suspicious of technology as ever

Technology, Environment, and Art • 39 implied HN points • 14 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Automation Content creation Digital ethics Technological Impact
  1. The author warns against AI and advocates for a cautious approach towards technology, believing AI is a significant danger to humanity
  2. Not all AI developments are beneficial; the author strongly objects to AI taking over creative tasks and emphasizes the importance of human connection over AI-driven efficiency
  3. The author calls for resistance against the advancement of AI, encouraging individuals to avoid AI tools and take a stand against the pervasive use of technology for the sake of genuine human interaction and creativity

Entrust mis-issues a certificate, Refuses To Follow CA/B Rules

Musings about WebPKI and Public Trust • 8 HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Certificates Automation Incident Response
  1. Certificate Authorities can face incidents like misissuance or non-issuance, with misissuances often caused by human error or software bugs.
  2. Baselining Requirements set by the CA/B forum provide rules for dealing with certificate misissuances, including the timeline for revocation.
  3. Entrust's recent incident highlights a misissuance dilemma, where they continued misissuing certificates and refused to follow the proper revocation process, impacting thousands of Extended Validation certificates.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate Supply Chain Attacks with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 25 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Data Analysis Automation Integration Threat Detection
  1. Supply chain attacks target vulnerabilities within the chain, aiming to compromise products or services before reaching end-users. They pose a significant threat due to their indirect nature, multi-stage process, and high impact potential.
  2. Kusto Query Language (KQL) in Microsoft Sentinel is essential for detecting anomalies or patterns linked to supply chain attacks. By using KQL queries, organizations can identify unusual activities and potential threats.
  3. Microsoft Sentinel's integration with various tools and automated response capabilities, such as Playbooks, enables swift detection, investigation, and mitigation of supply chain threats. Leveraging these features enhances security measures.
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The Future of Sequencing

ASeq Newsletter • 29 implied HN points • 04 Jan 24
🔬 Science Genomics Automation
  1. Sequencers should be as boring and simple as qPCR machines for easy use and accessibility.
  2. Automation in sequencing should focus on sample-to-answer approaches like the GeneXpert in diagnostics.
  3. Broader adoption of sequencing in clinical applications may require a cultural shift towards valuing diagnosis even without immediate treatment options.

This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

The Weasel Speaks • 157 implied HN points • 27 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Automation Software Development Generative models
  1. Agile has three main views in the industry: it doesn't work, it's taking away jobs, it accelerates value to customers.
  2. Technological disruptions often make people feel like their jobs are in jeopardy.
  3. AI stirs opinions: it's criticized for not working, it's accused of taking jobs, yet it can accelerate learning and revolutionize work.

The Ways Microsoft Security Copilot Can Enhance Security Operations with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 39 implied HN points • 06 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Security AI Cloud Analytics Automation
  1. Security teams face challenges such as complexity in handling large volumes of security data from various sources like logs and alerts, making analysis overwhelming, especially during cyberattacks.
  2. There is a skills gap in the market for skilled security professionals, leading to a lack of resources and expertise within security teams to manage all security tasks effectively.
  3. To address challenges, security teams need solutions that simplify security data and tasks, empower them with AI and machine learning capabilities, and protect the organization from cyberthreats by leveraging the latest threat intelligence.

Areas of interest (June 2023)

Peter's Newsletter • 137 implied HN points • 20 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Automation Developer Tools
  1. Design-to-code automation is being explored, possibly streamlining the process of translating designs into working code.
  2. Developer playgrounds, like Jupyter notebooks, are becoming more important for creative software development and experimentation.
  3. Treating agents as users opens up new possibilities in app interactions, such as assigning work or leveraging business knowledge in various contexts.

Maximizing Product Management Efficiency with ChatGPT and Generative AI

An Innovator's Sketchbook • 19 implied HN points • 28 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Product Management Generative AI Automation Data Analysis
  1. Leverage AI to boost personal productivity in product management through planning, execution, and user feedback analysis.
  2. Use large language models (LLMs) in product strategy for idea generation, evaluation, and decision-making.
  3. Optimize day-to-day efficiency by using AI to break down goals into manageable tasks and plan daily schedules.

Why AI Won't Cause Unemployment

Marc Andreessen Substack • 163 HN points • 04 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Economy Regulation Innovation Automation
  1. Throughout history, fears of technology causing unemployment have not matched reality in capitalist economies.
  2. AI may face barriers due to regulations that already make technology illegal in many sectors of the economy.
  3. Sectors heavily regulated by the government see rising prices without technological innovation, while less regulated sectors witness falling prices due to technological advancement.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate Botnet Attacks with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 59 implied HN points • 16 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Analytics Threat intelligence Automation Collaboration
  1. Botnet attacks can be detrimental to network security by causing massive disruptions through DDoS attacks, data theft, and malware distribution.
  2. Microsoft Sentinel provides advanced AI and machine learning capabilities to detect and mitigate botnet attacks effectively, offering features like threat intelligence integration and automated incident response.
  3. Organizations can enhance botnet detection with Microsoft Sentinel by setting up custom alerts, regularly updating systems, implementing strong access controls, and collaborating with security teams for threat intelligence sharing.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 59 implied HN points • 12 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Security Cloud Computing Data Analytics Automation Threat Detection
  1. Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are stealthy and sophisticated cyberattacks that aim to gain unauthorized access and remain undetected for prolonged periods, typically orchestrated by skilled threat actors like nation-state groups or cybercrime syndicates.
  2. Microsoft Sentinel provides a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution that offers intelligent security analytics, threat intelligence, and the ability to collect and analyze data at scale.
  3. To combat APTs effectively, organizations can utilize Microsoft Sentinel to connect data sources, use workbooks for monitoring, analytics rules for correlating alerts into incidents, playbooks for automating common tasks, and hunting queries for proactively searching for threats.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate a DNS Spoofing Attack with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 59 implied HN points • 11 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Security Cloud Computing Cybersecurity Threat Detection Automation
  1. DNS spoofing, also known as DNS cache poisoning, can lead to serious consequences like compromising credentials and exposing confidential information.
  2. Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM solution that offers benefits like intelligent security analytics, scalability, and cost reduction compared to legacy solutions.
  3. To detect and mitigate DNS spoofing attacks using Microsoft Sentinel, you can leverage features like built-in connectors, workbooks for monitoring data, analytics rules, playbooks for automated workflows, and custom logic creation.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate Session Token Stealing Attacks with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 59 implied HN points • 06 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Data Analytics Cloud Computing Threat Detection Automation
  1. Session token stealing attacks can lead to unauthorized access, data theft, account takeover, and other malicious activities.
  2. To detect session token stealing attacks, Microsoft Sentinel offers a comprehensive solution using advanced analytics, threat intelligence, and automation.
  3. Mitigate session token stealing by using HTTPS encryption, secure cookies, short-lived session tokens, strong passwords, multifactor authentication, and other security measures.

The Thrill of Deprecating Dashboards

Sarah's Newsletter • 239 implied HN points • 29 Nov 22
🕹 Technology Analytics Automation Data Management BI Tools Data Visualization
  1. Having an excessive number of dashboards can lead to inefficiency and confusion within an organization. It's important to prioritize strategic organization over creating new dashboards indiscriminately.
  2. Developing an automated dashboard deprecation strategy can help save time and maintain a clean BI instance. By automating the process, organizations can efficiently manage and delete unused visuals.
  3. Implementing a proactive maintenance plan, such as using a data catalog or automated tools, can help keep BI instances organized and optimal for data insights. Regular cleaning and organization are key to ensuring the effectiveness of analytics strategies.

Beyond Alerts: Easing Security Fatigue with Autonomous Moving Target Defense

ussphoenix • 14 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Automation Threat intelligence Incident Response
  1. Moving Target Defense (MTD) can prevent successful attacks by introducing dynamic configurations and variability.
  2. MTD reduces false positives by making it harder for automated scanning tools to generate consistent patterns.
  3. MTD shifts security from reactive to proactive by constantly changing the attack surface and reducing the need for continuous detection.

Why Job Displacement Predictions are Wrong: Explanations of Cognitive Automation

Scaling Knowledge • 117 implied HN points • 30 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Automation Cognition ML Economics
  1. Predictions about job displacement due to large language models are often wrong because they lack explanations of how LLMs and human intelligence differ.
  2. Jobs are more likely to be augmented than automated by technologies like LLMs, as human creativity and autonomy are essential in many fields like software engineering, medicine, law, and media production.
  3. Regulations on AI and cognitive automation may hinder progress and knowledge creation, leading to unforeseen consequences and limiting the potential benefits of such technologies.

"AI For PE" Startups Are Missing the Point

Fully Distributed by Ori Eldarov • 78 implied HN points • 04 Aug 23
💼 Business AI Startups Private Equity Investing Automation
  1. The real value in AI for Private Equity is in enhancing portfolio companies, not just investors.
  2. Most AI solutions for Private Equity focusing on automating low-impact tasks may not significantly boost revenues for funds.
  3. The opportunity in AI for Private Equity lies in driving operational efficiencies at the portfolio company level through workflow automation and improved analytics.

#3 - Big AI Goes to the White House + Pandora's AI Box? + AI Treaties

Navigating AI Risks • 117 implied HN points • 05 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Automation Jobs Government Regulation
  1. The White House is engaging with top AI companies to discuss risks and set guidelines for responsible AI use.
  2. Leaked documents show concerns about open-source AI catching up to big companies, raising issues about model accessibility and misuse.
  3. Generative AI is being used to automate tasks, raising concerns about job displacement and income inequality across various industries.

The rough edges of Terraform that I awkwardly stumble over

Basta’s Notes • 122 implied HN points • 07 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Infrastructure Automation Resource Management API Integration
  1. Terraform allows writing code to describe infrastructure in production, automating deployment and management across various cloud platforms.
  2. Securing secrets in Terraform state files can be a challenge, requiring manual handling to avoid storing sensitive data.
  3. Terraform's manual and serial nature requires human oversight for changes to avoid unintended consequences, making automation challenging.

The Future of Network Observability and Network Automation

Internet Dynamics • 58 implied HN points • 06 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Networking Observability Automation Data Analysis APIs
  1. Network observability is crucial for network automation to handle real-time mitigation and remediation.
  2. Observability solutions need to consider topology, alerts, correlation, suppression, policy, and meta-data for effective network monitoring.
  3. Future approaches to observability and automation should recognize and manifest common components like Topology, CMDBs and Meta-data.

Microsoft Sentinel SOC 101: How to Detect and Mitigate Rare Domains Seen in Cloud Logs

Rod’s Blog • 39 implied HN points • 19 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Security Cloud Computing Threat Detection Automation Orchestration
  1. Rare domains in cloud logs can indicate malicious activities like command and control communication, phishing, or data exfiltration.
  2. Microsoft Sentinel offers a built-in hunting query to identify rare domains and mitigate potential security incidents.
  3. By using automation and orchestration in Microsoft Sentinel, organizations can efficiently respond to and manage incidents related to rare domains in cloud logs.

Saving Time Using Auto1111's API: Automated Workflow for XYZ Grids

followfox.ai’s Newsletter • 98 implied HN points • 27 May 23
🕹 Technology Automation API Workflow Testing
  1. An automated workflow using Auto1111's API can save time when generating XYZ comparison grids
  2. The process involves creating a CSV file with parameters for each grid and using a script to feed these parameters to Auto1111 through the API
  3. While this automated workflow can save time, it may not allow for immediate review and adjustments after each grid generation

Generative AI is good at cooperating with people and bad at full automation

Skybrian’s Blog • 98 HN points • 29 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Generative AI Automation Software Development AI Tools
  1. Generative AI excels in cooperating with people but struggles with full automation.
  2. Random variety is engaging but not ideal for repetitive tasks.
  3. Combining the strengths of traditional software for repetition and generative AI for creativity can lead to successful and interactive cooperation between people and AI tools.

Must Learn AI Security Compendium 7: What is Generative Automation?

Rod’s Blog • 39 implied HN points • 04 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Automation Security Challenges Generative
  1. Generative automation uses generative AI to automate tasks that require creativity or human-like reasoning, like writing a poem or designing a logo.
  2. Generative automation benefits various industries by helping with content creation, design, education, research, and more.
  3. Security challenges in generative automation include data security, access control, malicious code, third-party dependencies, human error, and lack of transparency.