Iain Barclay

AI Agents: A third class of lateral movement AI agents create a new form of lateral movement by bridging isolated systems through delegated authority and tool access without new network paths or stolen credentials. Prompt injection exploits their autonomy and shared instruction-data channel, as shown in real-world incidents like Clinejection and unauthorized npm publishes. Multiple frameworks now recognize the pattern. Defenses require treating agents as trust boundaries with scoped access, strong identity, taint tracking, and segmentation. Source: christian-schneider.net/blog/ai-agent-…

@priteshpatel9 It does seem a bit strange, but Pascal was designed as a teaching language, so perhaps they still see value in that for getting the core principles across. Once those are understood, picking up new languages is just part of the job really. Python would be a better though, imho.

@iainbarclay Yeah that's what I thought. Python will be what was Pascal for us in 80s and 90s. I couldn't understand why they still teach pascal today over more modern languages.

Computer geeks. My eldest is picking a 6th form and wants to do computer science. 3 colleges we've visited all use different languages. 1) java 2) python 3) pascal They all obviously reckon they're the most relevant, they are in different ways but what are your opinions?

In the AI ecosystem, who supplies the data? the compute? the models? We just released a new tool on the AI Supply Chain. Our dataset reveals how AI models, data, compute, capital, and even talent change hands. Here’s why you should care 👇

Chatbot Privacy: An Analysis of Frontier AI Policies - arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05382 | youtu.be/3EuVeBql9bc A study of six major U.S. LLM developers’ privacy policies (PPs) found all use user chat data for training by default, often requiring users to opt-out. This data can include sensitive personal information (health, biometric data) and uploaded files. Authors: @kingjen, @kevin_klyman, @EmCapstick, @VictoriaHsieh1. Tiffany Saade - @Stanford #LLMPrivacy #ChatbotData #ModelTrainingData #DefaultOptIn #OptOutRequired #SensitiveDataRisk #IndefiniteRetention #PrivacyPolicyFlaws #BranchPolicies #DataTransparency #FrontierAI #CCPA #DataMinimization #PurposeLimitation #ChildrensPrivacy

@artymicheline Even in the photo it looks incredible

🇬🇧 BIG: British crypto firm KR1 is moving to the main board of the London Stock Exchange. Is this “the starter gun” for digital assets in the UK?

In case you missed it this week: we released our Interim Report (HY25), highlighting our strategic focus on staking activities, and we reported significant progress towards a more senior public market listing.

@thetimmorgan I went there to watch Southampton in a pre-season friendly (92/93, apparently). I arrived a little late, and the turnstile was already closed. A steward was on his way home, but spotted me and trotted back down the road to let me in. Seems weird now, but that's how I remember it!

@SimonCalder Interesting, thanks, I have often wondered if the bag price changed over time on a booked flight. Just need a bot now to alert when it’s cheapest!

Cabin baggage. Charges for taking a larger piece of hand luggage vary sharply, from under £16 to over £32. Even on the same airline/same route, they can differ. What's going on? Airlines use "yield management" to try to sell all the space in overhead bins. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Great work, @CerysBarclay

I’m using $SBET for $ETH exposure in my SIPP, seems like the best way to do this at the moment, given current UK regulations 🤞🏻

To kick off a policy-focused dialogue about blockchain technology, @NotreDame convened more than 60 thought leaders on campus. Attendees considered the innovative potential of blockchain alongside technical, ethical, and legal elements. research.nd.edu/news-and-event…

When a software person meets a holiday cottage… there’s more to do, but this was quite a lift and seems to be working out ok so far…

Great to see spring and summer bookings coming in at our Airbnb. Chepstow has a lot to offer visitors - great countryside and a magnificent castle! Still some opportunities to stay at Vauxhall Cottage 👉🏻 vauxhallcottage.com #Airbnb #Chepstow #VRBO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Today, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has published its report into engineering biology, entitled: “Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology”. Read it here: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldse… and watch our Chair discuss 1/

@damocozens @NorthamScott @SouthamptonFC Yep, have same problem - my son’s account is a friend & family on mine and doesn’t even have its own login, but now can’t access through mine as locked after purchasing my own 🤯 - please fix this bug, @SouthamptonFC

@NorthamScott @SouthamptonFC Yes this happens all the time if you have made a purchase you can’t sign back in and get more for other people the people who need the tickets has to sign it’s happened all season they need to change its annoying the ticket office ain’t open

A week today... ⏳ Our next sales window is now open allowing Season Ticket holders to purchase. You cannot purchase for non-Season Ticket holders:

@rhyspearceone @cardiffuni The Bute Building also scores very highly here

You simply can't fault @cardiffuni's staircase credentials

Fantastic news!

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