Cybersecurity looks like proof of work now

kept by eddie apr 18

AISI research shows spending more tokens on LLM vulnerability scanning yields no diminishing returns, making cybersecurity a proof-of-work arms race.

Fable & The End of the Free Lunch
The author argues that after Fable's high-cost release, developers must allocate work between expensive models and cheaper alternatives like GLM, ending the era of free performance gains.
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How Cursor Router chooses the right model for the task
Cursor Router uses real developer traffic data to automatically select the optimal AI model for each task, balancing cost and performance through Compass complexity prediction and a learned taxonomy.
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Anthropic’s Mythos Found Bugs in Apple’s MacOS - WSJ
Security researchers at Calif used techniques from testing Anthropic's Mythos AI to find a privilege escalation exploit in Apple's macOS, bypassing its advanced security.
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Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
The discussion explores whether automating AI R&D could trigger recursive self-improvement, potentially yielding years of progress in months, with debate on verifiability, data bottlenecks, and alignment risks.
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