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[ad_1] Into the unknown The outsider with perhaps the best guess of whether PsiQuantum will succeed is the Pentagon. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—the Pentagon’s research and development arm—has been running an initiative to determine which of the boastful quantum companies might actually deliver. In the last year and a half, the heads of the program have been sounding more confident. Joe Altepeter, who ran the program until last year and proudly described himself as a “quantum skeptic,” told me in March 2025: “I am more optimistic now than I have been at any point in the past…

[ad_1] Andrew and Tristan Tate, brothers who are social media influencers, were arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service said.The charges against the pair were not immediately announced. Brady McCarron, a spokesperson for the marshals, said the warrant was sealed.They were arrested on an extradition request from the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.A news release from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew Tate, 39, had been charged with seven further counts of rape, three…

[ad_1] When Anthropic announced last week that it had found a new window into its models’ “internal thoughts” as they reason through answers, there was one colleague I had to talk to: senior editor Will Douglas Heaven. Aside from having a PhD in computer science, Will has spent a lot of time digging into what we can say about how AI models work. I spoke with him about what we should take from Anthropic’s new (and typically quirky) research. Here’s what he had to say. This article is from The Algorithm, our weekly AI newsletter. Sign up to receive it…

[ad_1] The National party’s Senate leader, Bridget McKenzie, has used an appearance at a conference of the populist right in London to declare that conservatives are “in a war” against mass immigration, “leftwing globalists” and “woke” institutions, and to urge rightwing movements across the English-speaking world to unite and fight back.McKenzie was speaking at the inaugural CPAC GB in London, a British spinoff of the influential US Conservative Political Action Conference, organised by the former British prime minister Liz Truss. She gave a speech on Saturday morning before appearing on a panel chaired by Truss, alongside other rightwing figures.The One…

[ad_1] This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory. Inside, some 100 stainless-steel cabinets each hold hundreds of chips. On those chips, thousands of light particles will fly through a maze of optical switches and beam splitters. Each photon must be accounted for, because precisely measuring…

[ad_1] Two US troops were killed and one remains missing in Jordan after Iran launched a wave of attacks against US allies in the Middle East.Iran’s attacks came as the renewal of US strikes on Iran entered a second week and fighting escalated over the strait of Hormuz.Jordan’s military had earlier said it had intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight, without reporting any damage.On Friday the US military said it had carried out the seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran since president Donald Trump declared their temporary ceasefire agreement “over”, while the signature of Iran’s supreme…

[ad_1] As LLMs become more complex and get used in a wider variety of tasks—especially in the form of agents, which can interact with computer files, websites, and third-party code as well as other agents—it’s hard for teams of people by themselves to keep up with all the types of attacks that might take place. “The risk surface grows and the blast radius also grows,” says Nikhil Kandpal, a research scientist at OpenAI who co-created GPT-Red. OpenAI built GPT-Red to future-proof its safety testing process. “As more capable models become available, we will have already designed the system that can…

[ad_1] Quick Answers What is it? Khan Academy PreK Assessments are short, bilingual, tablet-based direct assessments for children ages 3–5. How long does it take? About 5-7 minutes per child per skill. What does it measure? Math, literacy, receptive language, and executive function. How is it different from TS GOLD or DRDP? Children demonstrate skills by answering questions directly on a tablet rather than being rated by an observer, reducing the burden on teachers and bias that can sneak its way into written observations. Does it replace my existing observational assessment tool? No. All skills can not be assessed directly…

[ad_1] Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards in a “reset of priorities” when he enters Downing Street on Monday.The new Labour leader plans to redirect the resources earmarked for the scheme towards tackling the cost of living, his team indicated on Saturday.The Guardian understands the proposals are being outlined in an attempt to distance the incoming prime minister from unpopular choices made by his predecessor. A petition opposing the introduction of digital ID cards when it was announced last year attracted about 3m signatures.“One of the first things this government will do is…

[ad_1] By Elizabeth Barker, Sr. Technical Program Manager, Accessibility Every May, I’m reminded that two things can be true at once.  My son turned 17 this year—not quite an adult but definitely no longer a child—and I’ve never felt more ready to let go and more determined to hold on. That’s May for me: duality. The flowers are blooming and we’re still covering the plants at night. The calendar is full of birthdays, Mother’s Day, Mental Health Awareness Month, Memorial Day, celebration, and reflection—all in the same breath.  And right in the middle of it all: Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).…