Prospects for studying actual schemers — AI Alignment Forum

One natural way to research scheming is to study AIs that are analogous to schemers. Research studying current AIs that are intended to be analogous to schemers won’t yield compelling empirical evidence or allow us to productively study approaches for eliminating scheming, as these AIs aren’t very analogous in practice. This difficulty is in part […]

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Repair wizard converts an RTX 4080 into 4080 Super using BGA magic — Donor board gets intense surgery for a reball upgrade like never before

It’s no secret that we’re a fan of eccentric repair stories here at Tom’s Hardware; we’ve already had classics like a dead RTX 5090 with a cracked PCB being revived, and an RX 7800 XT that was saved after a spoiled reflow attempt. Today’s tale is no different — in fact, if anything, this is […]

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The Download: The CDC’s vaccine chaos

Every year, MIT Technology Review selects one individual whose work we admire to recognize as Innovator of the Year. For 2025, we chose Sneha Goenka, who designed the computations behind the world’s fastest whole-genome sequencing method.  Thanks to her work, physicians can now sequence a patient’s genome and diagnose a genetic condition in less than […]

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UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware

An Iran-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC1549 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting European telecommunications companies, successfully infiltrating 34 devices across 11 organizations as part of a recruitment-themed activity on LinkedIn. Swiss cybersecurity company PRODAFT is tracking the cluster under the name Subtle Snail. It’s assessed to be affiliated with Iran’s Islamic […]

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AOT: .NET vs Java – DEV Community

⚔️ AOT Showdown: .NET vs Java in 2025; Who’s really production-ready? In the race to optimize startup time, memory footprint, and deployment simplicity, Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation has become a game-changer. Both .NET and Java have embraced AOT, but not equally. If you’re building microservices, serverless apps, or containerized workloads, knowing which platform delivers a smoother […]

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