2026-07-03
UK's AI Security Institute finds standard benchmarks systematically underestimate what AI agents can actually do
In a study covering seven benchmarks, the UK's AI Security Institute shows that standard AI evaluations systematically underestimate agent capabilities by capping the compute budget. On software engineering tasks, success rates jumped about 25 percent when the token budget was increased tenfold. Newer models benefit the most. Depending on the token budget, actual progress at the frontier is a [...]
2026-07-03
VPN brands troll the gaming industry's digital-only push with fake physical services
Proton, Windscribe, and PureVPN are poking fun at the gaming industry's push toward a digital-only future with hilarious announcements of "fully physical" privacy services, reigniting the debate over digital ownership. [...]
2026-07-03
Security vulnerability reports have exploded since AI models started hunting for bugs
Epoch AI reports a sharp rise in security vulnerability reports. In June 2026, 21 organizations reported about 1,500 high-severity and critical CVEs, more than 3.5 times the previous monthly record. The surge lines up with the launch of AI-powered bug-hunting programs.<br /> The article Security vulnerability reports have exploded since AI models started hunting for bugs appeared first on Th [...]
2026-07-03
Breaking: Sony is launching a new RX10 bridge camera next week! Here's what we can learn from the shock teaser
Sony just teased a new RX10 camera, announcing: 'The wait is over'. For clarity, its most recent bridge camera was the RX10 IV, which landed in 2017 and is now discontinued [...]