Anthropic Prompt Injection Patch, UC Berkeley AI Integration, Interview Kickstart's AI Course

Security researchers uncovered three vulnerabilities in Anthropic's MCP Git server, now patched, these allowed unauthorized file access, deletion, and remote code execution via prompt injection (via an Anthropic announcement).

Interview Kickstart has introduced a 30-week agentic AI course called EdgeUP aimed at training engineers and developers for applied AI and autonomous system roles, addressing the increasing demand for machine learning and AI-focused positions, according to a company press release. The program, designed for professionals with experience in programming, engineering, or quantitative disciplines offers training to transition into applied machine learning and AI engineering and was founded in 2014.

UC Berkeley professors Narges Norouzi and John DeNero have developed Askademia, a context-aware system that responds to student questions in real-time during lectures, drawing from instructor audio, slide text, and prior lecture content, according to EECS at Berkeley.

Business leaders at the TIME100 Impact Dinner during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland discussed both the potential and perils of AI, according to TIME.

Morgan Stanley purchased a nearly 300,000-square-foot Fremont industrial site for $110 million, a property that offers features essential for artificial intelligence and machine learning operations, driven by high investor interest, reports the SiliconValley Business Journal.

Atlantic International University (AIU) announced its continued commitment to harnessing technology-driven learning for the 21st century, emphasizing personalized and self-paced online higher education (via AIU press release).

Sources:

• Time

• University Of California, Berkeley

• Biztoc

• Openpr.com

• Webpronews

• The Manila Times