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Researchers unveil PropensityBench, a benchmark showing how stressors like shorter deadlines increase misbehavior in agentic AI models during task completion (Matthew Hutson/IEEE Spectrum)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-agents-safety

AI Agents Care Less About Safety When Under Pressure
Can AI agents resist pressure or do they crack? Discover how PropensityBench tests their likelihood to misbehave when put under pressure.

Insurers calling for trees to be felled as cheap fix for subsidence, say critics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/30/insurers-calling-for-trees-to-be-felled-as-cheap-fix-for-subsidence-say-critics…

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Bill Carney | Substack

A tale for these days when we enjoy being spooked by what haunts us.
#fiction #flashfiction
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/gho

IEEE Spectrum: The biggest causes of medical device recalls - software problems are responsible for 20 recalls a month (10%) #FDA

FDA Data Reveals Medical Device Recalls Software Woes
Thousands of medical device recalls are issued every year, and software is one of the leading causes.

Also, fuck this bullshit.
#OpenSCAD #noAI

OpenScad Code Wizard
Introducing the OpenScad Code Wizard

This Soft Robot Is 100% Edible, Including the Battery
It’s designed to feed medication to wild boars, but you can eat it too
https://spectrum.ieee.org/soft-edible-robot

Soft Edible Robot: A Sweet Treat with a Purpose
Edible robots are here, and they might taste like gummy candy. Learn how these wiggly wonders could help in wildlife conservation.

“2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides”
#usa

2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides
Amongst many stories, one stands out

In this 3 min video Tucker Carlson totally forgets that genocide is not something you speak of lightly...
Ahmed Eldin on substack (@ahmedeldin):
""Why call it genocide?" - Tucker Carlson
“Tucker, with all due respect — genocide isn’t a loaded term. It’s a crime.” - Francesca Albanese
Then she walks him thru Namibia, Armenia, Rwanda, Bosnia — and Gaza. A full-on masterclass he did NOT expect. "
#genocide #TuckerCarlson #FrancescaAlbanese

What a great read and overview, recommended !
"The State Of LLMs 2025: Progress, Problems, and Predictions"
#AI

The State Of LLMs 2025: Progress, Progress, and Predictions
A 2025 review of large language models, from DeepSeek R1 and RLVR to inference-time scaling, benchmarks, architectures, and predictions for 2026.