F-Secure released an AI Harms Taxonomy, developed by researcher Dr. Megan Squire, that catalogs 26 distinct ways AI systems can harm consumers and traces how each harm travels through intermediary layers to reach a person. The framework spans five relationship types and 19 intermediary layers, and proposes 24 defenses aimed at specific points in that chain, covering risks such as voice and video impersonation and AI agents making damaging financial decisions.
darkreading.com
· 2026-11-10
A new analysis mapped the US Department of Labor's O*NET taxonomy of 923 occupations and nearly 18,800 workplace tasks against 29 widely used AI benchmarks, including Mercor's APEX suite. The researchers found that only a small fraction of real-world work tasks, by weighted hours, are represented in these benchmarks, leaving roughly 90% of US working hours without benchmark coverage.
mercor.com
· 2026-10-16
Scientists studying a small spotted cat first photographed in Bolivia nearly a decade ago by National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz have confirmed it as a genetically distinct species, not a variant of the previously known tigrina. The findings, published in Current Biology, name the animal Leopardus tilcayo, marking the first entirely new felid species identified in over a century.
nationalgeographic.com
· 2026-09-17
A newly launched interactive project lets users navigate biodiversity data by browsing taxonomic classifications from kingdom down to species level. The tool incorporates accepted species names as well as synonyms across all known forms of life, drawing on biodiversity observation records.
ptree.org
· 2026-09-04
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