AI systems don’t have a drive to survive. Here’s why

In controlled safety tests described earlier this year, researchers asked AI models to solve a series of simple math problems. Partway through the exercise, the instructors warned the bots that if they tried to solve the next problem, the computer environment they...

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Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up

The president of the Royal Society has slammed the government’s decision to move science policy from the department also covering technology to the business department. In changes announced after Andy Burnham became UK Prime Minister in July, the government abolished...

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TV Audio Tube Makes a Transceiver

It’s not often we see a tube project here, so [Helge Fykse]’s PCL86 transceiver is a welcome find. If you know anything about the European Pro-Electron device naming system you’ll be familiar with it as it applies to tubes. The first letter denotes the heater...

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On Call: Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill

ON CALL Welcome to another edition of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed column that celebrates the fine art of tech support. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Eddy," the one-person IT department for an assisted living company. "I have had quite a...

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Jemalloc 5.4.0

Article URL: https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/tag/5.4.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750152 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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AI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability

If AI does end up killing us all, or just compounds our daily havoc, the insurance industry would rather not pay the bill. "AI-related harms are already emerging, including incorrect or misleading outputs, deepfakes, privacy violations, intellectual property disputes,...

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Building a DIY Centrifuge For Blood Processing

If you want to do certain types of lab work with blood, you’ll need a centrifuge. It’s often possible to find serviceable units on the used market, but they may not meet your requirements if you’re doing something quite specific. For that reason, [Thomas Nguyen]...

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Waymo in Singapore

Article URL: https://waymo.com/waymo-in-singapore/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749981 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

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Code Scans

Article URL: https://devin.ai/blog/introducing-code-scans Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749744 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Hacking OpenAI

Article URL: https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/hacking-openai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749656 Points: 10 # Comments: 1

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Claude Code from Source

Article URL: https://claude-code-from-source.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749019 Points: 12 # Comments: 1

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Surveillance Camera Security? It’s Completely Flocked!

Surveillance cameras from Flock Safety have become a controversial privacy battleground, as the communities in which they are installed wake up to their sinister potential, and stories roll in of law enforcement professionals abusing their access. One has had its disk...

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