Sam Altman Says Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’
Sam Altman Says Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’ Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said bots are making social media feel ‘fake’ after reading a stream of posts on…
The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model
The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model Summary The UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), backed by G42, has released K2 Think: a…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive-research pipeline built by two Israeli security researchers can generate proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for disclosed vulnerabilities in minutes. The system—dubbed…
45 New Domains Linked to Salt Typhoon, UNC4841
45 New Domains Linked to Salt Typhoon, UNC4841 Summary Security researchers at Silent Push uncovered 45 domains, some created as far back as 2020, that they assess with high confidence…
The Critical Failure in Vulnerability Management
The Critical Failure in Vulnerability Management Summary This commentary argues that the vulnerability management market has reached a tipping point: vendors focused on surfacing vulnerabilities rather than reducing real risk,…
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant Summary Tim Andrews, 67, remains alive more than six months after receiving a genetically modified pig kidney at…
Can researchers stop AI making up citations?
Summary OpenAI’s GPT-5 reduces the frequency of fake citations and other ‘hallucinations’ compared with earlier models, but researchers say eliminating hallucinations entirely is unlikely. Hallucinations stem from how large language…
‘LinkedIn is like air to me’: the scientists who’ve cracked professional networking
Summary The Nature Careers piece profiles eight researchers who use LinkedIn strategically to build community, find collaborators, raise their profiles and advance careers. It covers practical advice from careers coaches…
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back Summary This Nature Podcast episode (Self Correction, episode two) examines research misconduct: why it happens, how common it might be, and…
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse Summary Researchers tested a scale model of a steel truss bridge to destruction and discovered six latent mechanisms that help such bridges resist collapse.…