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eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts'.

www.tomshardware.com

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Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts'.

www.tomshardware.com

eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Cisco's president is betting on Gen Z to change the company
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    So your telling me someone only has to pay off 1 27 year old to ensure they have a backdoor into most enterprise networks?

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      No. They have already told off a 27 year old to ensure that the backdoor(s) they put there on purpose are still there when he gets done. It’s been worse than you thought for years.

      • https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cisco-backdoor-hardcoded-accounts-software,37480.html
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      LLMs will never take the job of the $5 wrench! Hit him with it til the back door is done.

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