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The Download: 10 things that matter in AI, plus Anthropic’s plan to sue the Pentagon

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Opinion

Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

An individual claiming to be Mark Pilgrim, the original creator of the library, opened an issue in the project's GitHub repo arguing that Blanchard had no right to change the software license, citing ...

This vibe-coded operating system looks like a nightmarish version of our AI OS future, although some of the function keys change the wallpaper so that's fun

It could always be worse.
archive

Understanding network hacks : attack and defense with Python

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