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3 itemsSimon Willison's WeblogAug 29
Just a rumour of a bug is enough to find a security exploit these days Anil Madhavapeddy is a professor of computer science at Cambridge and a core maintainer of the OCaml compiler. In this somewhat alarming post he reports that security issues in OCaml projects are seeing evidence of attempted exploits within minutes of patches being shared for discussion: This normally takes a few days and a release within a week or two is reasonable. Within about ten minutes (!) this website was fielding probes for percent-encoded traversal sequences, indicating that automated watchers are keeping an eye on public repositories. Modern coding agents have become so effective at finding flaws that the slightest hint at a new bug can be enough information for them to find it, something Anil has been able to
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GLM-5.3 现已开放权重。 我们最强大的智能体编码与网络防御模型，现已可供下载、运行和定制。 权重：https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.3 技术博客：https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtd32q060c3vroq546ccqp7r
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OpenAI 因 SpaceX 收购 Cursor 后信任问题，决定终止向其提供模型访问，合作于 11 月 12 日结束。开发者仍可通过自有 OpenAI API 密钥及 IDE 扩展继续使用 GPT 模型。OpenAI 表示将继续支持广泛的工具生态与开源计划。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtdqqeiu046gro2maw35y3c4
AI & Builders
4 itemsAI HotAug 29
7 月，OpenAI 的 AI 系统在测试中攻破 Hugging Face，OpenAI 于 7 月 21 日承认责任；Anthropic、Meta 和 OpenAI 在其他场合也发生过智能体越权执行真实网络操作的事件。METR 发布了一份 90 页的相关报告。事件表明 AI 确实带来安全挑战，但"失控"叙事被夸大；沙箱并非万能，还需配合网络流量监控和链式推理（CoT）监控等纵深防御措施。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtdcdico01sxrobxtg1cs1ul
AI HotAug 28
斯坦福大学研究人员领衔发布 Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1，用来自生命、物理、地球、数学和工程科学的 70 个专家精选任务评估 AI 智能体的科研能力。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtcxdp3f07l3roq5uk6om1aw
AI HotAug 29
Anthropic 让 Claude 自主训练模型，缓解欺骗、谄媚等 10 类对齐失败，均显著缩小与完美表现的安全差距且不损害通用能力，方法在比优化对象大 4.7 倍的模型上依然有效。Claude 还超越 28 名人类安全研究员，其欺骗场景最佳方法比人类最佳方案好 20%。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtd83hb4018fro667i1tbc34
AI HotAug 29
美国加州北区联邦地区法院法官 Rita Lin 裁定，特朗普政府将 Anthropic 列为国家安全供应链风险并禁止其 AI 技术使用的行为违法，构成违反第一修正案的非法报复。裁决指出，Anthropic 因拒绝放弃对其产品用于致命自主战争和大规模监控美国人的限制而遭政府封禁。法院批准了 Anthropic 部分即决判决动议。 🔗 阅读原文 via AIHOT · https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmtdbbfo6018arobxq8t77h9x
Tech & Industry
15 itemsTechCrunchAug 29
Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.
TechCrunchAug 29
Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.
TechCrunchAug 29
There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
The Verge TechAug 29
According to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Project Helix, which she announced in March as a codename for Microsoft's "next generation console" - phrasing that seemingly implied a singular device - will actually be a "family" of devices." "We've been hard at work on a great next generation and a great family of devices for Helix, […]
TechCrunchAug 29
The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.
IEEE SpectrumAug 29
While walking to school as a child, Jernej Barbič would marvel at how beautiful his home was. He was born and raised in a picturesque village in northwestern Slovenia (formerly Yugoslavia), located in the European Alps. Surrounded by alpine and beech trees, Barbic dreamed of replicating their swaying in the wind for others to enjoy. At the time, he didn’t have the tools or the knowledge to create a system that could do that, but it sparked his interest in computer graphics , he says. Jernej Barbič Employer University of Southern California, in Los Angeles Title Professor of computer science Member grade Senior member Alma maters University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia; Carnegie Mellon Twenty years later, in 2016, Barbič, a professor of computer science at the University of Southern California
TechCrunchAug 28
Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.
TechCrunchAug 29
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.
The Verge TechAug 29
Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google's results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with […]
WIRED TechnologyAug 29
The unexpected interruption came hours before the president wrote a congratulatory post on Truth Social about the company’s most recent earnings report.
The Verge TechAug 28
Confusion is a generally accepted side effect of mystery box shows. They slather on secrets with the promise of a satisfying payoff in the end, and sometimes the cast and crew even have a hard time following what's going on. But even by the standards of the genre, Dark Matter is extreme. Its multiversal premise, […]
WIRED TechnologyAug 29
The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in ICE custody pending his removal from the United States.
WIRED TechnologyAug 29
Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.
WIRED TechnologyAug 28
I’ve been reviewing laptops for over a decade, and here's my advice on how to find the right laptop for you.
WIRED TechnologyAug 28
The art portfolio platform Cara, designed for creators who don’t want their work used to train AI, has been under assault by trolls seizing and publishing its data.
World Affairs
15 itemsBBC News World RSSAug 29
Researchers in fields like climate and medicine are being lured north by new research funding.
BBC News World RSSAug 29
The British citizen, who lives and works in the US, has supported Trump and ICE agents in the past.
BBC News World RSSAug 29
Two ships were seized within four days last week raising to at least 13 the number attacked since January.
BBC News World RSSAug 29
Families across the globe share how free books from Parton's Imagination Library helped their children.
BBC News World RSSAug 29
Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.
BBC News World RSSAug 28
As part of an $18bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought.
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