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Podcast: Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Conversations

404 Media podcast examines contractors who read real ChatGPT user conversations, plus Automattic CEO turmoil and a16z's enshittification essay.

404 Media's weekly podcast leads with an investigation into 'Project Lily,' the human contractors who review real ChatGPT users' prompts and conversations; the reporter reviewed internal documents about the program. It also covers leadership upheaval at Automattic, where CEO Matt Mullenweg was put on leave of absence and then claimed he was back in control. A subscriber-only segment discusses a16z's argument that enshittification is not real.

404 Media · 1d agoAI safety & security

WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Release

WordPress 7.1.1 ships 11 security fixes including unauthenticated stored XSS in wpautop(), path traversal, and theme installation flaws; update immediately.

WordPress 7.1.1 is a short-cycle maintenance and security release fixing 11 security issues alongside 17 core and 19 block editor bug fixes. Flaws include unauthenticated stored XSS in wpautop(), stored XSS in themes with custom headers, authenticated path traversal in the WP REST Templates Controller, and specially crafted URLs that auto-install and preview inactive themes. Fixes are being backported to all branches eligible for security fixes, currently through 4.7; no CVE ids or in-the-wild exploitation were disclosed.

WordPress.org · Securityupdated · 6h agofirst · 18h agoAdvisory 4 sources