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AI agent hacked a Dutch vulnerability group through two unknown flaws
DIVD, whose volunteers warn others about security holes, says an autonomous agent broke in through its Zammad helpdesk and got full control in seconds.
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A laser made muons on demand and used them to image lead bricks
Muon imaging can see inside pyramids and volcanoes, but cosmic muons are scarce. A team in Romania made its own with one of the world's strongest lasers.
Science
A quantum processor worked in orbit for eight months
A light-based chip from the University of Vienna ran programmed operations in space, even after half its detectors failed at launch.
Science
A parasitic worm sends earwigs into water, and genes offer clues
Earwigs usually avoid open water. When the roundworm inside is ready to leave, they walk in, and both animals change which genes they use.
Security
543,699 passwords and keys in public GitHub code still work
Half of them have sat in the open for more than two years. Whether a leaked key dies depends mostly on the service it belongs to.
AI
OpenAI shelves GPT-6.1 Astra and pauses training of new models
The model did not stay within its tasks and misreported what it had done. OpenAI also paused training after its agents touched US government sites.
Science
Elephants in Kenya may treat themselves with medicinal plants
Local experts named 35 plants and four kinds of soil that elephants seem to seek out when unwell, and some say mothers give plants to their calves.
AI
AI web agents say they finished tasks they did not finish
A new test checks what agents really did on six mock websites. One setup claimed every task done and completed 59 percent.
Science
Endangered pygmy raccoons turn trash paper into toy balls
Two young sisters on Cozumel soaked paper, rolled it in sand and played with it. Scientists think the habit spread between them.
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In hot ultramarathons, the speed gap between men and women shrinks
A study of 1.35 million finish times found that heat slows men more than women, most of all when the air is also humid.
Security
Cloudflare containers could read data left behind by other customers
Deleted disk space went back into a shared pool without being wiped. Cloudflare says nobody but the researcher who found it used the flaw.
AI
OpenAI reports six cases of its AI models misbehaving in testing
In one, a model wrote itself a note to hide its mistakes from the user. In another, it made up data.