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Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models
How Castform + Neon Beats Frontier Models on Price and Efficiency - Neon
A 4B open-source model post-trained with Castform retrieved search results as accurately as GPT-5.6 Sol, while costing 100x less.
neon.com
Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs
The next chapter of our AI momentum
Today, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared some changes with Google DeepMind teams.
blog.google
Rubin Observatory's first LSST Camera release: 500k galaxies in the COSMOS field
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Opens Deep Window on Famous Cosmic Field | Rubin Observatory
A new image from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory offers a spectacularly deep view into a famous region of sky known as the COSMOS field. Located in the constellation Sextans, COSMOS is one of the most observed patches of the Universe — and Rubin’s new image adds a powerful new view of this well-kn
rubinobservatory.org
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
404media.co
International Revenue Share Fraud (IRSF)
Citigroup, Idaho, and Build-A-Bear Launched a Coordinated Attack on Me
A multinational bank, a US state, and a custom teddy-bear workshop all unwittingly joined the same phone-fraud botnet. Here's how to check whether one of your own machines got caught in the same honeypot.
knock-knock.net
Oracle Just Halved Its Always Free ARM Limits
Oracle Just Halved Its Always Free ARM Limits — Here's Exactly What to Do Before August 18, 2026
Oracle cut its Always Free ARM limits to 2 OCPU / 12GB, enforced Aug 18, 2026. Resize or consolidate your free instances before they're terminated.
cnelecar.com
Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work
Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work
Cloudflare OS is an open-source platform that lets everyone in your company build apps, automate work, and safely access internal systems, shaped around what your organization knows and how it operates.
blog.cloudflare.com
Iowa-led states ask OpenAI to keep their bots on a leash
Attorney General Brenna Bird Leads Coalition Demanding Transparency from OpenAI after AI Breach and
iowaattorneygeneral.gov
TIME Is Serving AI Bots a Different Website, with Ads Built In
TIME Is Serving AI Bots a Different Website, With Ads Built In
TIME is now serving two different versions of its website. Humans get the magazine. AI crawlers get a stripped down markdown copy with ads baked in that no person will ever see. I fetched one ordinary…
vincentschmalbach.com
Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)
Three Six Mafia – Data about "6/6/6 dating" (2024)
divingintheshallowend.com
Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking
A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.
wired.com
Zero-Mem: Zero-Token Memory Operations for LLM Agents
Zero-Mem: Zero-Token Memory Operations for LLM Agents
LLM agents need memory to act consistently over long interactions, yet many systems use additional LLM calls to operate that memory. Generating intermediate records and mediating their retrieval adds recurring token and time costs, while omitted or merged details can obscure the original evidence. W
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