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šŸ”„ A messy experiment that changed how I think about AI code analysis
A messy experiment revealed that teaching AI to analyze code like senior developers enhances its understanding and effectiveness.

šŸ”„ Human study on AI spear phishing campaigns
A study reveals AI-generated spear phishing emails achieve over 50% click-through rates, significantly outpacing traditional methods.

šŸ”„ AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths
AI-assisted coding is transforming software engineering, enhancing productivity but revealing limitations in quality and expertise.

Waymo robotaxis safer than any human-driven cars
Waymo's robotaxis significantly reduce property damage and bodily injury claims, proving safer than human-driven cars.

AI's next leap requires intimate access to your digital life
Tech companies aim to enhance AI agents, requiring deeper access to personal data, raising privacy and security concerns.

Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI ā€“ without telling editors or authors
Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI without informing authors or editors, sparking resignations and ethical concerns.

Generative AI is not going to build your engineering team for you
Generative AI won't replace junior engineers; real software engineering requires experience, mentorship, and understanding complex systems.

Magna: Embedding similarity search tool for searching within large documents
Magna is an AI tool for embedding similarity search, enhancing document retrieval by understanding semantic meaning.

Show HN: Generate .env files from various secret providers via checked-in config
Salakala simplifies generating .env files from secret providers, enhancing security and streamlining development workflows.

X is testing a standalone app for Grok, its AI chatbot
X is testing a standalone app for its AI chatbot, Grok, requiring JavaScript for optimal use.

Write Prompts Like a Pro: Checkout These Prompt Engineering Tools
Explore essential prompt engineering tools for AI, enhancing prompt creation, testing, and management for better LLM interactions.

Breaking Free from Neural Networks and Dynamical Systems (2021)
A dialogue critiques the dominance of network models in biology, arguing for the need to explore universal computation beyond dynamical systems.

25% of the top websites are blocking OpenAI from crawling
25% of top websites are blocking OpenAI's crawlers, impacting AI data access and future model training.

RLLM: Rust library unifying multiple LLM back ends with builder-based API
RLLM is a Rust library enabling multi-backend LLM integration with a simple builder API for chat and text completion.

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