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Extropic, which says its chips using probabilistic bits can be 10,000x more energy efficient than current AI chips, shares its first chip with some AI labs (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/extropic-aims-to-disrupt-the-data-center-bonanza/…

Extropic Aims to Disrupt the Data Center Bonanza
A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than ones and zeros.

The U.S. military struck four boats in the eastern Pacific
-- killing 14 people
-- a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s
campaign of extra-judicial murders in the Western Hemisphere.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-se

U.S. military strikes four alleged drug boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
The U.S. military has struck four alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.

🗿 A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil: What companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
https://theconversation.com/a-billion-dollar-drug-was-found-in-easter-i…

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy.

StolenLoRA: Exploring LoRA Extraction Attacks via Synthetic Data
Yixu Wang, Yan Teng, Yingchun Wang, Xingjun Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23594 https://ar…

StolenLoRA: Exploring LoRA Extraction Attacks via Synthetic Data
Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) methods like LoRA have transformed vision model adaptation, enabling the rapid deployment of customized models. However, the compactness of LoRA adaptations introduces new safety concerns, particularly their vulnerability to model extraction attacks. This paper introduces a new focus of model extraction attacks named LoRA extraction that extracts LoRA-adaptive models based on a public pre-trained model. We then propose a novel extraction method called Stol…

Knowledge Extraction on Semi-Structured Content: Does It Remain Relevant for Question Answering in the Era of LLMs?
Kai Sun, Yin Huang, Srishti Mehra, Mohammad Kachuee, Xilun Chen, Renjie Tao, Zhaojiang Lin, Andrea Jessee, Nirav Shah, Alex Betty, Yue Liu, Anuj Kumar, Wen-tau Yih, Xin Luna Dong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25107

Knowledge Extraction on Semi-Structured Content: Does It Remain Relevant for Question Answering in the Era of LLMs?
The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has significantly advanced web-based Question Answering (QA) systems over semi-structured content, raising questions about the continued utility of knowledge extraction for question answering. This paper investigates the value of triple extraction in this new paradigm by extending an existing benchmark with knowledge extraction annotations and evaluating commercial and open-source LLMs of varying sizes. Our results show that web-scale knowledge extract…

I'm sure this isn't much comfort to people who have lost their homes to wildfires, but it is scientifically interesting.
https://humanprogress.org/wildfire-heat-could-unexpectedly-lower-eastern-us-air-pollution/

#Basel Esther Grether ist mit 89 Jahren gestorben. Frau Grether war eine der ersten Unternehmerinnen der Schweiz.
https://www.bazonline.ch/unternehmerin-esther-…

Unternehmerin Esther Grether in Basel verstorben
Als Unternehmerin bewies Esther Grether ein sicheres Gespür fürs Geschäft. Mindestens so sehr wie für die Kunst, was in eine der bedeutendsten Sammlungen der Gegenwart mündete.

Dallas Cowboys plan to use extra day for defensive tweaks in Week 9 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-plan-use-extra-day-for-defensive-tweaks-nfl-week-9

Why Tony Romo is 'extremely concerned' after Lamar Jackson's injury for Ravens

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-tony-romo-is-extremely-c…

Can't-Miss Play: Markquese Bell runs over 80 YARDS to take blocked extra point back for a deuce https://www.nfl.com/videos/can-t-miss-play-markquese-bell-runs-over-80-yards-to-take-blocked-extra-point-back-for-a-deuce