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  Meta introduces consumer AI agent Muse in Singapore to simplify tasks and connect with popular apps, aiming to address safety and privacy concerns. The agent, designed for the mainstream market, can help users manage tasks, set goals, and make purchases without direct app integrations. Users can access Muse through the app or web, and it can be connected to various e-commerce, travel, and payment apps. Meta emphasizes user oversight and limits on personal data access.

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• The EVPN trust challenge: How to detect and contain internal MAC hijacks

  The Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) trust challenge exposes vulnerabilities in MAC address hijacking, allowing attackers to redirect traffic and evade detection. This risk is particularly significant for hypervisors hosting VMs, making them more susceptible to exploitation. To address this, organizations should implement strict MAC address filtering and monitor traffic patterns closely.

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• Source: OpenAI, a major Nvidia customer, plans to buy Google's TPUs; a job listing shows it seeks an engineer to "lead the optimization" of its models on TPUs (Ryan Barwick/The Information)

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