A Java library just tried to trick AI coding agents into deleting your tests, and it almost worked

The latest flare-up in the debate over AI-assisted coding did not come from a new model release or a benchmark result. It came from a single ...
The Guardian

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since ...
NJ.com

Miss Manners: Is it inappropriate to use someone’s driveway, without permission, to turn around?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: The other day, a friend visited our home, and when he left, he started to use our neighbor’s driveway to turn his car around. Our neighbor appeared on his front porch and said to ...
Portland Press Herald

People with disabilities slam Graham Platner’s use of ‘R word’; he apologizes

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
The Washington Post

Democrats are using the I-word again

In today’s edition … NATO is in the White House ... What went down in Wisconsin … but first … For months, Democrats have tamped down talk of impeachment to ...
Mashable

Here’s a smarter way to use Word, Excel, and other Office favorites — now for $150 off

The following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation. Microsoft Office apps get an AI upgrade ...
PC World

Claude Code is scanning your messages for curse words

PCWorld reports that a massive Claude Code leak revealed Anthropic’s AI actively scans user messages for curse words and frustration indicators like ‘wtf’ and ‘omfg’ using regex detection. This ...
Printing Impressions

Want a Sale? Use Your Words

Most salespeople are not shy about expressing themselves. We write emails — with and without the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). We make phone calls. We send text messages. We handwrite ...
Wired

Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

Six Democratic lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to publicly disclose whether Americans who use commercial VPN services risk being treated as foreigners under United States ...
PC World

This obscure Microsoft Word feature makes proofreading documents easy

In my job, I write and edit a lot of text every single day, and parsing it all for spelling or grammar errors can take up more time than I like. But when one of my colleagues here at PCWorld ...
The Conversation

How to spot the use and abuse of the word ‘context’

Everyone’s been in a debate when someone says: “You’re taking that out of context.” But what does it actually mean to understand something “in context”? Appeals to context feel irrefutable. Of course ...