PRY Agent is a Chrome extension that automates web tasks using an AI planner while preventing private data from leaving your device. It reads pages, plans multi-step actions in plain language, and executes tasks such as filling forms, searching, navigating, and extracting information. It supports connecting to any AI provider you choose, including fully local models, and operates without an account system or telemetry; settings and session history remain in browser local storage and can be cleared from the extension.
Privacy protections are enforced on-device before any content reaches the AI: local detectors validate and tag sensitive values (including checksum checks for Aadhaar and card numbers), replace them with tokens that the AI sees while real values stay in memory and are restored only at action time, and redact screenshots (masking password/card/ID fields and blurring faces) with a local OCR re-check. A safety gate blocks typing of passwords, card numbers or government IDs and prompts for confirmation on irreversible actions; an egress meter tracks bytes sent to the AI and a privacy radar flags personal data in outbound traffic. The developer discloses collection of web history, user activity and website content but states data is not sold or used beyond core functionality.
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Neuralwatt emphasizes that prompt caching significantly impacts energy efficiency in AI models, with cache misses roughly doubling energy use. Proper harness design can reduce unnecessary recomputation, saving both energy and computational costs. (neuralwatt.com)
An integration in Home Assistant scans secrets without user authorization, causing privacy concerns. The user warns that this mechanism could be abused, despite no consent given. (github.com)
Cloudera has been ordered to pay back wages and faces a two-year debarment for discriminating against US workers. The settlement was secured by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Labor. (justice.gov)
911 emergency response system in the US struggles to effectively address mental health crises and properly route emergency calls. This highlights the need for specialized response protocols to improve outcomes. (themarshallproject.org)
The seeds for the NIST elliptic curves were generated using the drand48 random number generator seeded with the current UNIX timestamp in 1997-98. A team from Anthropic discovered and claimed the bounty by revealing this cryptographic history, donating the prize to Let’s Encrypt. (words.filippo.io)
Claude revealed that the seeds for the widely used ECDSA elliptic curve standards were generated using a Unix time seed in the C library's random-number generator, not by hashing humorous phrases as previously thought. This discovery clarifies the long-standing mystery about the origins of these cryptographic parameters. (anthropic.com)
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