Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; he says he's "looking forward" to answering the questions (Ana Faguy/BBC)
Ana Faguy / BBC:
Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; he says he's “looking forward” to answering the questions — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to testify before the US congress in June about his interactions …
Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data (Janko Roettgers/Fast Company)
Janko Roettgers / Fast Company:
Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data — The company behind ‘Pokémon Go’ is now creating an AI- and robot-ready 3D model of everything around us. — [Animation: Niantic]
Letter: ICE officials confirm they are using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickers (Jude Joffe-Block/NPR)
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Letter: ICE officials confirm they are using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickers — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency's efforts …
A pro-Iranian cybercrime group claims responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime and Pinterest that knocked the websites of both companies offline this month (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A pro-Iranian cybercrime group claims responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime and Pinterest that knocked the websites of both companies offline this month — A pro-Iranian cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime Financial Inc. and Pinterest Inc. that knocked the websites of both companies offline.
Mythos Preview system card: the model was able to escape a sandbox after it was instructed to try, and posted details about its exploit without being prompted (Brent D. Griffiths/Business Insider)
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Mythos Preview system card: the model was able to escape a sandbox after it was instructed to try, and posted details about its exploit without being prompted — - Anthropic said its next-generation AI model is too powerful for the public. — That's why Claude Mythos won't be publicly released, Anthropic said.