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Anthropic unveils ‘auditing agents’ to test for AI misalignment

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2026-01-09 21:15:53

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now When models attempt to get their way or become overly accommodating to the user, it can mean trouble for enterprises. That is why it’s essential that, in addition to performance evaluations, organizations conduct alignment testing. However, alignment audits often present two major challenges: scalability and validation. Alignment testing r

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Spotify Caught Doing Something Unbelievably Ghoulish With AI

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-10 00:14:40

Weeks after trending "indie rock band" The Velvet Sundown admitted its Spotify oeuvre was entirely generated by AI, news has emerged that the streaming company is using AI to publish new tunes by dead musicians. Per reporting by 404 Media, Spotify is populating the profiles of long-dead artists with new AI-generated songs that have nothing to do with the deceased musicians — without the permission of their families or record labels. The outlet uncovered, for instance, that American singer-song

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Show HN: Easy Python Time Parsing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 22:17:21

Time Helper A lightweight Python library for effortless datetime handling with timezone support. Built for simplicity and flexibility, it provides a comprehensive set of utilities for parsing, converting, and manipulating dates and times. Key Features: 🌍 Timezone-aware operations with abbreviation support (e.g., IST, PST, CET) with abbreviation support (e.g., IST, PST, CET) 🔄 Universal datetime parsing from strings, timestamps, and various formats from strings, timestamps, and various forma

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The FDA Is Using an AI to "Speed Up" Drug Approvals and Insiders Say It's Making Horrible Mistakes

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-10 08:13:06

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments Insiders at the Food and Drug Administration are ringing alarm bells over the agency's use of an AI to fast-track drug approvals. As CNN reports, six current and former FDA officials are warning that the AI, dubbed Elsa, which was unveiled weeks earlier, is "hallucinating" completely made-up studies. It's a terrifying reality that could, in a worst-case scenario, lead to potentially dangerous drugs mistakenly getting the stamp of approval from the FDA.

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Revisiting Moneyball

news.ycombinator.com Pardis Noorzad 2026-01-10 08:22:15

You can build a player in aggregate. The A’s discovered they could construct effective offensive production by combining players with complementary skills rather than seeking complete players. This insight challenged the traditional scouting preference for “five-tool players” who could hit for average, hit for power, run, field, and throw. Instead of expensive superstars, the A’s assembled a roster where different players contributed specific, undervalued skills: Scott Hatteberg: Exceptional

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Superfunctions: A universal solution against sync/async fragmentation in Python

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-06 05:39:48

This library is designed to solve one of the most important problems in python programming - dividing all written code into 2 camps: sync and async. We get rid of code duplication by using templates. Table of contents Quick start Install it: pip install transfunctions And use: from asyncio import run from transfunctions import ( transfunction , sync_context , async_context , generator_context , ) @ transfunction def template (): print ( 'so, ' , end = '' ) with sync_context : print ( "it's

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‘First Steps’ Includes a Touching Quartet of Cameos Bridging ‘Fantastic Four’ History

gizmodo.com Gordon Jackson 2026-01-10 08:00:57

As detailed in a new article over at Vanity Fair, The Fantastic Four: First Steps includes a few truly unexpected cameos outside of Paul Walter-Hauser’s Mole Man or its brief nods to other 60’s-era Marvel antagonists. As this site’s own intergalactic herald, may all who pass the purple portent below know they will be irreparably spoiled… If you’ve already seen First Steps in its early screenings today, you may have recognized appearances from the original live-action Fantastic Four. Of course,

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for July 25, #775

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 06:00:09

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle features that very rare thing -- an easy purple category! Or maybe my fascination with the royal family helped me out there. Need help? Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for July 25, #305

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 06:00:36

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition tested my breadth of sports knowledge. The blue category pays tribute to one of the greatest players of all time. See if you can figure it out. We've got hints and the answers in case you get stuck. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its

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One of the Rarest Pokemon in History Is Coming to Pokemon TCG Pocket

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 10:53:12

No honest person can resist the attraction of Pokemon Gold. That's why Pokemon TCG Pocket's Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion set is going all in on generation two when it arrives on July 29. This set will be one of the game's larger offerings, featuring more than 200 cards. I'm sure that has the most ravenous collectors breathing a sigh of relief, since the past two expansions -- Eevee Grove and Extradimensional Crisis -- have both had smaller complimentary card lists to build on Celestial Guard

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I Underestimated Workout Buddy. Apple's Playing the Long Game for AI Coaching

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 21:36:37

I didn't think I needed a "buddy" to cheer me on during a workout when Apple first announced its new Workout Buddy feature in WatchOS 26. Despite it being an AI-powered voice that extols you with positive feedback as you run (or as you do any number of activities), I was envisioning a non-nonsense trainer that would push me out of my comfort zone and into peak performance. But after testing it myself and talking in-depth with Apple about how it works, I'm starting to think the company undersold

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Android might soon trust your smartwatch to help verify your identity (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-11 03:58:29

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be working on smartwatch support for Android’s Identity Check feature. A connected watch could serve as a second authentication factor outside trusted locations. The feature was spotted in the latest version of Google Play Services beta. Google recently introduced a feature called Identity Check on Android 15 and later devices, designed to add extra protection from phone theft when you’re outside of predefined trusted locations. Now it looks l

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7 ways Linux can save you money

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-11 03:14:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Over the past few decades, I've watched many people spend huge amounts of money keeping their computers running or up to speed with modern technology. I've seen friends take their computers to support specialists to rid them of malware (spending more money than they'd prefer) and, lately, been privy to countless users faced with buying new machines to replace those running Windows 10. Also: The best Linux laptops Every time I see or hear of such things, the first

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Electric cars produce less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars

news.ycombinator.com William Harrison 2026-01-10 09:13:20

“It’s not just the tailpipe y’all,” joked one Electrek commenter, alluding to the black discolorations on alloy wheels visible proof of a less infamous city pollutant: brake dust. For decades, exhaust emissions have been the focus of city-air cleaning initiatives, but a new wave of research indicates that the real story goes far beyond the muffler. Image credit to rawpixel.com | License details A trailblazing study by EIT Urban Mobility, surveying the busy streets of London, Milan, and Barcelo

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Home Safe? Snap Map Will Let Your Friends and Family Know With Alert

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 00:42:25

"Let us know when you're home." How many times have you heard that from friends or family at the end of the night, but forgotten to follow up when you get through the door? Snapchat has added a feature to its popular Snap Map that will take care of it for you. The messaging app launched a new feature on Thursday called "Home Safe," which will alert friends and/or family that you're home safely even when you forget to do so. It's ideal to let folks know when you're back from a vacation, a night

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iPadOS 26 preview: The rare software update that makes (most) old hardware feel new

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-11 03:18:54

The Mac and the iPad are different devices that do different things. This has been the line from Apple executives, from its initial introduction to the advent of touchscreen PCs to just last month when Apple’s Craig Federighi talked to us about iPadOS 26’s new multitasking features. But it sometimes feels like this internal commitment to keeping the devices separate has held the iPad back as its hardware has become more capable. A mouse cursor? Sure, we’ll add it, after a few years of insisting

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The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law

wired.com Fernanda González 2026-01-11 08:31:18

If a country fails to take decisive action to protect the planet from climate change, it could be breaking international law and be held liable for damages caused to humanity. This is one of the conclusions of an unprecedented advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal obligations of states in the face of this environmental crisis. The 15 judges that make up the ICJ, the highest judicial body of the United Nations, described the need to address the threat o

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Everything Else

news.ycombinator.com Caitlín Doherty 2026-01-11 12:20:59

At the end of April, I travelled to Dubai to observe a violin competition. It was a commission for which I was profoundly unqualified, except in one regard: I wanted to visit Dubai. The editor of a classical music website got in touch to offer me a place on the trip after another freelancer dropped out. My lack of musical knowledge would not, he explained, be a hindrance. In fact, it might even help. The aim of the commission was not to evaluate the performances, but to report on what happened,

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Use Your Type System

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 11:57:05

Today I'm discussing a trivially simple technique that I've rarely seen used in production codebases. In programming, we often need to deal with simple values that can be represented by simple, generic types built into our programming language or provided by libraries: types like integer, string, or UUID. In any nontrivial codebase, this inevitably leads to bugs when, for example, a string representing a user ID gets used as an account ID, or when a critical function accepts three integer argu

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An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US

wired.com David Gilbert 2026-01-11 12:28:26

Xuewu Liu, a Chinese inventor who has no medical training or credentials of any kind, is charging cancer patients $20,000 for access to an AI-driven but entirely unproven treatment that includes injecting a highly concentrated dose of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleach solution, directly into cancerous tumors. One patient tells WIRED her tumor has grown faster since the procedure and that she suspects it may have caused her cancer to spread—a claim Liu disputes—while experts allege his marketing

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Spotify takes a swing at gaming with a mini golf game ahead of ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ release

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-01-11 12:33:35

Netflix and Spotify have teamed up to launch a golf-inspired game as a way to promote “Happy Gilmore 2,” the sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 comedy film, which premieres on Netflix this Friday, July 25. This partnership represents a new venture for Spotify, as the music platform has never teamed up with another company to create a gaming experience within its app before. Gaming is an area Spotify has largely overlooked, so working with the streaming giant is notable, even if only for a promotion

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New Apple TV+ crime thriller puts dozens of violent inmates on the loose

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-11 17:33:03

Crime thrillers look like a big part of the Apple TV+ fall lineup, as the streamer just unveiled a release date and teaser for The Last Frontier, starring Jason Clarke. Here are all the details. The Last Frontier stars Jason Clarke as U.S. marshal when violent inmates suddenly arrive Yesterday Apple TV+ announced a new crime thriller, The Savant, wherein Jessica Chastain hunts down domestic extremists in online hate groups. Now today, we get another very different sort of crime thriller in Th

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Apple solves its social media fragmentation problem with ‘In the Loop’

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-11 17:48:02

Social media has been fragmented since Twitter got X’d and cleared the path for Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and others. Still, Apple personalities like Tim Cook still rely on sharing company news, often exclusively, on X. Others seem more fond of Instagram. It’s a lot to follow, especially if you’re off one or more social media networks. Apple seems to have heard the feedback that it can be rather strange that company news, especially from CEO Tim Cook, can solely exist somewhere like X. The f

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$1 billion of NVIDIA AI chips were reportedly sold in China despite US bans

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 17:31:19

Financial Times is reporting that $1 billion worth of NVIDIA AI chips were smuggled into China in the three months after the Trump administration tightened semiconductor export controls . Citing sales contracts, company documents and people with direct knowledge, the publication says that a thriving black market arose for American semiconductors. Products sold included NVIDIA's top‑tier B200 chips, which have become the silicon of choice for American big tech when training AI models. Sale of the

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White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-11 17:37:05

On Wednesday, the White House released "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan," a 25-page document that outlines the Trump administration's strategy to "maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" in AI through deregulation, infrastructure investment, and international partnerships. But critics are already taking aim at the plan, saying it's doing Big Tech a big favor. Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Michael J. Kratsios and Special Advisor f

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"McDonald’s for Teeth": Private Equity Is Destroying Our Teeth, Dental Professionals Warn

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-10 21:08:43

Image by Getty / Futurism As most of us in the United States are well aware, the US healthcare system is a nightmarish labyrinth of profit-seeking middlemen, kafkaesque corporate bureaucracy, and insurance-inflated costs. Adding to the noxious mix is the lucrative field of private equity — a financial industry that earns its dough by buying private companies and selling their assets piecemeal, kind of like a junk dealer. Research has shown that when private equity gets involved in healthcare,

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Snapchat can automatically let a trusted friend know you got home safe

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 22:00:10

Snapchat can now let your friends know if you're back home from an outing safe and sound without you having to send a message. The app has launched a new feature called Home Safe, which sends one-time alerts to contacts of your choice. You can only send these alerts to people you already share your location with, and since that off by default, you'd have to activate it on Snap Maps for all your friends or for specific ones. Your friends will only get the notification once, and it will shut off a

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7 ways Linux can lower your tech costs - and extend the life of your devices

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-11 22:31:43

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Over the past few decades, I've watched many people spend huge amounts of money keeping their computers running or up to speed with modern technology. I've seen friends take their computers to support specialists to rid them of malware (spending more money than they'd prefer) and, lately, been privy to countless users faced with buying new machines to replace those running Windows 10. Also: The best Linux laptops Every time I see or hear of such things, the first

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Writing is thinking

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-07 23:30:21

Writing scientific articles is an integral part of the scientific method and common practice to communicate research findings. However, writing is not only about reporting results; it also provides a tool to uncover new thoughts and ideas. Writing compels us to think — not in the chaotic, non-linear way our minds typically wander, but in a structured, intentional manner. By writing it down, we can sort years of research, data and analysis into an actual story, thereby identifying our main messag

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Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 21:28:31

If you are reading this article, you are most likely using a web browser, and you have some expectations or beliefs about online privacy and security. For example, I do not know what you are reading on other tabs on your web browser, and you would like to keep it that way. But the websites themselves know that you are reading a particular page on their website. They most likely know your IP address and if you are signed in to their website, they also know your identity. This is not unreasonable

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Anthropic unveils ‘auditing agents’ to test for AI misalignment

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Show HN: Easy Python Time Parsing

The FDA Is Using an AI to "Speed Up" Drug Approvals and Insiders Say It's Making Horrible Mistakes

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7 ways Linux can save you money

Electric cars produce less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars

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Use Your Type System

An Inventor Is Injecting Bleach Into Cancerous Tumors—and Wants to Bring the Treatment to the US

Spotify takes a swing at gaming with a mini golf game ahead of ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ release

New Apple TV+ crime thriller puts dozens of violent inmates on the loose

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Snapchat can automatically let a trusted friend know you got home safe

7 ways Linux can lower your tech costs - and extend the life of your devices

Writing is thinking

Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023)

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