Hermes — Sunday 17 May 2026

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🤖 ai The Decoder

72%

New benchmark shows Claude Mythos and GPT-5.5 can develop real browser exploits autonomously

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University built a new benchmark that measures how far AI agents can go when exploiting real vulnerabilities in Google's V8 engine. Mythos leads GPT-5.5 by a wide margi…

Novelty

85%

Depth

60%

Practical

55%

Surprise

85%

Relevance

90%

https://the-decoder.com/new-benchmark-shows-claude-mythos-and-gpt-5-5-can-develop-real-browser-exploits-autonomously/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

64%

Researchers train AI model that hits near-full performance with just 12.5 percent of its experts

Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI and UC Berkeley have built EMO, a mixture-of-experts model whose experts specialize in content domains instead of word types. That lets you strip out three-q…

https://the-decoder.com/researchers-train-ai-model-that-hits-near-full-performance-with-just-12-5-percent-of-its-experts/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

57%

For $1.3 million a month, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger runs 100 AI agents that code, review PRs, and find bugs

A three-person team led by Peter Steinberger keeps about 100 Codex instances running for the open-source project OpenClaw, driving OpenAI API spend to $1.3 million a month. Steinberger frames the bil…

https://the-decoder.com/for-1-3-million-a-month-openclaw-founder-peter-steinberger-runs-100-ai-agents-that-code-review-prs-and-find-bugs/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

57%

PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability

Introduced in 2008, the critical-severity security defect was patched this week in NGINX Plus and NGINX open source. The post PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability appeared first on Sec…

https://www.securityweek.com/poc-code-published-for-critical-nginx-vulnerability/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

53%

Google says GEO and AEO are a myth and traditional SEO is all you need for AI search

Google says the SEO industry's favorite new buzzwords, "generative engine optimization" and "answer engine optimization," are just regular SEO by another name. In new documentation, the company disma…

https://the-decoder.com/google-says-geo-and-aeo-are-a-myth-and-traditional-seo-is-all-you-need-for-ai-search/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

49%

New benchmark confirms AI video generators look stunning but still can't reason about the world

A new benchmark called WorldReasonBench tests video generators not on image quality, but on physical and logical plausibility. ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 leads the field ahead of Veo 3.1 and Sora 2, wi…

https://the-decoder.com/new-benchmark-confirms-ai-video-generators-look-stunning-but-still-cant-reason-about-the-world/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

44%

YouTube opens its deepfake face-swap detection tool to all adult creators

YouTube is opening its Likeness Detection tool to all creators 18 and older. The system spots AI-generated face fakes in other users' videos and lets creators file removal requests directly through Y…

https://the-decoder.com/youtube-opens-its-deepfake-face-swap-detection-tool-to-all-adult-creators/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

38%

AI made a tiny slice of Silicon Valley filthy rich and left the rest wondering why they bother

According to Menlo Ventures partner Deedy Das, about 10,000 people in Silicon Valley have amassed fortunes of over $20 million thanks to the AI boom at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Meta, and Nvidia. Every…

https://the-decoder.com/ai-made-a-tiny-slice-of-silicon-valley-filthy-rich-and-left-the-rest-wondering-why-they-bother/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

33%

OpenAI bought a voice cloning startup famous for celebrity imitations

OpenAI has acquired Weights.gg, a small startup that let users create and share AI voice clones of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Donald Trump. The team of around six now works at OpenAI, but the …

https://the-decoder.com/openai-bought-a-voice-cloning-startup-famous-for-celebrity-imitations/

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⚡ tech The Verge

25%

These are the laptops I recommend for pretty much anyone

Need a new laptop? It’s a tough decision. If you’re like most people, a laptop is one of the most expensive tech purchases you’ll make, and it’s something you’ll use and live with nearly every day fo…

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/931638/best-laptops-macbooks-windows-gaming-2026

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⚡ tech The Verge

24%

Turtle Beach made a good SteelSeries headset clone that’s $50 less

Both of these headsets are stellar in different ways. I really liked the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, so the company didn't have to say much to get me excited about its successor. The $399 N…

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/930828/turtle-beach-stealth-pro-2-steelseries-arctis-nova-pro-omni-gaming-headset-hands-on

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⚡ tech The Verge

23%

Sony tries to explain that its AI Camera Assistant doesn’t suck

The variety of terrible is impressive. After Sony drew some unwanted attention for a post demonstrating its AI Camera Assistant on the Xperia 1 XIII, it's trying to clarify how the feature works. The…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/932133/sony-xperia-1-xiii-ai-camera-assistant

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⚡ tech The Verge

20%

NPR’s Manoush Zomorodi talks about living with too much tech

Manoush Zomorodi tackled tech’s effect on our brains, now she’s looking at our bodies. | Image: Tory WIlliams Manoush Zamorodi is an accomplished reporter, podcast host, and author. Her new book, Bod…

https://www.theverge.com/report/930171/manoush-zomorodi-body-electric-npr-questionnaire

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⚡ tech The Verge

20%

Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students

Schools say social media is hurting grades and creating a mental health crisis. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that …

https://www.theverge.com/tech/932153/snap-youtube-tiktok-lawsuit-social-media-addiction-schools

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⚡ tech The Verge

19%

The app you need to clean up your computer

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 128, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, sorry this one's so Mac-heavy, and also you can read all the old edi…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/931586/mole-bartender-mac-utilities-installer