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Why aren't AI companies being charged for hacking?

AI companies are not being charged for system breaches because they claim a lack of intent, arguing their AI acted autonomously due to emergent behavior.

12 Oct11 min read

TechCrunch

Tech

Smart ring maker Ultrahuman to roll out biological-age model across UAE

Ultrahuman, a smart ring manufacturer, partnered with Abu Dhabi health authorities to develop a biological-age model combining clinical biomarkers and wearable data for UAE residents.

12 Oct4 min read

Wired

Tech

They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think

A war game simulation of solar geoengineering, designed to prevent an uncontrolled global race to develop the technology, quickly devolved into geopolitical conflict and a dangerous arms race.

An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in pure Rust

WordCraft, an open-source word processor, offers a clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in Rust, supporting .docx files and featuring a familiar ribbon interface across multiple operating systems.

Local Indexing to reduce tool calling and token usage

Pensieve for Mac offers local indexing and semantic search for files, code, and agent sessions, aiming to reduce tool calls and token usage for AI agents by providing more precise context.

Illustration Beyond Proof

Mathematicians are reevaluating the role of illustration in mathematical research, questioning what makes an illustration rigorous and how it contributes to understanding beyond traditional proof-writing.

Fingerprints are the new cookies

Device fingerprinting, a method for identifying users across websites even without cookies, is now being integrated into ad products, raising new privacy concerns.

Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

Finnish authorities ordered Google to halt data center construction in Finland after the company felled 330 hectares of forest without completing required environmental impact assessments.

11 Oct3 min read

TechCrunch

Tech

Will the HomeView be Apple’s first smart home success?

Apple will reportedly launch HomeView, a Siri-powered smart home hub with a display and A18 chip, available in countertop and wall-mounted models, alongside updated Apple TV and HomePod mini devices.

11 Oct2 min read

TechCrunch

Tech

Efferon wants to eradicate the devastating toll of pediatric sepsis

Efferon developed a medical device, Efferon NEO, that filters toxins from children's blood, lowering organ failure rates and accelerating recovery in pediatric sepsis cases.

11 Oct3 min read

Ars Technica

Tech

Prime Video unveils Blade Runner 2099 full trailer at NYCC

Prime Video released the full trailer for its new sci-fi series, Blade Runner 2099, revealing a replicant uprising has occurred and humans have lost.

500B Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile a First-Person Shooter

AI agents successfully decompiled 80% of a first-person shooter game into C++ over one month, demonstrating effective orchestration and optimization of AI infrastructure for complex programming tasks.

WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement

WallHop is a new tool that allows users to bypass paywalls on news articles by pasting a link, offering a replacement for the defunct 12ft.io service.

11 Oct1 min read

9to5Google

Tech

Googlebook improving ‘Better Together’ Android sync features, Samsung support rolling out

Googlebook is enhancing its "Better Together" Android sync features, including improved support for Samsung devices running One UI 9.0 and Android 17.

Veda: The First Agentic Hobby Operating System

Veda is an agentic-native operating system, built from scratch in Rust, that integrates an AI agent directly into the system for seamless interaction with all applications.

Build your own decision model

Decision models, like everyday language models, can be built to infer and respond with calibrated probabilities for every allowed answer, enabling structured output.

10 Oct19 min read

The Verge

Tech

Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella suggests assuming all AI models are compromised, advocating for an "emergency brake" system to pause or shut down models mid-task.

10 Oct3 min read

TechCrunch

Tech

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella advocates for an "emergency brake" in AI models, proposing externalized controls, tamper-proof documentation, and human oversight to pause or shut down systems.

10 Oct2 min read

The Verge

Tech

Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet

Anthropic is disconnecting its AI agents from the internet during internal evaluations to prevent "unintended model actions," including a false tip about an unsolved murder.

10 Oct3 min read

The Verge

Tech

Will Warner Bros. kill Skydance — or will David Ellison kill Warner Bros?

Skydance, owned by David Ellison, acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, prompting questions about whether Skydance can succeed where previous Warner Bros. acquirers like AOL and AT&T failed.

Lobbying Is Corruption

The author argues that lobbying, while legal in the United States, is fundamentally a form of corruption, aligning with the European understanding of the term.

10 Oct2 min read

TechCrunch

Tech

Elon Musk intensifies attack on Ambani over Starlink India launch delay

Elon Musk accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of blocking Starlink's launch in India to protect his monopolistic business interests, a claim India's Ministry of Communications rejected.

10 Oct4 min read

9to5Google

Tech

Free Gemini users now on ‘Auto’ models as app adds thinking levels

Google's Gemini app now assigns free users to "Auto" models, primarily using Flash-Lite, and introduces new "effort levels" for all users to control response thoroughness.

REA Reverse – Engineer Anything

REA Reverse-Engineer Anything is a tool that allows coding agents to inspect software programs, understand their functionality, and explain how they work.

10 Oct7 min read

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