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Barret Zoph leaves OpenAI again five months after rejoining in January; Zoph initially left OpenAI in 2024 to serve as Thinking Machines Lab co-founder and CTO (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
He rejoined the company in January after a stint as co-founder of Mira Murati’s competitor, Thinking Machines Lab.

POL-GÖ: (184/2026) Verfassungsfeindliche Flugblätter in Göttingen aufgetaucht - Staatsschutz ermittelt Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Innenstadt Seit Dienstag, 16. Juni 2026 GÖTTINGEN (ab) - Im Göttinger Innenstadtbereich sind in den vergangenen Tagen mehrfach Flugblätter mit verfassungsfeindlichen Symbolen aufgetaucht. Nach bisherigen ... https://www…

From a Falun Gong publication.
A suspected ransomware attack on China’s National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin has raised serious concerns about the security of sensitive research data linked to the country’s aerospace, defense, and scientific programs.
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Hackers Claim Breach of China’s Supercomputing Hub, Stealing 10PB of Sensitive Military Data - Vision Times
A group of hackers claim to have breached China’s National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and stolen more than 10 petabytes of research data, including sensitive aerospace and military simulations

For anyone in the Salish Sea region and thinking about disaster prep, the "Puget Sound: Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan and Annexes" is probably worth reading also:
https://mil.wa.gov/asset/5ba4211ba3e85
That one is from 2012.
The Puyallup tribe also created a climate change adaptation report, which is also useful for thinking about how climate change will impact the region (in this case, Tacoma):
https://www.puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/Puyallup-Climate-Change-Impact-Assessment_2016_July-13-v3-pagesV2.pdf

Sources: a new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former lead of Alibaba's Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a ~$2B post-money valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-tencen…

Exclusive: Tencent Backs Former Alibaba Researcher’s New AI Lab
Tencent Holdings has backed a new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former lead researcher of Alibaba Group’s Qwen models, according to two people with knowledge of the investment. Tencent invested $20 million in Lin’s first funding round that raised several hundred million dollars at a post-money valuation of around $2 billion, according to the people. The round was led by Chinese venture

POL-GÖ: (183/2026) Polizeieinsatz in der Groner Straße - 26 Jahre alter Mann in Geschäft von Spezialkräften festgenommen, kein Zusammenhang mit Ermittlungen nach Schussabgabe auf Polizeibeamten am Samstag Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Groner Straße Donnerstag, 18. Juni 2026, 17.25 Uhr GÖTTINGEN (jk) - Im Zusammenhang mit Ermittlungen u. a. wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung haben Ermittler der Polizei am Donnerstag (18.06.26) in einem

Metacurity is changing things up with this week's infosec long-reads issue. Full access to our curated infosec long reads moves behind a subscriber paywall, although free subscribers still get highlights.
Check out this week's selection of good reads that cover
--Why Anthropic decided to keep Mythos under wraps,
-- Iran adopted locally resonant narratives to exploit Irish political tensions,
--Sexual deepfakes are the scourge of schools,
--How insider ris…

Best infosec long-reads 4/18: The gap between capability and accountability is widening
Why Anthropic decided to keep Mythos under wraps, Iran adopted locally resonant narratives to exploit Irish political tensions, Sexual deepfakes are the scourge of schools, How insider risk and supply chain compromise afflicted twenty-something billionaires, MSG's owner is obsessed with surveillance

POL-GÖ: (178/2026) Diebstahl von Goldketten bei Juwelier in Göttingen - Polizei fahndet mit Bildern nach Tatverdächtigen und sucht wichtigen Zeugen Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Weender Straße Dienstag, 17. März 2026, gegen 17.10 Uhr GÖTTINGEN (ab) - Nach dem Diebstahl mehrerer Goldketten aus einem Juweliergeschäft in Göttingen fahndet die Polizei jetzt mit Bildern nach drei ...

POL-GOE: Mobilität bis ins hohe Alter: Polizeidirektion Göttingen widmet sich am landesweiten Verkehrssicherheitstag am 20. Juni der Risikogruppe 65 Göttingen (ots) - Der 20. Juni steht bundesweit im Zeichen der Sicherheit im Straßenverkehr. In Niedersachsen wird dieses Datum von der Polizei und der Verkehrswacht jährlich zum Anlass genommen, um auf die häufigsten Verkehrsunfallursachen ...

POL-GÖ: (182/2026) Sachbeschädigung in Bad Sachsa - Unbekannte zerkratzen geparkten VW Golf Göttingen (ots) - Bad Sachsa, Steinstraße Mittwochabend bis Donnerstagvormittag, 18. Juni 2026 BAD SACHSA (ab) - In der Steinstraße in Bad Sachsa (Landkreis Göttingen) haben Unbekannte in der Nacht zu Donnerstag (18.06.26) einen am Fahrbahnrand ... https://ww…