Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, a beta AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help reduce…
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network
Rising River Temperatures Threaten Paris’s Water-Based Building Cooling Network Summary Paris runs a district cooling network that pumps Seine river water through heat exchangers to cool around 800 buildings, including…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational, first-of-its-kind expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle litigation brought…
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System
Boffins Build Automated Android Bug Hunting System – Slashdot Summary Researchers at Nanjing University and the University of Sydney have developed an AI agent, A2, that automates vulnerability discovery and…
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year
Firefox Ending 32-bit Linux Support Next Year Summary Mozilla has announced it will stop producing 32-bit Linux builds of Firefox in 2026. Version 144 will be the last regular 32-bit…
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky and the “doomer” wing of the AI-safety movement that warns advanced AI could cause human…
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement Summary Anthropic has agreed to a proposed settlement of at least $1.5 billion to resolve a US…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An Israeli researcher duo built an automated offensive-research pipeline (dubbed Auto Exploit) that uses CVE advisories, code patches and prompts to large…
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business Summary UltraViolet Cyber has acquired the Application Security Testing (AST) services arm of Black Duck, expanding its unified security operations and…