2026-09-08

• Massive AI funding (Mistral’s €3B round) signals continued investor confidence in generative AI.
• Open‑source AI models such as the UAE’s Falcon NSFW classifier are reaching top global rankings, highlighting a shift toward community‑driven AI.
• Factoring legacy RSA keys from a 90s CA underscores the urgent need to retire outdated cryptography and patch security debt.

💻 Daily Snippet

# Scan for RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits in PEM files under /etc/ssl
find /etc/ssl -type f -name "*.pem" -exec sh -c 'openssl rsa -in "$1" -check -noout 2>/dev/null | grep -iq "Private-Key:" && openssl rsa -in "$1" -noout -text 2>/dev/null | grep -iq "Private-Key: ([0-9]+ bit)" && [ "$(openssl rsa -in "$1" -noout -text 2>/dev/null | grep -oP "Private-Key: \(\K[0-9]+")" -lt 2048 ] && echo "Weak key: $1"' _ {} \;

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Originally published on Shell Signal