2026-07-09
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Our approach to government and national security partnerships
Learn how OpenAI approaches government and national security partnerships, with principles for responsible AI use, democratic accountability, and public safety.
Separating signal from noise in coding evaluations
A new analysis from OpenAI reveals issues in SWE-Bench Pro, a popular coding benchmark, raising concerns about reliability and accuracy in evaluating AI models.
Helping K–12 educators build practical AI skills
OpenAI Academy and the Walton Family Foundation are bringing hands-on AI Skills Jams to help K–12 educators build practical AI skills for the classroom.
Introducing GPT-Live
A new generation of voice models for natural human-AI interaction, now powering ChatGPT Voice.
Rewriting Bun in Rust
Rewriting Bun in Rust Jarred Sumner has been promising this blog post ( since May 9th ) about his Zig to Rust rewrite of Bun for significantly longer than it took him to finish the rewrite. Honestly, it was worth the wait. This is a detailed description of an
Introducing GPT‑Live
Introducing GPT‑Live OpenAI finally upgraded the model used by ChatGPT voice mode! I've had preview access for a few weeks in the iPhone app, and the new model is very impressive. It also has the ability to spin off harder tasks to GPT-5.5: For questions that
Quoting Kenton Varda
I just declared a moratorium against AI-written change descriptions (e.g. PR and commit messages, also issues/tickets) from my team. AI was writing change descriptions that were worse than useless to me as I tried to review PRs: outlining details of the code t
Data for Agents
Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.
Flint: A visualization language for the AI era
Short chart specifications are easy to write, but often produce uninspiring results. Flint is an open-source visualization language that offers a middle path, letting AI agents create expressive charts from compact, human-editable specifications. The post Flin
Native-speed vLLM transformers modeling backend
Latest item from HuggingFace Blog.
[AINews] SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, first Opus-class model post Cursor acquisition
SpaceXAI continues to move faster than any other frontier lab on earth.
Why AI Infrastructure must evolve for Agent Experience — Akshat Bubna, Modal CTO
2 years after our first coverage, we return with Modal's other cofounder to explore why Agent Experience is working now, and everything they have learned building the new agent cloud.
Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B
The $300 million round is expected to be led by Menlo Ventures, Sifted reported.
Google's deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Earlier this week, a picture seemed to show Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. It turned out to be an AI-generated fake.
Jesse Thaler named director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science
The professor of physics and inaugural director of the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions will lead LNS and continue his research in particle physics.
Intelligence is Free, Now What? Data Systems for, of, and by Agents
... government of the people, by the people, for the people ... — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863) The cost of AI is dropping rapidly. GPT-4-class capabilities cost roughly $30 per million tokens in early 2023; today the
SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an 'Opus-class model'
Elon Musk's tech company released the newest version of Grok on Wednesday, promising a cheaper, more efficient alternative to other powerful AI models.
Geopolitics
Trump Hands NATO a Mixed Bag
The alliance wanted to look united. In walked Trump.
Is the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Over?
Trump calls continued peace talks a “waste of time” as strikes resume.
Modi Seeks to Project Influence on Asia-Pacific Trip
The Indian prime minister visits Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand this week.
Propaganda Sustains Russians Fighting in Ukraine
Belief in Kremlin narratives dehumanizes Ukrainians and sustains the will to fight.
Can Zambia’s Historic Debt Swap Drive Economic Growth?
The country has agreed to invest interest savings in its electric grid.
The Pentagon's Sprint to Get Tech Out of the Lab and to the Warfighter
Joe Jewell left academia and his role directing hypersonic wind tunnels to oversee the Pentagon's science and technology enterprise. He wants more researchers to make the same move. He joins Jonathan to discuss the Pentagon's science enterprise, why he thinks
The Pentagon’s AI Strategy Has a Funding Problem
In the span of two weeks, the White House issued two of the most ambitious artificial intelligence directives in American history. On June 2, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating rapid AI adoption and hardened cyber defense across the gov
Victory for al-Qaeda’s Affiliate in Mali Would be a Regional Catastrophe
Mali is not Syria, and Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is not Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.While the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime and the rise of the Ahmed al-Sharaa government in Damascus, Syria can be seen as a net positive for regional security in the L
Platner's disastrous candidacy exposes rifts that could dampen Democrats' Senate hopes
Along with creating tumult in a must-win race for Democrats, Graham Platner's exit is laying bare division between the party's left wing and moderates.
US launches more strikes on Iran with blasts reported in south of country
Trump says the attacks are "retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran". Iran earlier promised strong retaliation.
How to Save the UN From Irrelevance
Ending the peacekeeper’s paralysis.
Trump Is Remaking Latin America
The short-term results and the long-term risks of the “Donroe Doctrine.”
Democrat Graham Platner suspends campaign for key US Senate race after assault allegation
The decision came days after a woman accused him of sexual assault, an accusation he says is "categorically false".
Watch: We're a step closer to finding out if bees have feelings, here's why
New research found bumblebees showed "emotion-like behaviours" previously only seen in mammals.
International court tells BBC of breakthrough in Sudan war crimes probe
The ICC has been looking into atrocities committed in Darfur over the past three years.
A Fresh Look at the Houthi Threat to Maritime Shipping
In 2024, Allison Minor wrote, "Solving the Houthi Threat to Freedom of Navigation," where she argued the international response to Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea has so far been inadequate and proposed a U.N.-led solution. Two years later, wit
IT
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
AlloyDB Ships Proxy Models That Replace LLM Calls with Local Inference Inside the Database
Google shipped AlloyDB AI functions GA with a proxy model architecture that trains a lightweight local model from LLM outputs, then runs queries at database speed without external calls. Smart batching delivers 2,400x throughput improvement. The proxy model re
AWS Details How One Customer Scaled to One Million Lambda Functions
AWS has outlined how ProGlove, an industrial-wearables manufacturer, was able to scale its SaaS platform to run more than one million AWS Lambda functions spread across thousands of dedicated customer accounts. By Matt Foster
The Kubernetes Approach to AI-Assisted Maintainership Prioritises Human Accountability
The Kubernetes community has introduced a framework for integrating AI into open-source maintainership, emphasising human accountability in code quality and oversight. AI tools may streamline workflows, but ultimate responsibility lies with human maintainers.
Automating cross-repo documentation with GitHub Agentic Workflows
Explore how the Aspire team turns merged product changes into SME-reviewed docs pull requests, closing the gap between release and documentation. The post Automating cross-repo documentation with GitHub Agentic Workflows appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
GitHub availability report: June 2026
In June, we experienced six incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: June 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
But the devices could "easily be reflashed."
How GitHub Copilot enables zero DNS configuration for GitHub Pages
Go from an empty repository to a live custom domain with HTTPS in about 14 minutes, without manually editing a single DNS record. The post How GitHub Copilot enables zero DNS configuration for GitHub Pages appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Airbnb Shares Architecture Behind Sitar-Agent Dynamic Configuration Sidecar for Kubernetes Services
Airbnb engineers detailed Sitar-agent, a Kubernetes sidecar for dynamic configuration delivery across tens of thousands of pods, processing updates several times per minute. The system was redesigned with Java, Amazon S3 snapshot bootstrapping, and a migration
Presentation: The Multi-Agent Approach: Building Reliable and Controllable Software Development Automation
Itamar Friedman discusses how architects and engineering leaders can break through the AI productivity ceiling using adaptive multi-agent systems. He shares insights on moving past simple autocomplete to resilient workflows by integrating autonomous testing, i
Announcing etcd v3.7.0
This article is a mirror of the original announcement Today, SIG etcd is releasing etcd v3.7.0 , the latest minor release of the popular distributed key-value store and core Kubernetes component. v3.7 ships the long-requested RangeStream feature, delivers seve
Experiences with local models for coding
Birgitta Böckeler now reports on her recent experiences trying local LLMs for coding. She compares them using two standard tasks, and tries out the most promising model for day-to-day use. more…
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Interview: Drew DeVault on an AI-free version of Vim
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Rewriting Bun in Rust
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C4N, now GA: Delivering cloud’s highest per vCPU network and block storage I/O for x86 workloads
As organizations scale modern workloads — from high-throughput databases and network/security appliances to real-time analytics and AI/ML inference — network and block storage performance can quickly become a bottleneck. Standard virtual machines often struggl
The CNCF Data Storage in Cloud Native AI White Paper
Deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) workloads at scale has become a primary objective for modern enterprises. However, moving these data-heavy, stateful workloads into cloud native infrastructure introduces massive data bottlenecks
Science
Is Life Just Different?
The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of what it means to be alive. But does it serve a scientific purpose? The post Is Life Just Different? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Super Typhoon Bavi
The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.
Harvard scientists turn a silicon chip into a DNA writing machine
Scientists have created a silicon chip that can write dozens of DNA sequences simultaneously using electricity and water-based enzymes, offering a cleaner alternative to conventional DNA manufacturing. The breakthrough could eventually support portable DNA-wri
Heidelberg physicists just united two opposing quantum theories
A new quantum theory bridges two rival models of how impurities behave inside many-particle systems, resolving a problem that has challenged physicists for decades. The findings could reshape experiments on ultracold atoms, semiconductors, and other exotic for
Rare goblin shark filmed alive for the first time in the deep sea
For the first time, researchers have filmed the elusive goblin shark alive in the deep ocean where it naturally lives. The remarkable sightings greatly expand the shark's known range and depth, showing that this 125-million-year-old "living fossil" still
Scientists used AI to crack one of water's biggest mysteries
Water’s odd behavior becomes even more dramatic when it is supercooled, but scientists have struggled to compare the many different ways of describing its microscopic structure. Researchers at the University of Osaka used an AI model trained on computer simula
Students Connect NASA Science With Indigenous Knowledge to Study Coastal Erosion
For the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation, or Sipayik, the ocean has always been a teacher. Situated in what is known as Downeast Maine, along the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay, generations of Indigenous people have lived along the coast, learning from th
Seeding clouds with seawater could prevent a super El Niño
A modelling study suggests marine cloud brightening could shade the eastern Pacific and reduce a global temperature spike from El Niño, but there could be unexpected consequences
Our fertility window could be extended by making ovaries softer
A drug that softens the ovaries helped mice and rats conceive more easily at an older age, and produce more pups
Occam’s razor has lost its edge. Can we sharpen our search for truth?
Seeking out the simplest, most elegant explanations has served scientists well for centuries, but cognitive scientist Marina Dubova’s experiments are revealing better ways to uncover reality
Hubble Captures Star-Studded Cluster
This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way galaxy’s most massive globular clusters, or spherical collections of gravitationally bound stars. Globular clusters are made up of ancient sta
US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge
Miners backed by Trump admin sell to Japan, South Korea despite push to develop domestic supply chain.
Why Schrödinger's 1944 classic What Is Life? still feels prescient
Pioneer of quantum mechanics Erwin Schrödinger's look at living organisms is one of the most influential popular-science books of the 20th century. So how does it hold up today, asks Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
Lambs born via IVF using highly immature eggs in major breakthrough
Lambs have been born using an experimental form of IVF that coaxes immature eggs to become mature ones. This could boost the number of eggs available for fertilisation and improve IVF success rates
Ancient DNA reveals the mysterious collapse of Europe's megalith builders
DNA from a 5,000-year-old French megalithic tomb reveals that the people buried before and after a population collapse were genetically unrelated, pointing to a major migration after a devastating crisis. The shift coincided with new social traditions and the
Can We Geoengineer Our Way Out of a Super El Nino?
A natural experiment in sun-scorched Australia points the way The post Can We Geoengineer Our Way Out of a Super El Nino? appeared first on Nautilus .
Security
Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a
Cybersecurity and the Gap Between Skill and Ability
Last week, national security agencies from the Five Eyes—that's the rich, English-language-speaking countries club—jointly released a statement warning of the increasing cyber risks of AI models: in particular, their ability to autonomously hack in
AssuranceAmerica data breach exposes records of 6.9 million drivers
American insurance company AssuranceAmerica has disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 7 million drivers after attackers gained access to its systems earlier this year. [...]
Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft has released a security patch to address a Defender zero-day vulnerability known as "RoguePlanet," disclosed after the June 2026 Patch Tuesday. [...]
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, July 9th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10000, (Thu, Jul 9th)
Latest item from SANS Internet Storm Center.
_HELP_ME_ESCAPE_FROM_BELARUS_PLEASE_ [Guest Diary], (Tue, Jul 7th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Jason Callahan, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program]
Mount Royal University confirms breach as hackers claim attack
Mount Royal University in Calgary says hackers stole and then deleted data from its file storage systems after breaching the university's network. [...]
Fake Paysafe, Skrill SDKs on NPM and PyPi steal credentials
Malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (npm) and the Python Package Index (PyPI) delivered stealer malware to developers and users of Paysafe, Skrill, and Neteller payment applications. [...]
Hackers exploit Roundcube flaw to spy on academic researchers
A China-linked threat cluster has been exploiting vulnerable Roundcube servers at U.S. and Canadian universities to steal credentials and deploy backdoor malware. [...]
My Stack Simulator, (Wed, Jul 8th)
The stack is a memory region where a program stores temporary data - like local variables and return addresses. Think of the stack as a pile of plates in your kitchen: you can onl
European Organizations Have a Collaboration Security Confidence Gap
A new survey shows security leaders have an inflated sense of safety regarding their collaboration tools and platforms.
Srsly Risky Biz: US Supreme Court undermines Section 702 intel
Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about a new US Supreme Court decision that puts the current EU-US data sharing agreement at risk. American intelligence collection efforts have been at the centre of legal challenges of these on-again off-again data transfer agre
Meta's New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images
Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it's enabled by default. "You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific
Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It
Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker's code on your own machine instead. That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack it calls "Friendly
GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents
Researchers at Wiz found that a flaw in six popular AI coding assistants lets a booby-trapped code project quietly take control of a developer's computer. The assistant asks permission to edit one harmless-looking file, but the write lands on a sensi
Fake 7-Zip Installers Turn Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new threat actor dubbed Lurking Lizard that has been operating an end-to-end malicious residential proxy business using an infrastructure comprising more than 230 lookalike domains. The activity dates back
Mexico's New Cyber Plan Faces Its First Real Test
The Latin American nation's cybersecurity plan — still in the expansion phase — has to survive its own knockout round during the FIFA World Cup.
Technology
The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”
A single wording mistake cost the government millions. Now Estonia is using AI to spot legal errors before they become law—and to automate more of the state.
Meta is reportedly working on smart glasses that would be recording all the time
Meta might be the next company to make an always-on AI wearable. The company is working on prototype "super sensing" always-aware smart glasses that could continuously record audio and snap photos "every few seconds," according to the Financial Times. The wear
Get a $30 credit when you reserve Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy phones
Even though they haven’t been officially announced yet, Samsung is giving you a chance to save some cash when you preorder what we’re expecting to be the brand’s updated Galaxy Z Fold phones. The next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on July 22nd, 2026, a
Microsoft's Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "higher priority projects," Obsidian Entertainment is changing its plans. The studio, behind games like Grounded
America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph
When searching for an affordable electric vehicle these days, there are always tradeoffs. How much range are you willing to sacrifice, how much leg room and storage space, how many features, in the pursuit of that magic sticker price that won't break the bank?
Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable
A little robotic switch-flipper has become my sidekick in combating cockroaches. Before I got the SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable, I'd tiptoe through the dark every morning, hoping I wouldn't step on one of those terrible bugs scurrying around as I made my way to t
EmTech AI 2026: The Rise of the AI Platform
Latest item from MIT Technology Review.
The Download: worms fight pollution, and geoengineering faces reality
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dair
Truecaller clashes with India's telecom regulator over anti-spam rules
The caller ID company says users are increasingly ignoring and blocking calls from India's dedicated business number series.
Despite 'misgivings,' judge approves Elon Musk's $1.5M SEC settlement
The saga of Musk's tussle with the SEC over how he disclosed his growing stake in Twitter (now X) has come to an end.
Feds demand autonomous vehicle companies stop interfering with first responders
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said emergency scenes are not "edge cases."
Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%
AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.
Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself
More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.
Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws
Kalshi tried to ignore gambling laws on its prediction market, NY governor says.
Data centers should benefit the cities that power them
Cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America must ensure AI infrastructure development benefits local communities and leads to sustainable economic growth.
XBOX Cuts; Bundling and the Internet Solvent; Transaction, Coordination, and Sunk Costs
Microsoft's Xbox division is conducting big layoffs, as the company deals with abject failure of its Game Pass strategy.
NHTSA calls out autonomous cars for interfering with first responders
The NHTSA says it identified a 'pattern of driverless AVs' interfering with first responders. It's now demanding a solution from AV makers.
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