Month: September 2024

Sam Altman departs OpenAI’s safety committee

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leaving the internal commission OpenAI created in May to oversee “critical” safety decisions related to the company’s projects and operations. In a blog post today, OpenAI said the committee, the Safety and Security Committee, will become an “independent” board oversight group chaired by Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter, and including … Read more

OpenAI is launching an ‘independent’ safety board that can stop its model releases

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Image: The Verge OpenAI is turning its Safety and Security Committee into an independent “Board oversight committee” that has the authority to delay model launches over safety concerns, according to an OpenAI blog post. The committee made the recommendation to make the independent board after a recent 90-day review of OpenAI’s “safety and security-related processes … Read more

JD Vance doesn’t care that his viral story about Haitian migrants is false

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images JD Vance almost gave the game away. In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, the Republican vice presidential candidate came close to acknowledging that rumors about Haitian migrants eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, are completely fabricated — and then backtracked, saying the rumors are true … Read more

Mammoth’s founder returns with new iOS app for Mastodon, Saturn

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After founding and selling the popular Mastodon client Mammoth, developer Shihab Mehboob is returning to compete with it with the launch of his new app, Saturn. Not to be confused with the social calendar of the same name, Mehboob’s Saturn works with the decentralized social network Mastodon and specifically offers a unique “Highlights” feature that … Read more

The Ultimate Challenger’s Guide: How to Play Minesweeper and Beat the Odds

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The puzzle game Minesweeper requires skill, strategy, and reasoning. It began as a straightforward Windows game and developed into a problematic, thought-provoking one. Because websites like 1000 Mines are making the game more accessible than ever, new and old players are discovering the game from a new perspective. This article delves deeply into the game’s … Read more

Quantifying Gender Bias: Key Variables in Remote Pair Programming

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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 The twincode platform 1.2 Related Work 2 Research Questions 3 Variables 3.1 Independent Variables 3.2 Dependent Variables 3.3 Confounding Variables 4 Participants 5 Execution Plan and 5.1 Recruitment 5.2 Training and 5.3 Experiment Execution 5.4 Data Analysis Acknowledgments and References 3.2 Dependent Variables The response variables measured … Read more

Key Barriers to Web3 Development: Overcoming the Challenges Ahead

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Web3, the next iteration of the Internet, pledges to empower communities and end users through a decentralized and trustless infrastructure. However, it’s not like Apple introducing the touch screen, which replaced conventional phones in less than a decade. Web3 represents a tech advancement that requires gradual implementation to penetrate a global industry that touches every … Read more

Implementing Secure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in a Next.js Application Using Permit.io

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Authorization, the process in our applications that determines what users can perform on which resources, is a crucial requirement for every application. Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a simple way to manage and control authorization in our applications. In this article, we’ll discuss the process of adding RBAC Authorization to a Next.js application in a way … Read more