Hermes — Monday 3 August 2026

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🤖 ai The Decoder

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A real macOS flaw worth $200K went unreported because Apple's bug bounty inbox was full of AI slop

Apple's bug bounty program is drowning in AI-generated bug reports. The company has capped submissions per researcher because fabricated reports are clogging the review pipeline. As a result, Italian…

Novelty

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Depth

55%

Practical

60%

Surprise

85%

Relevance

85%

https://the-decoder.com/a-real-macos-flaw-worth-200k-went-unreported-because-apples-bug-bounty-inbox-was-full-of-ai-slop/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

67%

AI finds plenty of security flaws, but almost none of them get exploited

VulnCheck counted how often security flaws found by AI actually get exploited. Out of 1,061 AI-discovered vulnerabilities in the first half of 2026, just 14 saw confirmed attacks. That's 1.3 percent,…

https://the-decoder.com/ai-finds-plenty-of-security-flaws-but-almost-none-of-them-get-exploited/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

63%

After Hugging Face incident, METR urges independent root-cause investigations into AI agent misbehavior

Research organization METR is calling for systematic, independently led investigations whenever AI agents act autonomously against their developers' intentions. The push comes partly in response to t…

https://the-decoder.com/after-hugging-face-incident-metr-urges-independent-root-cause-investigations-into-ai-agent-misbehavior/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

60%

Meta AI uses a second AI agent as a memory coach to keep long tasks on track

Meta AI wants to stop AI agents from forgetting errors they've already diagnosed and repeating failed steps during complex tasks. A separate memory agent maintains a structured memory bank and decide…

https://the-decoder.com/meta-ai-uses-a-second-ai-agent-as-a-memory-coach-to-keep-long-tasks-on-track/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

60%

OpenAI Presence wants to make AI agents production-ready for businesses

OpenAI's new enterprise offering, Presence, is designed to get AI agents into production for customer service and internal workflows. Unlike the existing Workspace Agents, Presence targets external d…

https://the-decoder.com/openai-presence-wants-to-make-ai-agents-production-ready-for-businesses/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

57%

Claude Opus 5 pushes prompt-to-game AI from rough color blocks to full 3D prototypes with physics and music

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 generates complete 3D games from single prompts, including a first-person shooter, a kart racer, and a Minecraft clone, all without a single external asset. Geometry, textur…

https://the-decoder.com/claude-opus-5-pushes-prompt-to-game-ai-from-rough-color-blocks-to-full-3d-prototypes-with-physics-and-music/

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⚡ tech The Verge

41%

Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?

Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without permission. They've pointed out how the practice is t…

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/974018/pippa-seedance-artist-royalties

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🤖 ai The Decoder

40%

Snap and LinkedIn are fighting back against a flood of low-quality AI content

Snap is banning AI-generated videos from Spotlight to keep the feed focused on human creativity. Content edited with Snapchat's own AI tools is still allowed. LinkedIn, meanwhile, has rolled out a de…

https://the-decoder.com/snap-and-linkedin-are-fighting-back-against-a-flood-of-low-quality-ai-content/

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⚡ tech The Verge

27%

Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170

When Microsoft announced its latest round of Xbox price bumps in June, it only gave US pricing. Now we know the pricing increases for the EU and UK, and they're dramatic. Depending on the model, Xbox…

https://www.theverge.com/games/974253/xbox-prices-increasing-200-euros

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⚡ tech The Verge

21%

HP’s HyperX Omen 15 isn’t quite the budget-friendly gaming laptop its predecessor was

Tough sell. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The HP HyperX Omen 15, which I first saw at CES, replaces the HP Victus 15, a longtime bestselling budget gaming laptop. The Victus cost just …

https://www.theverge.com/tech/974155/hp-hyperx-omen-15-gaming-laptop-rtx-5050-review

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⚡ tech The Verge

20%

Foldables are sort of boring now — and that’s great news for Apple

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on smartphones and Android, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' …

https://www.theverge.com/column/972937/foldable-phones-boring-apple

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI

Edward “Bud” Cole speaks in Japan in 2023. | Image: Jun Sato/WireImage Fender CEO Edward "Bud" Cole gave an interview to T3 in May celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster with comments on …

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/974265/fender-ceo-bud-cole-ai-music

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⚡ tech The Verge

11%

Rachika Nayar’s Heaven Come Crashing is an instrumental epic of desperate longing

Two minutes and thirty seconds into the title track of Rachika Nayar's Heaven Come Crashing, an absolutely massive drum and bass beat drops. As a fan of Nayar's debut record Our Hands Against The Dus…

https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/974271/rachika-nayars-heaven-come-crashing-music-review

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🔐 security SANS Internet Stormcast

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ISC Stormcast For Monday, August 3rd, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10034, (Mon, Aug 3rd)

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33210

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⚡ tech The Verge

8%

Skylight’s smart calendars are up to $90 off during its back-to-school sale

The 15-inch Skylight Calendar 2 can stand on a table or mounted to the wall. | Image: Skylight The start of a new school year can feel hectic, as parents juggle their kids’ classes, extracurriculars …

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/973789/skylight-calendar-2-max-back-to-school-deal-sale