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AI Malware Is Here: New Report Shows How Fake AI Tools Are Spreading Ransomware

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Cisco Talos has uncovered new threats, including ransomware like CyberLock and Lucky_Gh0$t, and a destructive malware called Numero, all disguised as legitimate AI tool installers to target victims.

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RLHF 101: A Technical Tutorial on Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

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Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) is a popular technique used to align AI systems with human preferences by training them using feedback from people, rather than relying solely on predefined reward functions. Instead of coding every desirable behavior manually (which is often infeasible in complex tasks) RLHF allows models, especially large language models (LLMs), to learn from examples of what humans consider good or bad outputs.

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When your LLM calls the cops: Claude 4’s whistle-blow and the new agentic AI risk stack

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Claude 4s whistle-blow surprise shows why agentic AI risk lives in prompts and tool access, not benchmarks. Learn the 6 controls every enterprise must adopt.

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Cinematography of "Andor"

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What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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Gen Z is increasingly turning to ChatGPT for affordable on-demand therapy, but licensed therapists say there are dangers many aren’t considering

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Examples of people using ChatGPT for therapy have proliferated online, with some claiming that talking to a chatbot every day has helped them more

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YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom

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Why DeepSeek is cheap at scale but expensive to run locally

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Why is DeepSeek-V3 supposedly fast and cheap to serve at scale, but too slow and expensive to run locally?

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As Malaysia’s Huawei chip storm shows, sovereign AI is a fraught pursuit

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When Malaysias deputy minister of communications, Teo Nie Ching, announced the launch of the countrys sovereign AI infrastructure powered by

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An optimizing compiler doesn't help much with long instruction dependencies

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Does it matter if we are compiling with optimizations off (O0) or optimizations on (O3) if the problem is memory bound? Let's find out.

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Billionaire David Tepper Bought More Shares of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That Could Join Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia in the $3 Trillion Club by 2030

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The artificial intelligence (AI) market continues to grow rapidly.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Codex CLI is going native

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Hello! Thank you all for the excitement, feedback, and contributions over the past month or so since launch. It's been incredible to hear from all of you building with Codex CLI and now Codex i.

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Gmail now shows AI-generated summaries by default on mobile

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Until now, users seeking a quick overview of a lengthy email thread or a message with multiple replies had to tap a "Summarize this email" button to prompt Gemini to generate a summary. That step is no longer necessary.

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M8.2 solar flare, Strong G4 geomagnetic storm watch

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Humanity May Achieve the Singularity Within the Next 6 Months, Scientists Suggest

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Predictions across the field range from a few months to a few decades, but experts agreechange is coming. Heres what youll learn when you read this story: The world is awash in predictions of when the singularity will occur or when artificial general intelligence (AGI) will arrive.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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JFK files expose family secrets: Their relatives were CIA assets

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Apple's ChatGPT Rival Moves Forward, But Siri's Future Still Uncertain

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More details have emerged regarding Apple's plans to dramatically improve Siri by leveraging large language models (LLMs) that will make it more conversational and capable of nuanced reasoning. Meanwhile, Apple's work on a ChatGPT competitor model is also moving forward.

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I like Svelte more than React (it's store management)

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Why I like Svelte more than React (it's store management)

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AI deciphers plant DNA: language models set to transform genomics and agriculture

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By leveraging the structural parallels between genomic sequences and natural language, these AI-driven models can decode complex genetic information,

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect URLs based on regex

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Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect urls based on regex patterns, like a client side mod_rewrite.

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Generative AI and unstructured audio data for precision public health

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Ask HN: How Are Parents Who Program Teaching Their Kids Today?

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AI-Powered Virtual Agent Sells More Soft Drinks Than a Human Agent

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AI is here to automate and simplify tasks for humans. Its inherent traits even enhance performance, boosting business outcomes.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Is "The Phoenician Scheme" Wes Anderson's Most Emotional Film?

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Despite an abundance of plot strands and characters, Andersons latest drills down into the father-daughter relationship depicted by its leads, Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton.

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Experimental quantum-enhanced kernel-based machine learning on a photonic processor

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Recently, machine learning has had remarkable impact in scientific to everyday-life applications. However, complex tasks often require the consumption of unfeasible amounts of energy and computational power. Quantum computation may lower such requirements, although it is unclear whether enhancements are reachable with current technologies. Here we demonstrate a kernel method on a photonic integrated processor to perform a binary classification task.

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Learning from the Amiga API/ABI

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AI-driven mangrove mapping on Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia: enhancing the detection of dispersed patches with ML classifiers

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Mangroves provide essential ecological benefits, and accurate classification is vital for their protection. This study used 2023 Landsat 8 SR data within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to classify mangrove and non-mangrove areas in the Farasan Islands Protected Area in Saudi Arabia. Machine learning models, Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), eXtreme Gradient Boost (GB), and an ensemble approach were employed using spectral indices such as NDVI, MNDWI, SR, GCVI, and LST.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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“AI will replace all the jobs!” Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing

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Over the weekend, I went digging for evidence that AI can, will, or has replaced a large percent of jobs. It doesn’t exist.

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How To Use the INDEX Function in Excel

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Summary: The INDEX function in Excel returns values by position within arrays or ranges, enabling powerful data extraction. Combined with MATCH, it supports dynamic lookups surpassing VLOOKUP’s limitations. This guide covers syntax, usage, common errors, and practical examples for effective data handling. Introduction In today’s data-driven world, Excel remains the most powerful and widely used tool for managing, analyzing, and extracting insights from data.

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War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America

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Sysdig detects AI-assisted malware exploiting Open WebUI misconfigurations - SiliconANGLE

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A new report out today from cloud-native application security firmSysdig Inc.details one of the first instances of a large language model being weaponized in an active malware campaign.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?