US bans differential privacy in Census data
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Critical Splunk Enterprise Flaw Lets Attackers Run Code Without Authentication
Splunk has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in Splunk Enterprise that could be exploited to conduct unauthenticated file operations and even remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20253, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7, an unauthenticated user could create or truncate arbitrary
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: "It's addictive"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is warning against "token-maxing," throwing the most powerful AI models at every problem. Frontier models shouldn't be wasted on everyday tasks, he says. The marginal cost of productivity gains has to match the token cost. Still, Nadella admits, "I'm like a token-maxer too. So it is addictive." The article Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: "It's addictive" appeared first on The Decoder .
My yard is dying, so I made an app for that
When I returned to my computer five minutes after giving Gemini a lengthy prompt, I had two things: a functional app in a preview window, and a message about a bug. "~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!" Sounded bad! But right below it was a button to fix the bug. Pretty weird […]
Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
On Friday evening, the government ordered Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nations, both inside and outside the US, due to national security concerns. That order included employees of Anthropic. To meet those demands, the company has completely cut off access to the models for all customers. In […]
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Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin
Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 turns natural language into executable SQL queries. Built on Gemini 3.1 Pro, it tops the BIRD benchmark at 80.04 percent accuracy, well ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic. Google says the technology could improve natural language features across its data services. The article Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin appeared first on The Decoder .
Microsoft's SkillOpt boosts GPT-5.5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file
Microsoft and three Chinese universities have developed SkillOpt, a method that optimizes instruction documents for AI agents using principles from traditional model training. A simple Markdown file is enough to boost GPT-5.5 by about 23 points on procedural tasks, and the same file transfers across models and agent environments like Codex and Claude Code. The article Microsoft's SkillOpt boosts GPT-5.5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file appeared first on The Decoder .
From 10% chance of success to $2 trillion market cap: SpaceX's historic IPO
After its Nasdaq debut on Friday, SpaceX was the sixth most-valuable U.S. company, despite being a fraction the size by revenue of tech's megacaps.
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don't think any of us are ready. As far as AI photo editing goes, the new features in iOS 27 are pretty tame compared to what you can do on, say, Google's Pixel phones. But […]
Echo Isle is a pint-sized adventure inspired by classic Zelda
Echo Isle is heavily inspired by The Legend of Zelda, and it's not afraid to show it: The retro graphics bear a striking resemblance to Link's Awakening, the main character wears a blue tunic and wields a sword, and he navigates dungeons to collect items and keys to fight bosses and gather magical MacGuffins. But […]
A better way to manage all your screenshots
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 132, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy soccer, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been preparing for a month of getting absolutely nothing done during the World Cup. […]
Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Packages
Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-More-Than-1500 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516379 Points: 240 # Comments: 146
Every Frame Perfect
Article URL: https://tonsky.me/blog/every-frame-perfect/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516251 Points: 334 # Comments: 120
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven't really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the sort of entertainment people would pay to see. Most AI firms' video models are still only capable of churning out short bursts of […]
Claude Fable cost $9 in one coding test. GPT-5.5 cost $1.50. Model triage is the new AI skill.
I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, The post Claude Fable cost $9 in one coding test. GPT-5.5 cost $1.50. Model triage is the new AI skill. appeared first on The New Stack .
Claude Fable 5 outpaces GPT-5.5 by 13 points on FrontierMath's toughest problems
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 hits 88 percent accuracy on the hardest FrontierMath tier, a massive jump from Opus 4.5, which sat below 10 percent in early 2026. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 reaches about 75 percent on the same tier. The pace of improvement in AI math keeps accelerating. The article Claude Fable 5 outpaces GPT-5.5 by 13 points on FrontierMath's toughest problems appeared first on The Decoder .
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US Gov asks Anthropic to ban 'foreign national' access to Fable, Mythos
The US government has ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, forcing the company to suspend both models worldwide. Anthropic is complying but disputes the basis, calling the cited jailbreak narrow and the capability widely available elsewhere. [...]
Meta shifts from "tokenmaxxing" to token managing as internal AI costs reportedly hit billions
An internal memo to 6,000 employees reveals Meta is heading toward billions in AI costs from internal use alone. Starting in 2027, budgets, allocations, and a central dashboard called "AI Gateway" will govern token consumption. CTO Andrew Bosworth put it bluntly: "All motion is not progress and token usage alone is not a measure of impact of any kind." The article Meta shifts from "tokenmaxxing" to token managing as internal AI costs reportedly hit billions appeared first on The Decoder .
The troll button
There have always been trolls. Hecklers, jesters, and class clowns. The troll lives under the bridge and invents nonsense grievances in order to get attention. But, until recently, there wasn’t much of a business model to support this career choice. It’s said that William Randolph Hearst started a war to sell newspapers, but few people […]
Open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token
Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weights model with one trillion parameters built for programming. It still trails GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 in coding benchmarks but costs a fraction of the price. So the key question isn't whether it's the best model, but whether the extra runs you get for the same budget make up for the gap in quality. The article Open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token appeared first on The Decoder .
Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48514560 Points: 373 # Comments: 224