After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...

AI Can Solve Many Complex Problems, So Why Isn’t Science Moving Faster?

One would imagine that an AI capable of solving the hardest Olympiad problems would naturally produce novel scientific ...
AllAfrica

Ugandan Pastor Tells US Court He Was Tortured With a Python

A Ugandan pastor and asylum seeker detained by US immigration authorities has told a federal court that he was brutally ...
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...

GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop

updated GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets ...
USA Today

Pain from python bite? It's like 'a lot of little needles' tearing skin

A Florida python hunter recently captured a 202-pound Burmese python, one of the heaviest on record. Although not venomous, pythons have sharp, fang-like teeth that can cause painful bites. Invasive ...