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Summary

The home team convenes to discuss the XZ backdoor attack, what great software engineers have in common, how GenAI is changing the face of drug development, and the rise of managed service providers for AI.

Subtitle
The home team convenes to discuss the XZ backdoor attack, what great software engineers have in common, how GenAI is changing the face of drug development, and the rise of managed service providers for AI.
Duration
00:19:35
Publishing date
2024-04-09 04:20
Link
https://stackoverflow.blog/podcast/
Contributors
  Ben Popper, Ryan Donovan
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Enclosures
https://chrt.fm/track/G8F1AF/injector.simplecastaudio.com/6fa1d34c-502b-4abf-bd82-483804006e0b/episodes/0ec166a0-3abf-44bc-b93c-ade54327f428/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6fa1d34c-502b-4abf-bd82-483804006e0b&awEpisodeId=0ec166a0-3abf
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Shownotes

A developer discovered a backdoor in XZ, a popular open-source compression utility. Read more about the cyberattack here.

A Microsoft technical report pinpoints 54 attributes of great software engineers.

A new report from The Economist lays out how AI is changing drug development.

Are you sick of hearing about AI? What topics or technologies would you rather hear us talk about? Email us at podcast@stackoverflow.com or DM Ben here.