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https://github.com/issacnitin/RealDiff

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social 19 sec. ago

RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six languages)

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464459

#HackerNews #RealDiff #runtime #behavior #diffing #pull #requests #six #languages #GitHub

Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six languages) | Hacker News

GitHub

GitHub - issacnitin/RealDiff: Runtime behavior diffs for pull requests

Runtime behavior diffs for pull requests. Contribute to issacnitin/RealDiff development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://www.comaps.app/news/2026-08-23/comaps-integration-with-the-wider-floss-ecosystem/

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social 21 sec. ago

CoMaps integration with the wider FLOSS ecosystem – CoMaps

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464637

#HackerNews #CoMaps #FLOSS #integration #open-source #technology #community #collaboration

CoMaps integration with the wider FLOSS ecosystem – CoMaps | Hacker News

https://rahuljuliato.com/posts/markdown-ts-mode-emacs-31

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social 22 sec. ago

Emacs 31: An unofficial guide to Markdown-ts-mode

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464543

#HackerNews #Emacs #Markdown #MarkdownMode #Emacs31 #TechGuide

Emacs 31: An unofficial guide to Markdown-ts-mode | Hacker News

An unofficial guide to markdown-ts-mode on Emacs 31 | Rahul's Blog

Rahul's Blog

Jürgen Hubert

@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social 2 hr. ago

Check out this link for a random German folk tale!

What did you get?

https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Special:Random/Folk_Tale

Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles Wiki

The Devil’s Grandmother

Sensible Crone

@susiemagoo@mstdn.social 29 sec. ago

@juergen_hubert Hare witch

Katika Kühnreich

@Katika@chaos.social 2 days ago

My proposal "Every breath you take - Why real name registration is not for a 'better web' but a better surveillance" will be on the FediDay AND on the Datenspuren

So - once in English, once in German

So happy to see you all!

https://berlinfedi.day/ https://datenspuren.de/

@datenspuren @berlinfediday

#Berlin #Dresden #Fediday #Datenspuren #Conference #FOSS #talk #realnameregistration #tech #surveillance #techfascism #ccc #c3d2 #wsocial

Datenspuren 2026

Symposium Datenspuren, 2026, Zentralwerk, Riesaer Straße 32, 01127 Dresden; veranstaltet vom Chaos Computer Club Dresden

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Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 32 sec. ago

@Katika I can't wait!!!!!!!! @datenspuren @berlinfediday

Freedom of the Press

@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press 41 sec. ago

President Trump’s threat to sue a liberal think tank attempts to transform defamation law into a modern-day Sedition Act that could be wielded against journalists.

https://freedom.press/issues/the-dangerous-new-twist-in-trumps-latest-defamation-threat/

Freedom of the Press Foundation

The dangerous new twist in Trump’s latest defamation threat

Trump’s saber-rattling against a liberal think tank over its report on his administration’s deployment of the National Guard is an attempt to turn criticism of government policy into personal defamation of the president

David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange 3 min. ago

@davidgerard @daemonspudguy @Oggie

Heinlein had a short story about nuclear power as a derivative of solar power. The panels were 'simply' retuned to generate power from different parts of the EM spectrum (they weren't photovoltaic, they used something closer to piezoelectric crystals).

I was deeply disappointed when I got a bit older and learned how nuclear power plants really worked.

Perrin42

@Perrin42@mastodon.social 42 sec. ago

@david_chisnall @davidgerard @daemonspudguy @Oggie

We put atoms on teeny tiny hamster wheels and force them to run until they vomit radiation?

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop 2 min. ago

@Catvalente Well, better luck this time!

Catherynne M. Valente

@Catvalente@wandering.shop 58 sec. ago

@cstross I don’t even write speeches anymore, but thanks!

Idzie

@idzie@kolektiva.social 59 sec. ago

It's my sister's birthday but I was awake large portions of last night, and today have a horrible migraine and cramps, so today is going to be a bit of a physical struggle...

Thomas Fuchs

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io 1 min. ago

I'm a bit surprised about the success of the Switch 2 (they sold 25 million or so of it), I can't get myself to buy one because I really don't know what the point is over my OG Switch that works fine. It's not that Mario needs 4K super-high res textures.

sebsauvage

@sebsauvage@framapiaf.org 15 min. ago

@rollingguyam
J'ai bien peur que personne n'ai les détails technique. Ce sont les boîtes d'IA qui clament "voilà ce qui s'est passé !"

@Quenti @Bristow_69

Princesse Cafou 👑

@cafou@raru.re 1 min. ago

@sebsauvage

Les détails sont trouvables dans la conférence du CCC :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DyyMV0kCY

@rollingguyam @Quenti @Bristow_69

#HackerNews #NeverLaunchAlone #LaunchStrategy #StartupSuccess #CollaborationTech

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social 1 min. ago

Never Launch Alone

https://launchgenius.app

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464847

Never Launch Alone | Hacker News

Product launch coordination software — LaunchGenius

Software for coordinating the people around a launch: employees, investors, guests, creators, partners and customers each get the right ask, and every post publishes on one schedule.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/27/tennis/djokovic-endurance-test-usopen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

Catherynne M. Valente

@Catvalente@wandering.shop 3 min. ago

@cstross I won as part of the Squeecast, I’ve never won in my own or for my writing :/

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop 2 min. ago

@Catvalente Well, better luck this time!

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social 2 min. ago

Novak Djokovic heads to the U.S. Open chasing a record 25th Grand Slam title, but his latest bid for history carries questions over whether his 39-year-old body can withstand perhaps tennis' most punishing fortnight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/27/tennis/djokovic-endurance-test-usopen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #novakdjokovic #usopen

David Gerard

@davidgerard@circumstances.run 4 min. ago

agents.md doesn't appear to do shit

> Surprisingly, we find that providing context files does not generally improve task success rates, while increasing inference cost by over 20% on average.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.11988

spotted by @theodoraward

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.11988

Roger BW 😷

@RogerBW@discordian.social 2 min. ago

@davidgerard With respect I think this shows that it achieves the primary goal of increasing AI companies' income.

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Should ChatGPT Read Your Encrypted Messages?

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Engadget

ChatGPT on Mac can now read and respond to Apple iMessages - Engadget

OpenAI has rolled out a plugin that allows ChatGPT to control the Apple Messages app.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive

How To Think About End-To-End Encryption and AI: Training, Processing, Disclosure, and Consent

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) has become the gold standard for securing communications, bringing strong confidentiality and privacy guarantees to billions of users worldwide. However, the current push towards widespread integration of artificial intelligence (AI) models, including in E2EE systems, raises some serious security concerns. This work performs a critical examination of the (in)compatibility of AI models and E2EE applications. We explore this on two fronts: (1) the integration of AI assistants within E2EE applications, and (2) the use of E2EE data for training AI models. We analyze the potential security implications of each, and identify conflicts with the security guarantees of E2EE. Then, we analyze legal implications of integrating AI models in E2EE applications, given how AI integration can undermine the confidentiality that E2EE promises. Finally, we offer a list of detailed recommendations based on our technical and legal analyses, including: technical design choices that must be prioritized to uphold E2EE security; how service providers must accurately represent E2EE security; and best practices for the default behavior of AI features and for requesting user consent. We hope this paper catalyzes an informed conversation on the tensions that arise between the brisk deployment of AI and the security offered by E2EE, and guides the responsible development of new AI features.

Tech Policy Press

Can Bots Read Your Encrypted Messages? Encryption, Privacy, and the Emerging AI Dilemma

Mallory Knodel and Andrés Fábrega say AI features raise significant security risks for users of encrypted messaging applications.

Strategies to Block AI Bots from Zoom Sessions | IT@Cornell

AI bot vendors Read.ai and Fireflies.ai are currently automatically blocked from joining Cornell Zoom meetings. Meeting hosts will not need to take any additional steps as outlined below to prevent AI bots hosted by these specific vendors from joining Cornell Zoom meetings.

BGR

Meta Is About To Ruin WhatsApp With AI Bots No One Wants - BGR

Meta will make AI bots more prominent in WhatsApp, a feature nobody really requested from the otherwise great chat app.

arXiv.org

The Files are in the Computer: On Copyright, Memorization, and Generative AI

The New York Times's copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleges OpenAI's GPT models have "memorized" NYT articles. Other lawsuits make similar claims. But parties, courts, and scholars disagree on what memorization is, whether it is taking place, and what its copyright implications are. These debates are clouded by ambiguities over the nature of "memorization." We attempt to bring clarity to the conversation. We draw on the technical literature to provide a firm foundation for legal discussions, providing a precise definition of memorization: a model has "memorized" a piece of training data when (1) it is possible to reconstruct from the model (2) a near-exact copy of (3) a substantial portion of (4) that piece of training data. We distinguish memorization from "extraction" (user intentionally causes a model to generate a near-exact copy), from "regurgitation" (model generates a near-exact copy, regardless of user intentions), and from "reconstruction" (the near-exact copy can be obtained from the model by any means). Several consequences follow. (1) Not all learning is memorization. (2) Memorization occurs when a model is trained; regurgitation is a symptom not its cause. (3) A model that has memorized training data is a "copy" of that training data in the sense used by copyright. (4) A model is not like a VCR or other general-purpose copying technology; it is better at generating some types of outputs (possibly regurgitated ones) than others. (5) Memorization is not a phenomenon caused by "adversarial" users bent on extraction; it is latent in the model itself. (6) The amount of training data that a model memorizes is a consequence of choices made in training. (7) Whether or not a model that has memorized actually regurgitates depends on overall system design. In a very real sense, memorized training data is in the model--to quote Zoolander, the files are in the computer.

The Secret Sharer: Evaluating and Testing Unintended Memorization in Neural Networks | USENIX

Extracting Training Data from Large Language Models | USENIX

Pew Research Center

Growing public concern about the role of artificial intelligence in daily life

52% of Americans say they feel more concerned than excited about the increased use of artificial intelligence.

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