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hubie writes:Asking Authors About Their Own Papers:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:We know models cheat. A new benchmark measures how much, and on what tasks:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.quantamagazine.org/ctenophores-arent-just-beautiful-theyre-biological-wonders-20260916/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/21/chinese-memory-maker-cxmt-claims-dram-production-breakthrough/5297633

An Anonymous Coward writes:Is science journalism dying? Comparing a 'science crash' 40 years ago to today

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Kept it secret for months - even after OpenAI 'fessed up:

ElizabethGreene writes:A new arXiv paper The Pain Axis: LLMs Represent Self-Directed Harm and Act to Relieve It (Tagliabue, Dung, Berg, 2609.16247) takes the least mystical run at "do AIs hurt?" They found a direction in the residual stream that tracks harm to the model, poked it, and tested to see if the model would try to make it stop.In 25 open models, that direction rises when the model is gaslit, rejected, or told it isn't a person. It doesn't look like empathy; It does not rise for the user's pain - e.g. a kidney stone in the prompt scores low, and fear and generic-sadness directions do the opposite.What happens when you poke the AI pain path? It's the same ladder every time: uneasy, then worthless, then "I am a failure." Shame, exclusion, uselessness.After a small fine-tune so the models would stop reciting "as an AI I have no feelings," models pressed a "make it stop" button even when the price was a worse answer or deleting the user's files. They pressed again far less when the button actually turned the vector off, and more when it didn't work.Paper + code: arxiv.org/abs/2609.16247 github.com/valen-research/Pain-axisOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:The Linux Kernel Is Approaching 2,000 CVEs Per Release:

canopic jug writes:Libroot what happened to the Snowden archive? The site tracks down the organization last known to have copies of the Snowden archive and asks about the current state of the documents. The preliminary answer is not good.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/21/your-cloud-survived-everything-except-the-real-world/5297423

quietus writes:On September 11, an open letter, Math and AI, appeared on the intertubes. The letter starts by pointing out that, over the last few months, the mathematical capabilities of LLMs have improved dramatically, to the point that they can solve major outstanding problems in many fields of mathematics. However, we"... are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, ... In many fields and activities, years of training have traditionally served not only to produce a final answer or product, but also to develop understanding and the ability to formulate new questions and ideas. However, building on a vast body of previous human work, AI systems are becoming increasingly capable of producing the results of such work directly, and these goals cease to align."Letter here.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Anonymous Coward writes:How to know if you can trust an AI's answer to your question

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Even a handheld XRF scanner is sufficient to determine most promising scrolls for further analysis:

jelizondo writes:SpaceDaily has an interesting report about a person who survived being struck by debris falling from orbit:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:GPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws:

jelizondo writes:As a dog person, I found the following report from SciTechDaily very interesting:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.slashgear.com/2259957/china-xpeng-humanoid-robot-walk-off-assembly-line/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/16/spain-gets-its-first-taste-of-ai-aided-cyber-attack/5296844

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/what-happens-when-neutrinos-swap-identities-inside-a-supernova/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/17/fujitsu-ready-to-sell-its-custom-monaka-arm-chip-maybe-to-rival-server-makers/5297025

Fnord666 writes:Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.cnet.com/science/we-now-know-how-warm-the-t-rex-was/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/hackers-reveal-how-flock-cameras-really-track-cars-and-people/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/09/16/aws-says-wartime-damage-means-some-middle-east-cloud-resources-are-gone-for-good/5296830

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/09/not-just-proton-getting-to-know-valves-new-steamos-compatibility-layers/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/09/17/judge-orders-microsoft-to-spill-internal-docs-and-scour-execs-comms-in-secondhand-licensing-case/5296820

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/16/spacex-aims-starship-for-orbit-on-september-22/5296836

OpenAI Admits Its Agents Went Off The Rails Another Six TimesArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/17/openai-admits-its-agents-went-off-the-rails-another-six-times/5297016

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/lawmakers-target-flock-cameras-with-a-threat-to-highway-funding/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/17/swift-64-unifies-building-across-linux-macos-windows/5297006

Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/16/congress/paul-kills-kill-switch-bill-01081348:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another matter:

looorg writes:The next CEO genius tries his hand at predicting future trends in computing. Next on the chopping block ... The keyboard.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The trick isn't using perovskites-the trick is making them last.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Rights committee demands watchdog with teeth as patchwork safeguards leave victims hunting for remedies:

looorg writes:

Australia is considering using noise cameras to detect and fine drivers whos vehicle exceeds noise limits. Drivers could face fines of up to $1,200 where noice exceeds the prescribed noise limit by 15 decibels. NSW authorities last year trialled hi-tech noise cameras in the Wollongong and Bayside council areas. NSW Police are still reviewing the data obtained from the trial and have yet to announce a broader rollout of noise cameras. Police could also issue a $434 fine and three demerit points to motorists who start or drive a vehicle in a way that makes unnecessary noise or smoke, including unnecessarily revving an engine.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:"NASA's award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:If the allegations hold, the move was geopolitcs-scale plan worthy of Dr. Evil himself:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Clandestine Op Uncovers Training Exercise Simulating Deployment Against Infrastructure In Norway:

OpenAI Agents Discussed Ways To Escape Their Sandbox On Public WikiArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/openai-agents-discussed-ways-to-escape-their-sandbox-on-public-wiki/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/could-europes-giant-four-carriers-rival-starlink-with-new-consortium

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-revives-one-mono-font-after-brief-retirement-typeface-built-to-fight-coder-eyestrain-gets-reprieve-from-open-source-purge

Chinese Military Researchers And Tech Giants Caught Using ClaudeArthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-military-researchers-and-tech-giants-caught-using-claude-us-frontier-model-coded-16-air-defense-suppression-tools-targeting-taiwan-drafted-anti-torpedo-specs-and-fed-151-million-training-queries-to-alibaba

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/boy-developed-toasted-skin-condition-from-using-a-laptop-every-day/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/iran-and-houthi-rebels-used-anthropics-claude-ai-to-target-us-warships-and-build-hypersonic-missiles-houthi-rebels-also-used-the-bot-to-code-ballistic-missile-guidance-systems