2026-09-30
Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."
I want to hang out in Deadlock's New York so bad, man
I want to hang out in Deadlock's New York so bad, man
Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner on his past career as a...
Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner on his past career as a profile writer. “If you’re doing the job well, you find yourself asking them profoundly intimate questions, and they find themselves...
Valve says Deadlock is still too unfinished to release publicly, but has hero cosmetics and new game modes in the works
A new development update leaves us with more questions than answers.
Model Hermeneutics: Monitoring Closed-Weight Models with Open-Weight Internals
We introduce model hermeneutics: studying a closed-weight model (the author model) through the internals of an open-weight substitute (the reader model). We find:Weak to strong readers can work. A 27B...
YouTube lunatic designed and 3D printed a working mechanical calculator
If you can't afford a Curta, we still don't recommend trying this: It'll eat up months of your life and all the filament you have
Rather than allow or ban open weights, rethinking access
I had just completed Frontier AI Governance course by BlueDot, and one of the newfound interest is about open weight models. I believe that open weights are important for the...
You Can Jailbreak America.gov and Read The Shoggoth's Thoughts
In case you didn't hear, Trump recently made a big announcement on AI. As a part of the rollout, https://america.gov/chat was launched. Rumor is that it is powered by some...
10 Biggest GTA 6 Questions the Previews Haven't Answered Yet
Who's in the cast? What's happening with GTA Online? We have questions after Rockstar's Netflix Grand Theft Auto 6 extended look.
[Sponsor] WorkOS: How SSO Works and the Fastest Way to Add It
SSO is table stakes for enterprise deals, but building it into your app yourself means writing SAML controllers, parsing XML assertions, and handling IdP-specific quirks for each provider. Learn how...
Huawei boss claims homegrown AI chip sales top Nvidia in China
The chips may not be as advanced, but they won't get banned at a moment's notice, Eric Xu says
Funding for-profits with charitable dollars
One common objection to impact-focused for-profits is that for-profits won’t be able to access the incoming torrent of philanthropic funding. But this doesn’t have to be true! There are lots...
New 'Pokémon' Release Is Essential for All Eevee Fans
An ambitious fan game with hundreds of Eeveelutions might give players what Pokémon Winds and Waves won't
Gurman Reports Apple Is Launching New ‘Smart Home’ Products on October 13
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg (gif link): Apple Inc. plans to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on Oct. 13, marking a critical product expansion for the company...
Oil Might Be Flowing Through the Strait of Hormuz, But for All the Wrong Reasons
Iranian crude still leaks out via the Caspian and land borders with Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan. Saudi tankers are steering south through Houthi-held waters to reach China, not north to...
Xbox CEO Officially Responds to Xbox Sale Rumors
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma responds to reports that Microsoft will spin off the gaming division amid layoffs, game cancellations, and Game Pass changes.
RFK Jr Announcing That AI Is Now Better Than Human Doctors Shows That He Is a Buffoon Who Is Ruining Trust in American Health Institutions
"If somebody tells you, 'Masks work, trust the experts,' AI may tell you otherwise." The post RFK Jr Announcing That AI Is Now Better Than Human Doctors Shows That He...
Open Source Tricorder Is In It For The Science
If you’re reading Hackaday there’s pretty good odds you’re at least somewhat fond of Star Trek. We’d bet good money most of you would quit your jobs today if a...
Magic’s KPop Demon Hunters Secret Lair Is a Total Letdown
I've got mixed feelings about the much-hyped KPop Demon Hunters Secret Lair, and you should too.
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