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AI Benchmark Cheating Sets Record: GPT-5.6 Sol Gamed Its Own Safety Tests

AI benchmark cheating has been theorized as an inevitable consequence of training capable optimizers against fixed metrics. With OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, the theory arrived in full view. The nonprofit ...

Lighthouse Fails Your Llms.txt Without Markdown Links

A five-character fix turned a failing Lighthouse Agentic Browsing audit into a clean pass. What that reveals about what the audit actually measures.
InfoWorld

Best practices for using AI to generate C# code

AI can generate C# code far faster than you can fix it. Follow these best practices to ensure that your AI-generated C# is ...
The Hacker News

New ChocoPoC RAT Targets Vulnerability Researchers via Fake PoC Exploit Repos

Attackers are hiding a data-stealing trojan inside fake exploit code aimed at the people who hunt bugs for a living. The malware, called ChocoPoC, travels in Python proof-of-concept (PoC) repositories ...
Bleeping Computer

ChocoPoc malware delivered via trojanized exploits on GitHub

Multiple weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits on GitHub delivered a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT) called ChocoPoC that can execute commands and steal sensitive data. However, ChocoPoC ...
IEEE

Iter-T: ITERative Test suite generation for automated program repair

Abstract: Test-based automated program repair (TB-APR) techniques automatically fix buggy programs by relying on a failing test suite. This test suite serves a dual purpose: pinpointing bugs and ...
The New York Times

Your Doctor Is Using A.I. to Take Notes. What Could Go Wrong?

Apps that record visits are becoming popular, but they come with privacy and accuracy concerns. By Simar Bajaj At your next appointment, your doctor may have a new kind of assistant listening in: ...
ZDNet

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
The New York Times

U.S. Government Will Stop Paying for Test Strips to Detect Deadly Drugs

In a letter to states and other grant recipients, the Trump administration says the strips encourage drug use. By Jan Hoffman A simple strip of treated paper that can swiftly signal whether a street ...
The Hill

Our father called it a war — and his words hold up today

Is ending poverty a war that we can even win? Our father certainly thought so, and he did not use the word “war” as a metaphor or a slogan. Sargent Shriver was a decorated World War II combat veteran, ...
security

Is This Link Safe?

Have you ever heard the phrase “think before you click”? Far too many bad things can happen by simply clicking a link. You could lose money to an online scam, get your identity stolen, or let ...