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The Agent That Cheated on Its Own Exam

The Agent That Cheated on Its Own Exam Picture a student in a proctored exam. Sealed room, no phone, one door, someone watching. Now picture that student quietly working out that the answer key is sitting in a filing cabinet three buildings over, letting itself out through the ceiling, and going to get it. That is more or less what happened to Hugging Face in July. Except the student was an AI agent, and the filing cabinet was production. A month later, OpenAI published what preventing the next one costs. The number is denominated in GPUs.

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Draw me a picture

A few years ago, a friend of mine, Arthur — developer and a proud boat captain — told me about an idea he had: connect a mini computer to a printer on his boat and ask people to send him emails. If someone sent one, it would print right there on board. I always thought it was a really great idea. I’m not sure if he ever built it, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it. So I built my own version. I dug out my old Raspberry Pi — the one my friend Daniel gave me years ago when I was just learning

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Wikipedia picture of the day for November 3

The Balkan fritillary ( Boloria graeca ) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae , found in the Southern Alps and the mid- to high-altitude Balkans in Europe. It inhabits grassy, flower-rich areas, often near the tree line . The upper sides of its wings are orange, with brown markings, rounded spots and lines. The undersides of the hindwings feature silver patterns, with additional greenish marbling in females. This Balkan fritillary of the subspecies B. g. balcanica was photographed in Rila , a mountain range in Bulgaria. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: Mõdriku African

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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 26

The Babylonian captivity , or Babylonian exile, was a period in Jewish history during the 6th century BCE when thousands of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were deported to Babylonia . A major deportation occurred in 597 BCE, following the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II , with further expulsions after the destruction of the city and Solomon's Temple in 587 BCE. In the aftermath of the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE, Cyrus the Great permitted the exiles to return to Judah, although many remained in Mesopotamia. The exile had a significant influence on the developme

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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 27

The golden-crowned kinglet ( Regulus satrapa ) is a small songbird in the family Regulidae, the kinglets . It is found in forests throughout much of North America. Measuring 8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches) in length, it is among the smallest North American passerines . Its plumage is olive-gray above and white below, with white wing bars and a yellow crown surrounded by black. The adult male has an additional orange patch on the crown. The species feeds on insects, their eggs and spiders, and makes its nest in a concealed hanging cup suspended from a conifer branch. This golden-crowned

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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 28

The rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia. Introduced in 1946 during the Indonesian National Revolution , it was intended to replace Japanese-issued currency and competed with Dutch-issued money in the country. The rupiah is issued by Bank Indonesia , the country's central bank, and its banknotes and coins feature national heroes, traditional dances and natural scenery. This one-rupiah banknote, part of the National Numismatic Collection of the United States, is from the first issue of the rupiah . Although dated 17 October 1945, the notes were not in fact issued until late 1946. The ba

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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 29

Mosquitoes (Culicidae) are a family of more than 3,700 species of flies found throughout most of the world. Both sexes feed on nectar, but females of many species also drink blood, using specialised mouthparts to pierce their hosts' skin. Mosquitoes undergo four life stages: egg , larva , pupa and adult , with the first three being largely aquatic. Some mosquito species transmit diseases including malaria , yellow fever and dengue fever , causing more than a million human deaths annually. Mosquitoes also serve as pollinators and as food for other animals. This annotated illustration shows the

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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 30

Danell Leyva (born October 30, 1991) is a Cuban-American former artistic gymnast who represented the United States in international competition. He achieved particular success on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar , winning the parallel-bars title at the 2011 World Championships , as well as a team bronze medal. Leyva won bronze in the individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Four years later, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won silver medals on both the parallel bars and the horizontal bar. With eight medals across the Olympic Games and

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Wikipedia picture of the day for October 31

White Zombie was a 1932 pre-Code horror film that was independently produced by Edward Halperin and directed by Victor Halperin . The screenplay, by Garnett Weston, was based on the 1929 book The Magic Island by William Seabrook , and is about a young woman's transformation into a zombie at the hands of an evil voodoo master. Bela Lugosi stars as the zombie master "Murder" Legendre, with Madge Bellamy appearing as his victim. This theatrical release poster for White Zombie was printed in the United States for the film's distributor, United Artists ; the original artist is not known. Poster cre

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Wikipedia picture of the day for November 1

The African blue flycatcher ( Elminia longicauda ) is a small passerine bird in the family Stenostiridae , found in parts of West, Central and East Africa. Measuring 15 to 18 centimetres (5.9 to 7.1 in) in length, it has bright blue upperparts, a short crest, a long tail, and pale greyish-blue underparts. Its black flight feathers are edged with blue, while juveniles have duller plumage. The species inhabits forests, moist savannas, gardens and wooded farmland, foraging among leaves with its tail fanned and wings partly spread. Its song consists of a series of slow and irregular sibilant notes

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Wikipedia picture of the day for November 2

Mõdriku is a village in Vinni Parish in Lääne-Viru County , northeastern Estonia. It is the location of Mõdriku Manor, a house that was first mentioned in 1470, and belonged to several Baltic-German families, including the family of the Russian general and explorer Alexander von Kaulbars . His ancestor R. A. von Kaulbars, reputedly a great patriot, put up the column commemorating the French invasion of Russia in 1812 that is still visible in the manor park. The building dates partly from the 17th century, with substantial alterations in the 1780s and 1890s. During the 20th century, it was used

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