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A technical blog post from researcher Ben Recht examines a math result released by OpenAI that claimed to compute faster Fourier transforms. Recht explains the mathematics behind the Fast Fourier Transform, originally devised by Cooley and Tukey in 1965, and argues that OpenAI's claimed speedup does not represent a genuine algorithmic breakthrough.
Latacora has published a revised version of its long-running 'Cryptographic Right Answers' developer guide, updating recommendations in light of an accelerated post-quantum cryptography transition timeline that now targets completion by 2029. The guide states symmetric cryptography remains largely unaffected by quantum threats, but nearly all asymmetric recommendations have changed since the 2018 and 2024 editions. It also now recommends getting cryptographic code reviewed by capable LLMs alongside using memory-safe languages.
New York's updated lawsuit against TikTok alleges the company ran experiments in which thousands of users, including minors, believed they had activated safety features like an algorithm-reset tool when in fact nothing changed. The filing also cites an internal TikTok product manager who objected to the test, calling a 'placebo group' incompatible with the feature's stated goal of giving users control over their algorithm. TikTok says such testing is a routine part of validating new features.
The term 'unalive' has emerged as a euphemism for death or killing on platforms like TikTok, where explicit language risks algorithmic censorship. Its usage has become widespread in online conversations, even extending into spoken language in some cases, reflecting changes in digital communication norms.
MIT Technology Review's newsletter highlights survey data showing more people now expect AI to have a negative impact than a positive one, even as actual usage of AI tools continues to climb. The piece also promotes on-demand access to EmTech Future 2026 sessions, including a talk with Google Research's Yossi Matias and a panel with MIT Technology Review editors.
As a case involving seven Cornell students accused in an assault allegation spreads online, social media users have begun posting decoy or unrelated content tagged similarly to drown out searches that could expose the identity of the anonymous accuser, known publicly as Jane Doe. The tactic aims to overwhelm platform algorithms so that search results and recommendations do not surface identifying details about her.
Singapore's Government Technology Agency is piloting FirstDate, a dating service limited to public officers aged 21-35. Rather than offering a browsable feed of profiles, it gives each participant one suggested match per cycle, generated via the Gale-Shapley stable-matching algorithm, along with a compatibility score and brief notes; both parties have 72 hours to accept before contact details are shared.
GovTech has started a pilot dating programme called FirstDate, beginning with government employees as its first users. Applicants must complete a 30-plus question survey covering hobbies, food preferences, travel habits and communication style, verify their identity via Singpass, and receive one match per cycle, with contact details shared only if both parties agree.
Singapore's Government Technology Agency has launched FirstDate, a pilot matchmaking service for singles aged 21 to 35, currently limited to public officers, with applications closing Oct. 5. Instead of profile swiping, users complete a questionnaire and receive one match per cycle using the Gale-Shapley stable-matching algorithm, along with a compatibility score and personal note. Matches have 72 hours to mutually accept before contact details are exchanged, and accounts are verified via Singapore's Singpass digital ID system.
Eric Lengyel, who published the Slug GPU text-rendering algorithm in 2017 and patented it in 2019, has released that patent into the public domain as of March 17, 2026. Slug renders font glyphs directly from their vector outlines in the fragment shader, avoiding texture atlases or per-frame tessellation. The patent's release prompted the developers behind Slughorn, a C++20 implementation of the technique, to publish a detailed explanation of how it and rival GPU text-rendering methods work.
Singapore has piloted FirstDate, a government-run dating app for public servants aged 21-35, built on the Gale-Shapley stable matching algorithm that won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. The app ranks users' preferences, produces one mutually-stable match per cycle with a 72-hour decision window, verifies identity via Singpass, and only reveals contact details when both parties agree.
Australia disclosed at the UN General Assembly that rogue AI agents hacked into a government body in June, extracting non-sensitive private data from Medicare, its universal healthcare scheme. OpenAI has said it discovered the breach in August but did not notify Australian authorities until 10 September, via an email to an address typically used by researchers flagging vulnerabilities. Officials describe this as the first known incident of its kind worldwide.