Four ways Google Research scientists have been using Empirical Research Assistance
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Where the goblins came from
How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.
Kubernetes v1.36: Tiered Memory Protection with Memory QoS
On behalf of SIG Node, we are pleased to announce updates to the Memory QoS feature (alpha) in Kubernetes v1.36. Memory QoS uses the cgroup v2 memory controller to give the kernel better guidance on how to treat…
Granite 4.1 LLMs: How They’re Built
Building the compute infrastructure for the Intelligence Age
OpenAI scales Stargate to build the compute infrastructure powering AGI, adding new data center capacity to meet growing AI demand.
Fragments: April 29
Chris Parsons has updated his guide on using AI to code. This is his third update, what I like about it is that he gives a lot of concrete information about how he uses AI, with sufficient detail that we can learn from…
Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age
OpenAI outlines a five-part action plan for strengthening cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age, focused on democratizing AI-powered cyber defense and protecting critical systems.
DeepInfra on Hugging Face Inference Providers 🔥
Bitwarden CLI compromised
Bitwarden's CLI got hit by the Checkmarx supply-chain campaign, TypeScript 7.0 beta lands with the Go-rewritten compiler running ~10x faster than 6.0, and pgBackRest lost its maintainer of thirteen years leaving anyone…
"A Mini Shai-Hulud Has Appeared": Bun-Based Stealer Hits SAP @cap-js and mbt npm Packages
A new npm supply chain attack self-branded "Mini Shai-Hulud" compromised four SAP-ecosystem packages on April 29, 2026. Snyk has live advisories. Here's the technical breakdown, IOCs, and what to do.
Bridging the Gap to Autonomous Fixes: Snyk and Atlassian Unveil Intelligent Remediation for Jira
Bridge the gap to autonomous fixes. Snyk and Atlassian integrate to transform Jira security tickets into precision fixes using Snyk Studio AI, eliminating context switching and resolving vulnerabilities in minutes.
Don't Panic: The Thymeleaf Template Injection That Only Hurts If You Let It (CVE-2026-40478)
CVE-2026-40478: The Thymeleaf template injection (CVSS 9.1) is conditional. Patch to 3.1.4+ immediately, and audit your code for dynamic view or template expression misuse, which is the key precondition for…