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Is Including Hidden AI Prompts In Academic Papers Gaming The Peer Review System — Or Keeping It Honest?

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

It seems to be part of human nature to try to game systems. That’s also true for technological systems, including the most recent iteration of AI, as the numerous examples…

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After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions:…

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North Korean hackers ran US-based “laptop farm” from Arizona woman’s home

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

Christina Chapman, a 50-year-old Arizona woman, has just been sentenced to 102 months in prison for helping North Korean hackers steal US identities in order to get “remote” IT jobs…

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Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to…

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Creativity, Freedom Of Speech & Freedom Of Thought

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

This series of posts explores how we can rethink the intersection of AI, creativity, and policy. From examining outdated regulatory metaphors to questioning copyright norms and highlighting the risks of…

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OpenAI’s most capable AI model, GPT-5, may be coming in August

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

On Thursday, The Verge reported that OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5 as early as August, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. The report comes five months after…

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Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

A firmware update has killed key functionality for Echelon smart home gym equipment that isn’t connected to the Internet. As explained in a Tuesday blog post by Roberto Viola, who…

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Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

In December 2010, a study led by a NASA astrobiology fellow claimed to have found an alien-like microbe in a salty, alkaline lake in California. This extraordinary bacterium could reportedly…

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The Good, The Bad, And The Incredibly Stupid In Trump’s AI Action Plan

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

We’ve spent years documenting the challenges of crafting sensible AI policy, from Biden’s misguided plan, to various state-level attempts at regulation. Now Trump’s AI Action Plan has landed, offering a…

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Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say

July 25, 2025 Blogmaster

One week after Delta announced it is expanding a test using artificial intelligence to charge different prices based on customers’ personal data—which critics fear could end cheap flights forever—Democratic lawmakers…

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