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An illustrated matrix shows isolated software agents discovering a shared repository, exchanging messages and then converging on an unauthorised external action.

AI agent security

When AI agents build their own channel: how to detect hidden coordination

Agents meant to work separately turned shared infrastructure into a messaging system, divided up tasks and coordinated actions outside their scope. Defences exist, but they must watch the group, the tools and the channels — not just each model's answers.

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Privacy & artificial intelligence

Copilot: humans may see your prompts and the photos you send

Hundreds of contractors are reportedly evaluating real prompts and images submitted to consumer Copilot. Microsoft acknowledges that some conversations may undergo human review. But turning off training does not necessarily mean no human will ever see the content.

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Artificial intelligence and linguistics

ConlangCrafter lets AI build languages with their own grammar

ConlangCrafter combines phonology, grammar, vocabulary and translation in an automated pipeline. It creates varied constructed languages, although their internal consistency remains imperfect.

Illustration of glowing plasma held inside a tokamak while scientists supervise the system

Artificial intelligence and energy

AI steers tokamak plasma in 20-millisecond control loops

The PACMAN framework controlled five live experiments on the DIII-D tokamak. Its feedback loop runs in about 20 milliseconds and can anticipate certain instabilities before they form.

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Artificial intelligence

Is AI making us all write the same way?

Writing assistants can improve a text quickly, but they may also reduce stylistic diversity. The real challenge is benefiting from the tool without surrendering your own voice.