Hermes — Sunday 19 July 2026

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🤖 ai The Decoder

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Open-weight models now match frontier cyber performance from just four months ago at a fraction of the cost

The British AI Security Institute warns that open-weight models like GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4-Pro now trail closed frontier models in cyber capabilities by four to seven months. At the start of 2025, …

Novelty

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Depth

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Practical

70%

Surprise

75%

Relevance

90%

https://the-decoder.com/open-weight-models-now-match-frontier-cyber-performance-from-just-four-months-ago-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

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China's new World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is President Xi's clearest play yet for a parallel AI order

At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Xi Jinping announced 5,000 AI training slots for Global South countries and the launch of the "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization." Coopera…

https://the-decoder.com/chinas-new-world-artificial-intelligence-cooperation-organization-is-president-xis-clearest-play-yet-for-a-parallel-ai-order/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

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The Pentagon's new AI playbook treats slow adoption as a bigger risk than imperfect alignment

The US Department of the Navy has signed a strategy to "weaponize" data and AI and build an "AI-first" fleet. Large language models would run directly on warships, and an AI war council would priorit…

https://the-decoder.com/the-pentagons-new-ai-playbook-treats-slow-adoption-as-a-bigger-risk-than-imperfect-alignment/

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🤖 ai AI Alignment Forum

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A Red Line and Oversight Framework for Government AI Contracts

My post on leaving Google DeepMind tells a story. In contrast, this Framework is a question of mechanism design and negotiation posture. I quite enjoyed optimizing this Framework against its organiza…

https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/CCt9oy8axcdvaGcPE/a-red-line-and-oversight-framework-for-government-ai

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🤖 ai The Decoder

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Anthropic slashes Claude Fable 5 limits in Max and Team Premium and pushes Pro users toward API pricing

Anthropic will include Claude Fable 5 in Max and Team Premium plans starting July 20, but at just 50 percent of regular limits, which themselves drop by a third that same day. Pro users get a one-tim…

https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-slashes-claude-fable-5-limits-in-max-and-team-premium-and-pushes-pro-users-toward-api-pricing/

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good

Facial recognition smart locks are here; now you can unlock your door the same way you unlock your phone. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Hands-free unlocking is the future of smart lo…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/967183/best-facial-recognition-smart-locks-review

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🤖 ai AI Alignment Forum

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Endogenous Alignment

Starting when children are fairly young, usually around 1 year of age, we adults begin the work of aligning them to our values. We teach them to say “please”, not to hit, to ask for what they want in…

https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/xWZpwPPp5nR9rZq3x/endogenous-alignment

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Dave Eggers attends the "The Turning Point: To Be Destroyed" premiere. | Image: John Lamparski/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to aro…

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/967630/dave-eggers-openai-chatgpt-silencing-an-entire-generation

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little pictograms and why, as part of World Emoji Day o…

https://www.theverge.com/design/967606/google-open-source-3d-emoji

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⚡ tech The Verge

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The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 136, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope your neighborhood isn't as smoky as mine, and also you can read…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/967544/best-apps-gadgets-reading-installer

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Sony’s flagship RGB LED TV is incredible

Sony’s flagship Bravia 9 II is the best RGB LED TV I’ve seen this year. The Sony Bravia 9 II is the most anticipated new TV in years. It's an amazing RGB LED TV. I watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor A…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/966788/sony-bravia-9-ii-tv-review

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⚡ tech The Verge

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More games should be on rails (literally)

It's been a good few weeks for games on rails. Nintendo's Star Fox remake wisely kept the tightly scripted, action-packed levels from Star Fox 64 largely the same, and they're still fun to fly throug…

https://www.theverge.com/games/961152/denshattack-review

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

The Pixel 10a shipped with a last gen processor. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. …

https://www.theverge.com/tech/967612/google-pixel-11a-tensor-g6-leak

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⚡ tech The Verge

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Fine, electric mountain bikes don’t suck

You don’t need a $10,000 Amflow PX Carbon Pro, but it doesn’t hurt. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Cheater, I'd grumble between huffs as yet another e-bike rider casually skittered past me on a…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/966964/emtb-riders-are-not-cheaters

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⚡ tech The Verge

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GoPro’s discounted Max 2 bundle includes $100 worth of accessories

The GoPro Max2 can use your earbuds as a microphone over Bluetooth. A 360-degree camera is a great way to ensure you capture every bit of the action, but prices tend to be on the high end for models …

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/967311/gopro-max2-360-degree-action-cam-accessory-bundle-deal-sale