Inference-Time Inoculation Against RL-Induced Misalignment
Reward hacking during RL can induce split personas in models, some of which are highly misaligned. However, RL is very useful for learning capabilities. Thus, a core problem seems…
Is ChatGPT Changing How You're Writing?
An anonymous reader quotes a report fro SFGATE: From "rizz" to "meat proxy," words and phrases have fallen in and out of favor for centuries. Culture, politics and technological…
Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCP
The group infected more than 1,000 organizations in a relentless supply-chain attack campaign.
EXCLUSIVE: The Right’s ‘War on Woke’ Is a Cash Grab on State Treasuries
Derek Kreifels led a decade-long crusade against ‘woke’ corporations. Now, he’s getting state business for his Christian finance firm. Read Lauren Windsor’s year-long corruption…
Planned Parenthood’s Funding Ban Ended — But Money Isn’t Flowing in Every State
Standard federal Medicaid reimbursement should have automatically resumed in about three dozen states.
Inkhaven 3: Nov 10 - Dec 11 2026
Inkhaven returns, baby! Go to inkhaven.blog to apply. I'm very excited about our advisors for Inkhaven 3. Our initial lineup is Scott Alexander , Alexander Wales , Justis Mills ,…
Apple One and Apple TV subscription prices increase by up to 20 percent
Annual Apple TV subscriptions get the biggest bump.
Ring Says New Encryption Limits What It Can Give Police
Ring is rolling out a new default encryption system called TAKE, or "Throw Away the Key Encryption," that rotates video keys every five minutes and permanently deletes Ring's copy…
Exploited Data Workers Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Workers in the Global South are deliberately invisibilized by the companies that produce AI, says a sociologist.
Tales of rebellion against externally-opaque meritocracies
A basic problem in metascience / intellectual progress is that it’s hard to tell, from the outside, whether a group that you disagree with is: “A self-dealing cabal enmeshed in…
The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look
"Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now..."
Sanders Vows to Introduce Legislation to Stop Flock’s “AI Mass Surveillance”
“You may not know it, but you may already be being tracked by artificial intelligence,” the senator said.
States Can Regulate Prediction Markets As Gambling, Federal Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that states can regulate prediction markets like Kalshi as gambling, handing state regulators their biggest legal victory yet against the booming…