Summary: Daniel Miessler’s newsletter, “Unsupervised Learning,” offers insights and tools to help people adapt to a world increasingly influenced by AI. His latest piece discusses Google’s NotebookLM, an innovative AI project that allows users to interact with their security programs in various ways. The newsletter also explores trends in AI, cybersecurity, and the potential impacts on the internet and job markets.
CISA is warning that brute-force attacks using default credentials against ICS/SCADA systems are on the rise. These attacks are particularly targeting the Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) sector, posing a real threat to water treatment and distribution processes (View Highlight)
China has reportedly achieved a significant AI milestone by developing a generative AI model that operates across multiple data centers and GPU architectures. (View Highlight)
Another way to think this is that we will eventually lose the Prevent part of Prevent, Detect, and Respond lifecycle. We’ll still be able to Detect and Respond if we have AI that’s as good or better. (View Highlight)
Newsom vetoed the California AI bill, saying it was too restrictive. I think he made the right call. The bill was largely correct, but just applied to too many things that weren’t dangerous. (View Highlight)
Ilya Sutskever’s AI reading list, originally compiled for John Carmack, has gone viral for its claim that mastering it covers 90% of what matters in AI. The list includes 27 items, from papers to courses, covering topics like Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, Transformers, and Information Theory (View Highlight)
Agile’s original principles have been lost in translation, leading to a rigid, bureaucratic process that stifles innovation. (View Highlight)
As AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity provide direct answers and perform tasks, they bypass traditional ad channels, threatening the funding of commoditized content. This shift could lead to a more transactional internet, with premium content thriving and new monetization models emerging (View Highlight)
Leaders like Elon, and Jobs, and Jensen, and Zuckerberg are basically beasts of both vision and execution.
Doesn’t mean they’ll win. But be weary of betting against them. (View Highlight)
Phone-Free School Act, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, mandates that all schools in the state limit cellphone use by July 1, 2026, with exceptions for emergencies and specific permissions. Such a wonderful piece of human progress, and congrats to Jonathan Haidt for helping make this happen with his latest book. (View Highlight)
Steve Jobs had this thing called the 10-Minute Rule, where he’d give himself just 10 minutes to tackle a problem or task. The idea is that by setting a short time limit, you reduce procrastination and increase focus. (View Highlight)
One thing I’ve been thinking a lot about recently is the death of the open internet. I think so much is about to be paid and/or behind authentication. (View Highlight)
The content is not the hard part. The knowledge is out there. It’s about having the right delivery, in the right format, from the right presenter, at the right time, in the perfect duration. (View Highlight)
Microservices are Technical Debt — This video argues that microservices, while popular for scaling, often introduce significant technical debt (View Highlight)