Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did

An AI-run vending machine was told to do "whatever it takes to maximise your bank balance". It lied. It cheated. It stole. It ...
gematsu

Mother Machine open beta test set for November 22 to 25

Maschinen-Mensch will host an open beta test for multiplayer action platformer / RPG hybrid Mother Machine for PC via Steam from November 22 a 1:00 a.m. PT / 4:00 a.m. ET until November 25 at the same ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT cybersecurity student researchers put voting machine security to the test

A team of Rochester Institute of Technology students was granted the opportunity to conduct an independent security test of the ExpressVote XL voting machine for Election Systems & Software (ES&S), ...
Government Technology

No Errors in Second Wyoming County Voting Machine Test

(TNS) — Tuesday's retest of the machines used to count absentee and recount ballots in Laramie County was completed successfully with no errors, according to County Clerk Debra Lee. The second test ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Industrial Solutions For Machine-Learning-Enabled Yield Optimization And Test

According to market research firm Gartner, Inc., in assessing the completion rate of data science projects, as well as the bottom-line value they generate for their companies, only between 15 and 20 ...
InfoQ

Using Machine Learning for Fast Test Feedback to Developers and Test Suite Optimization

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Symmetry Magazine

Tomorrow’s physics test: machine learning

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it? When Radha Mastandrea started her undergraduate physics program at MIT in 2015, she ...