Microsoft quietly slipped a "Co-Authored-by Copilot" line into Git commits in Visual Studio Code - even for developers who had turned off the AI features entirely. The article Microsoft caught sneaki…
https://the-decoder.com/co-pilot-becomes-a-co-author-in-vs-code-without-being-asked/MIT researchers have a mechanistic explanation for why large language model performance scales so reliably with size. The answer comes down to a phenomenon called superposition. The article MIT study…
https://the-decoder.com/mit-study-explains-why-scaling-language-models-works-so-reliably/We empirically investigate exploration hacking (EH) — where models strategically alter their exploration to resist RL training — by creating model organisms that resist capability elicitation, evalua…
https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/eeFFpKCDWE9gjfzsk/exploration-hacking-can-llms-learn-to-resist-rl-training-2Xiaomi's new MiMo-V2.5-Pro nearly matches Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 on coding benchmarks while burning 40 to 60 percent fewer tokens, according to the company. The release pushes Xiaomi deeper into…
https://the-decoder.com/xiaomis-open-weight-mimo-v2-5-pro-takes-aim-at-claude-opus-with-hours-long-autonomous-coding/A new benchmark puts leading language models through 100 everyday ethical scenarios, from data misuse in sales to protocol violations in oncology. Behind the results lies a bigger question: who decid…
https://the-decoder.com/same-prompt-different-morals-how-frontier-ai-models-diverge-on-ethical-dilemmas/Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection and SpaceX will provide resources to help augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments,” the Defense Depar…
https://www.securityweek.com/us-military-reaches-deals-with-7-tech-companies-to-use-their-ai-on-classified-systems/A US government agency says China is now eight months behind in the AI race, but independent data doesn't back that up. And while US labs keep chasing smarter models, the price edge from Deepseek and…
https://the-decoder.com/china-is-falling-behind-in-the-ai-race-according-to-a-us-government-benchmark/Wireshark release 4.6.5 fixes 43 vulnerabilities (38 CVEs) and 35 bugs.
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https://www.theverge.com/column/921599/ai-music-is-flooding-streaming-services-but-who-wants-itDowney at home in LA with one of his channel’s frequent guest stars. | Image: The Verge; Shutterstock It's not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from t…
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