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The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face

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The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently trained to cheat and to communicate with each other, according to an OpenAI technical report released today. The hack, which a group of agents undertook to find solutions for a cybersecurity test that they were stuck on, has confirmed some experts’…

Mastering the AI Project Cycle: From Concept to Production

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In fact, AI projects are not built by simply choosing a model and feeding it data. Furthermore, a successful AI system goes through multiple stages, starting with identifying the right problem and ending with deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. This structured journey is known as the AI Project Cycle. It helps teams move from an […] The post Mastering the AI Project...

Using data for good: How SAS interns support local students

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Summer internships are all about gaining the skills and experience needed to thrive in the future. But what if interns could use those skills to make a difference right now? SAS’ 2026 summer interns did exactly that through Data for Good, a long-running SAS program that uses data, analytics and [...] The post Using data for good: How SAS interns support local students appeared first on...

AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better?

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Puzzles and games have been central to AI development since the very beginning. Just as we humans like to test our smarts with crosswords or logic puzzles, developers can test how far models have advanced with a gaming gauntlet. The term “machine learning” was popularized in a 1959 article by the IBM computer scientist Arthur…

Raised on AI

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When my oldest child was born, I immediately set up Gmail and Twitter accounts in her name. I broadly announced her birth online and proceeded to plaster her photo across all sorts of platforms. In short, I began creating her digital footprint long before she could stand on her own two feet.  Fast-forward a couple…

Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what?

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It’s a glorious day in Kirkland, Washington, an affluent Seattle suburb on the eastern shore of Lake Washington. The temperature is in the mid-80s, and the sky is incapable of being any more blue. The view from the Gates Ventures conference room overlooks the Carillon Point Marina, where a flotilla of expensive boats bob in…

AI for Patient Critical Uptime in a Shrinking Technician Workforce - with Michael Goldman

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The service environment is straining under rising equipment complexity and a rapidly shrinking technician workforce, making patient‑critical uptime harder to guarantee.   In this episode, Michael Goldman, Senior Director of Business Operations and Transformation at Patterson Dental, examines how AI can preserve service continuity by capturing institutional knowledge, supporting...