Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.
An off-grid AI sounds like a great survival assistant, but is better left to roleplaying the zombie apocalypse
Would you rather play Russian roulette with an LLM or put your health and safety in the hands of a professional
X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year
X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that "it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster." He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year anniversary on the job, and just weeks ...
Meta introduces Muse Code, its take on a coding agent
The terminal-based coding tool is powered by a new AI model, Muse Spark 1.2.
Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks
A Canadian man pleaded guilty today to his role in accessing company accounts at cloud storage provider Snowflake and stealing data from at least 165 organizations in a scheme to extort millions of dollars from victims. [...]
Prompt injection isn't the bug, AI agent frameworks are
Check Point researchers tried to break the frameworks enterprises use to build AI apps. Now they're telling Black Hat attendees what they found
Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product
The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the "24/7 job" of overseeing X.
The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing
Article URL: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/blade-runner-title-cards/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189287 Points: 98 # Comments: 24
Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO
Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber.
NVIDIA’s Vera Whitepaper Has a Thread Loose
Article URL: https://chipsandcheese.com/p/nvidias-vera-whitepaper-has-a-thread Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189234 Points: 60 # Comments: 6
Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases
Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software.
I'll be stepping back from leading product for X
https://xcancel.com/nikitabier/status/2085105586966827343/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189113 Points: 103 # Comments: 166
Prime Agent: A self-improving RLM agent
Article URL: https://www.primeintellect.ai/blog/prime-agent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189075 Points: 70 # Comments: 10
Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships
The DOJ alleged that OpenAI did not meaningful attempt to hire U.S. citizens before seeking permanent residence for Visa-holding employees.
Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing
Schwartz is well-qualified for the role, but crashed and burned in Senate hearing.
Time Magazine has a separate version of its website with ads only AI can see
Brands are already paying to influence what chatbots say about them
Engadget Indie Pitch: 'VILE: Exhumed' physical edition
"Play an interactive video nasty."
The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward “Big Balls” Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.
Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry
Moove is scaling up the autonomous vehicle fleet management side of its business and plans to someday own, not just manage, Waymo robotaxis.
How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM
Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their growing social media presence and their podcast, Lightwork.