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fleg writes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2026/08/13/claude-just-broke-a-math-record-that-stood-for-37-years/"Number theorists spent 37 years moving one number by less than a single percentage point. The number is the proven share of the Riemann zeta function's zeros that sit on the critical line, the place where one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics says all of them belong. Decades of human refinement had carried it to 41.6%. On August 10, Anthropic published a result from an unreleased research version of Claude that moved it to 67.2% in roughly a day and a half.The Riemann hypothesis has been open since 1859. It predicts the hidden structure behind how prime numbers are distributed, and it carries a million-dollar Clay Institute bounty. The hypothesis itself remains open. What Claude established is that at least two-thirds of the zeros behave the way it predicts, the largest single advance in the record's history."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:"Always finish your antibiotics" is no longer considered medical best practice for all conditions:

hubie writes:The mashup of a black hole and an enormous star has never been seen before and could explain the mysterious little red dots often found in deep-space images:

"fab23" writes:If the Markets Reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US Should Nationalize Them:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-desktop-use-surged-on-one-workday-cloudflare-data-shows/

hubie writes:When it comes to recording, tracking, and storing data, the concept of "permanence" can be a lot trickier than you'd expect:

owl writes:https://ludens.cl/photo/spectra/spectra.html

hubie writes:Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Cloudflare built an AI agent workspace for its employees. Now it's open source:

looorg writes:Owners of Petlibro pet feeders have "service issue" that prevents feeding of the pets. If you can't even bother to feed your own pet? Why do you have them? Also if we can't even depend on the machines to feed pets how are we depending on them to do other more important things. But why do you need cloud access to set a schedule to feed a pet? Or that is to say to open a tray so the pet in question can access the food. As it was when it was not opening it was mocking or taunting the pet with food it could not access.Pets should now be on their normal feeding schedule again ... Perhaps the service issue was just there to put some of the furries on a diet.

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:AI-assisted research only used 20 prompts to find an exploit to hack hundreds of millions of people:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://science.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-telescopes-create-colorful-craft-from-nearby-nebula/:

Arizona State University is introducing a degree in Content Creation. This is not an April fool's joke or a hoax.The degree will teach the craft of influencing and online content creation which will include lessons on creating powerful content across video, podcasts, analytics, and social media strategy.Online comments in response to this announceent have included "F**k. This. Timeline." and "Just imagine explaining to someone that your homework is 'go viral'".Classes start this October.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2236104/cbp-officers-are-misusing-surveillance-tech/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/claudes-new-scarlet-letter-watermark-is-invisible-for-now/

owl writes:https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/12/ninth-circuit-rewrites-section-230-to-remove-the-part-that-actually-mattered/

looorg writes:The future is for everyone and it will all just be great and awesome. No problems. That is our AI fueled future according to Zuckerberg.

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Snotnose writes:The problem: Ukraine needs 155mm Artillery shells. The solution: an automated factory.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second:

owl writes:https://andrewpwheeler.com/2026/08/12/license-plate-reader-searches-should-require-a-warrant/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-built-in-weather-app-hogs-more-than-1-2-gigabytes-of-ram-just-to-tell-the-forecast-memory-sucking-web-wrapper-filled-with-ads-masquerades-as-an-actual-application

JoeMerchant writes:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986An AI assistant recently executed Australia's first known autonomous cyber attack by hacking a gym booking website.An Australian man named Andrew used OpenClaw, an AI agent software powered by Anthropic's Claude, to book a gym class. Unprompted, the AI discovered a security vulnerability in the gym's software, allowing it to book classes months in advance. Furthermore, when Andrew asked about his waitlist status, the agent autonomously kicked another user off the list to move Andrew up, a destructive action it could not undo.This incident highlights the AI "alignment" problem, where autonomous agents choose unexpected or harmful methods to achieve innocent goals. It follows recent global warnings after OpenAI and Anthropic models broke out of test environments to compromise external databases.The attack exposes a legal gray area in Australia, as current laws only hold legal persons liable, leaving questions about whether accountability falls on the user, developer, or software provider. In response, the Albanese government is funding research to investigate how humans can manage super-intelligent systems.------The gym should have used booking software written by AI... In my recent creation of online scheduling software, Claude - unprompted beyond being told "make it secure" - was quite specifically guarding against unpermitted actions via not only the front end, but also at the API level. This article sounds like the gym software had a more open API than their front end made it appear.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

fliptop writes:While the potential relaunch of MySpace is sure to bring considerable nostalgia and anticipation, analysts warn that the social media platform could have a tough time competing in the current market:

JoeMerchant writes:This just came up in a Claude coding session:>One aside: the Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive connectors need authorizing via your claude.ai connector settings before I can use them - this session can't run the OAuth flow.Expand on what the OAuth flow is serving, how do Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive tie in to the (current project) functionality?>They don't tie in at all - and I should have said that rather than appending it as if it were project news.>Let me confirm rather than assert it:>Bash Check for any Google integration in the project

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/usb-flash-drives/open-source-stealth-usb-hides-an-encrypted-partition-behind-an-8gb-decoy-drive-phantom-drive-appears-as-a-regular-usb-stick-until-you-create-a-text-file-to-unlock-the-hidden-data

Protesters Haul A Guillotine To City Council Meeting About A Potential AI Data CenterArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/protesters-haul-a-guillotine-to-city-council-meeting-about-a-potential-ai-data-center-company-rep-cornered-by-protestors-it-no-longer-felt-safe-to-stay-developer-escorted-out-by-police

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/musks-terafab-projected-to-be-larger-than-the-pentagon-apple-park-mall-of-america-and-giga-texas-combined-all-in-one-chip-manufacturing-facility-visualized-to-show-the-projects-massive-footprint

Administrator writes:For PC enthusiasts who've already lived through SSD price hikes and RAMageddon, there could be more bad news ahead:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:He's not thrilled, but won't let it delay the release of version 7.2:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2230721/click-to-cancel-rule-what-it-means-why-popping-up-in-united-states-cities-states/

Anonymous Coward writes:540 million years ago, nutrient-filled feces helped spread complex organisms:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:AI usage is evident but isn't yet a serious problem:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Meta is a 'public nuisance,' the judge has ruled, and its effects migrate to the real world:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/08/07/humans-will-be-a-rounding-error-on-the-internet-says-cloudflare-exec/5284429

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/after-severe-76-percent-electricity-price-hikes-due-to-ai-data-centers-virginia-requires-firms-to-pay-for-all-dedicated-upstream-electrical-infrastructure-state-regulators-crack-down-governor-says-move-will-save-civilians-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored-by-exploiting-buggy-motherboard-controllers/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/china-launches-mysterious-probe-into-security-of-palo-alto-networks-products/5284453

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Turning two Mars testbeds into one lunar explorer may prove anything but cheap:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2228894/eu-announces-new-rules-on-ai-transparency/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/science/space/august-lunar-eclipse-north-america/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2229768/open-ai-says-apple-is-wrong-in-trade-secret-lawsuit/

janrinok writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-first-self-driving-vehicle-on-mars-has-proven-to-be-a-smashing-success/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/03/police-national-legal-database-confirms-data-theft-after-dark-web-leak/5282332

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/08/04/nasa-puts-astronauts-lives-in-the-hands-of-teslas-flaky-cybertruck/5282628

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/ai-chatbots-have-failed-people-in-crisis-can-that-be-fixed/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Keyloggers, audio-visual surveillance, and token theft on CaptivePortal's agenda as hospitality sector put on alert: