How Mosquitoes Changed Everything | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/05/how-mosquitoes-changed-everything
How Mosquitoes Changed Everything
April 19, 2026What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
April 19, 2026What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/what-is-claude-anthropic-doesnt-know-either
QT:{{” When the model predicts the next word, it is not doing so just on the basis of the words that came before. It is also “keeping in mind” all the words that might plausibly come after. It predicts the immediate future in the light of its predictions of the more distant future. Anthropic’s techniques verify this. When Batson clicked on the words “grab it,” at the end of the prompt, the network lit up with possibilities for not only the next word (“His”) but also those on the more distant horizon—the endgame of “habit” or “rabbit.” Batson compared Claude to a veteran backpacker on the Appalachian Trail: “Experienced through-hikers know to mail themselves peanut butter at some further stage. What the model is doing is like mailing itself the peanut butter of ‘rabbit.’ ”
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NYTimes: How Neighborly Do Home Additions Have to Be?
April 19, 2026Solar System | NOVA | PBS
April 19, 2026https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/solar-system/episodes/
seen strange, icy, volcano
What Doctors Want You to Know About Supplements
April 19, 2026What Doctors Want You to Know About Supplements – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/well/doctor-tips-supplements-research.html
Is It Bad to Snooze Your Alarm?
April 19, 2026Is It Bad to Snooze Your Alarm? – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/well/health-effects-alarm-snooze.html
A.I. Agents: They’re Fun. They’re Useful. But Don’t Give Them the Credit Card.
April 19, 2026A.I. Bots Can Act as Personal Digital Assistants, but There Are Serious Risks – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/ai-agents-uses.html
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed.
April 19, 2026A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial
intelligence.
A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed. – The New York
Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technology/moltbook-ai-social-media.html
NYTimes: The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload
April 19, 2026Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption – Ars Technica
April 19, 2026thought ZK-proof was interesting…
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In a move that’s turning heads in security circles, Google isn’t releasing the algorithmic improvements that make this achievement possible. Instead, the researchers released a zero-knowledge proof that mathematically proves the existence of the algorithmic
enhancement without disclosing it.
“The escalating risk that detailed cryptanalytic blueprints could be weaponized by adversarial actors necessitates a shift in disclosure practices,” the authors explained. “Accordingly, we believe it is now a matter of public responsibility to share refined resource estimates while withholding the precise mechanics of the underlying attacks.” The researchers, who said they consulted with the US government in forging the new policy, went on to say that “progress in quantum computing has reached the stage where it is prudent to stop publishing details of improved quantum cryptanalysis to avoid misuse.”
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