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Outside evaluator METR finds Anthropic improving its models at about double the earlier rate, though much of the evidence is redacted
The independent organisation attributes the speed-up mainly to AI helping with the research itself, but the public could not see the most telling data.
4 sources · METR, AP via The Business Journal, CryptoSlate +US prosecutors get a central unit for every case involving misuse of advanced AI
The Justice Department's new task force is to target foreign states, criminal networks and fraudsters, but no new offence is being created.
3 sources · Nextgov/FCW, ExecutiveGov, Tech TimesMira Murati's start-up is said to be on the verge of raising 5 billion dollars, with Accel as lead investor
That would value Thinking Machines Lab at 40 billion dollars before the new money, more than three times last year's figure.
3 sources · Tech Funding News, Dataconomy, The NeuronProgramming languages
Poisoned chat template escapes the Jinja sandbox through a memory bug in Python itself
Security firm RunSybil shows how a malicious model can run code on servers that host AI models, but no project really wants to own the problem.
3 sources · InfoWorld, CSO Online, RunSybilTesting Node.js 27 early means different rounding in Math and data that older versions can no longer read
The first alpha under the new annual cadence brings V8 15.6, OpenSSL 4.1 and a series of changes library maintainers need to prepare for now.
3 sources · Node.js-blog, NodeSourceOther tech
Infected websites steal cookies and passwords from outdated smartphones, with researchers pointing to Russian intelligence
US cyber agency CISA has now put an old iPhone bug from the attack chain on its list of actively exploited flaws.
3 sources · Sekoia, Help Net Security, The Hacker NewsAfter court orders in Norway and Brazil, Meta shelves its new business conditions indefinitely
The rules would have allowed Meta to automatically crawl the websites of business customers, prompting an outcry from publishers.
3 sources · Nieman Lab, ABC News, AI WeeklyClosing the serious hole in Paint is only possible through the Microsoft Store, which administrators can easily overlook
A fully updated Windows PC can still contain a vulnerable version of the drawing program.
3 sources · The Hacker News, SOCRadar, SQ Magazine