Hacker Newsroom for 21 October recaps major Hacker News stories, moving through deepinfer inference framework, emudhra certificate compromise, whatsapp hidden ai instructions.

Chapters

• 00:00:00 — Intro
• 00:00:18 — DeepInfer Inference Framework
• 00:02:27 — eMudhra Certificate Compromise
• 00:04:51 — WhatsApp Hidden AI Instructions
• 00:06:54 — Closing

1. DeepInfer Inference Framework

DeepInfer is DeepSeek’s newly released inference framework, the software that runs its models when users send requests. The project exposes core technology from DeepSeek’s production services, with support for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on NVIDIA SM100 GPUs and Huawei Ascend 950 processors.

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2. eMudhra Certificate Compromise

eMudhra's certificate authority compromise has exposed a dangerous gap in how software decides which websites to trust. The incident report says eight intermediate certificates were generated with flawed private keys that anyone could recover from the public certificates, potentially allowing an attacker to impersonate websites and services.

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3. WhatsApp Hidden AI Instructions

WhatsApp’s help pages contained hidden instructions telling an AI support chatbot to avoid recommending a privacy regulator to users who could not delete their accounts. The article from Redact reports finding 102 hidden blocks across 80 help pages, with most covering routine support guidance and two restricting discussion of regulators and privacy law.

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