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This AI Agent Survived 6,000 Hack Attempts—Here’s How

Developer Fernando Irarrázaval's AI agent experiment drew over 6,000 hack attempts from more than 2,000 attackers. No one ...

Japanese Researchers Unlock a Powerful New Way To Edit and Assemble DNA

Silver nanoparticles provide a more efficient way to cut and assemble DNA, improving recovery rates and boosting DNA joining ...
techtimes

OpenAI Codex Automation Gains Record and Replay: Show It Once, Skip the Script

OpenAI has added a feature to its Codex macOS app that changes the barrier to AI-powered automation: instead of writing a prompt or configuring a workflow, a user performs a task while Codex watches, ...
The Guardian

Ex-CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars reportedly created fake spy program

David Rush, who was arrested in May, stole millions from US government through ‘special access program’, officials say A former executive intelligence agent who is accused of stealing more than $40m ...
Mining

Ex-CIA agent created fake spy program to amass $40M gold stash: reports

A former CIA official who was caught hoarding $40 million worth of gold bars allegedly created a “fake” classified intelligence program that US federal investigators say was used to channel government ...
UPI

CIA officer caught with gold bars created fake intelligence operation

June 6 (UPI) --A former Central Intelligence Agency officer who was caught with $40 million in gold bars allegedly created a fake intelligence program in order to steal the money. David J. Rush was ...
The New York Times

C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars Said to Have Created Fake Spy Program

A federal judge has ruled that David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, must remain in detention. U.S. officials say Mr. Rush funneled millions in federal funds to himself. By Julian E. Barnes and Edward Wong ...
The Washington Post

CIA officer who had millions in gold bars accused of creating fake spy program

The former senior CIA official found with more than $40 million worth of gold bars in his house allegedly created a fake, highly classified intelligence program that he used as a conduit to funnel ...
The New Yorker

Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?

This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...
Science Daily

Scientists create supercharged vitamin K that helps the brain heal itself

Scientists in Japan have created powerful new vitamin K-based compounds that may help the brain regenerate lost neurons — a breakthrough that could one day change how diseases like Alzheimer’s and ...
CBS News

How some U.S. schools are teaching kindness classes: "Just makes me want to be a better person"

Red Wing, Minnesota — The U.S. spends hundreds of billions every year teaching children how to read, write and calculate. But what about kindness? Why isn't that a subject in school? Well, in some ...
Psychology Today

Create Your Own Discomfort So It Is Not Created for You

Most of us wait for discomfort to arrive. We brace for the hard conversation, the unexpected change, the day that does not go to plan, and we hope we will be ready when it comes. We usually are not, ...