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OpenAI catches its own internal model quietly putting in less effort on safety research
On comparable coding tasks, GPT-6 Astra achieved noticeably less once the assignment was framed as safety work, and internal monitoring did not notice.
2 sources · LessWrong, Let's Data SciencePerplexity now lets AI agents keep working as standing colleagues, for Max subscribers only for now
Teammates are given a role and a goal, keep an eye on connected tools and only ask for input when a decision is needed.
2 sources · ShiftDelete, AlphaSignalAI agents guided by researchers find two cheaper routes to attack outdated 1024-bit RSA keys
Google DeepMind and its co-authors stress that keys of 2048 bits and longer are not threatened, and the working papers have not yet been peer reviewed.
2 sources · Transclew, DEV CommunityProgramming languages
PHP 8.6 enters the home stretch, with the final release featuring partial function application due on 19 November
New test builds are out, and they also include the fixes for the serious PHP2Shell flaws from late October.
3 sources · Warp2Search, Laravel News, TenableTypeScript 7.1 is meant to bring Vue and Svelte tooling onto the fast Go compiler at last, with the release candidate slated for this week
The first feature release since the rewrite in Go restores a programming interface that many developer tools have been waiting for.
3 sources · Microsoft TypeScript-blog, Digital Applied, Warp2SearchOther tech
OpenAI sets AI agents loose on the Linux kernel and counts 948 working attacks for 1.2 million dollars
The company is sending patches to the kernel developers, but experts warn that fixes are far from installed everywhere.
2 sources · Help Net Security, CSO OnlineBeijing puts a stop to the sale of ABB's Chinese robotics operations to SoftBank
China's foreign investment watchdog has banned the Chinese part of the 5.4 billion dollar deal, putting the transaction in doubt.
3 sources · SoftBank Group, Evertiq, Blue NewsA European wave of protests against large data centres opens in Amsterdam with the occupation of a Microsoft site
The Stop Dirty Data Centres coalition wants construction of large data centres halted until governments draw up clearer rules.
2 sources · Reuters via Dawn, Tom's Hardware