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  • Slashdot: DeepMind Details All the Ways AGI Could Wreck the World

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/03/2236242/deepmind-details-all-the-ways-agi-could-wreck-the-world Source: Slashdot Title: DeepMind Details All the Ways AGI Could Wreck the World Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a technical paper from DeepMind that explores the potential risks associated with the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and offers suggestions for safe development practices. It highlights…

  • The Register: Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/unknown_scanners_probing_juniper_paloalto/ Source: The Register Title: Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products? Feedly Summary: Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day? Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet,…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Launches an AI Chatbot Plan For Colleges and Universities

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/232215/anthropic-launches-an-ai-chatbot-plan-for-colleges-and-universities?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Launches an AI Chatbot Plan For Colleges and Universities Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic is launching “Claude for Education,” an AI-powered educational tool designed for higher education settings, enhancing critical thinking among students. The offering features enterprise-grade security and privacy controls, collaborating with institutions…

  • Slashdot: AI Masters Minecraft: DeepMind Program Finds Diamonds Without Being Taught

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/1829253/ai-masters-minecraft-deepmind-program-finds-diamonds-without-being-taught?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Masters Minecraft: DeepMind Program Finds Diamonds Without Being Taught Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the development of an AI system named Dreamer, which successfully learns to collect diamonds in the game Minecraft without prior instructions on gameplay. This achievement demonstrates a significant…

  • OpenAI : PaperBench: Evaluating AI’s Ability to Replicate AI Research

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/paperbench Source: OpenAI Title: PaperBench: Evaluating AI’s Ability to Replicate AI Research Feedly Summary: We introduce PaperBench, a benchmark evaluating the ability of AI agents to replicate state-of-the-art AI research. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces PaperBench, a benchmark aimed at assessing the capability of AI agents to replicate cutting-edge…

  • Slashdot: DeepMind is Holding Back Release of AI Research To Give Google an Edge

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/01/1648250/deepmind-is-holding-back-release-of-ai-research-to-give-google-an-edge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepMind is Holding Back Release of AI Research To Give Google an Edge Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google DeepMind has altered its publication policy to maintain a competitive advantage in AI research, introducing stringent vetting processes that hinder the release of studies. This shift, aimed…

  • Cloud Blog: Rice University and Google Public Sector partner to build an innovation hub in Texas

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/rice-university-and-google-public-sector-partner-to-build-an-innovation-hub-in-texas/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Rice University and Google Public Sector partner to build an innovation hub in Texas Feedly Summary: Rice University and Google Public Sector are partnering to launch the Rice AI Venture Accelerator (RAVA), designed to drive early-stage AI innovation and commercialization. This collaboration enables RAVA to connect AI-first startups…

  • Slashdot: Alan Turing Institute Plans Revamp in Face of Criticism and Technological Change

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/01/1036204/alan-turing-institute-plans-revamp-in-face-of-criticism-and-technological-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Alan Turing Institute Plans Revamp in Face of Criticism and Technological Change Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Alan Turing Institute, Britain’s leading AI agency, is restructuring by reducing the number of its projects and focusing on critical areas such as defense, environment, and health. This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: debug-gym

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/31/debug-gym/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: debug-gym Feedly Summary: debug-gym New paper and code from Microsoft Research that experiments with giving LLMs access to the Python debugger. They found that the best models could indeed improve their results by running pdb as a tool. They saw the best results overall from Claude 3.7…