The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled. AI’s social skills may be just as dangerous.
WIRED
• Will Knight
5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good
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WIRED
• Will Knight
The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled. AI’s social skills may be just as dangerous.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Darryl K. Taft

Accenture and WaveMaker have announced a strategic partnership to help mid-market organizations modernize applications using WaveMaker’s agentic AI platform, targeting companies with
The post Why Accenture and WaveMaker are betting on agentic AI to close a $3 billion software gap appeared first on The New Stack.
Wow, this interview! “I’ve never had an interview quite like this one with Charlize Theron.”

Roo Code, an open source AI coding tool built for VS Code, has announced that it’s shutting down its VS
The post Roo Code pivots to cloud-based agent, says IDEs aren’t the future of coding appeared first on The New Stack.
A former pro-wrestling executive, Linda McMahon is now the Education Secretary Trump tasked with abolishing her agency. ‘New Yorker’ staff writer Zach Helfand explains how her WWE experience led her to this role.
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Please no drinks on ledge. At Palomino Coffee. ☕️
“In a new book called “Israel: What Went Wrong?,” [Israeli professor of Holocaust & genocide studies] Omer Bartov argues that Zionism has morphed into an ideology of extremism that led to genocide in Gaza following the Hamas attacks of October 7th.”
404 Media
• Matthew Gault
The new proposed budget slashes money for environmental cleanup and calls to double the production of cores for nuclear weapons.
Threads Archives | Meta Newsroom
• Facebook
Creators and fans can now connect in real-time, public group conversations during the biggest cultural events.
The post Live Chats on Threads: Because Big Moments Are Better Together appeared first on Meta Newsroom.
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Jackie Faherty, astrophysicist and science educator at the American Museum of Natural History, gives an astrophysicist's view of Earth Day.
Photo: In this handout image provided by NASA, a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. (Photo by Reid Wiseman/NASA via Getty Images)
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• WNYC
Jodi Kantor, New York Times investigative reporter, co-author of She Said (Penguin, 2019) and author of How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work (Hachette, 2026), expands on her Columbia University commencement address where she tried to answer the question: “How, in this environment, is anyone supposed to find and start their life’s work?”
Photo: Cover art for How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work. (Credit: Hachette)
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Defector
• Lauren Theisen
PressThink
• Jay Rosen
When in doubt, draw a distinction.
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Lessons from a 1969 documentary on Nazi-occupied France on how fascism takes root. “A former undercover British agent recalls that working-class French were eager to help him and to shelter him. Those who were wealthier preferred to stay out of it.”
In our effort to escape anxiety, we run further into its jaws.
Rollo May refutes the assertion that mental health is living *without* anxiety, proposing instead that anxiety is a necessary condition for creativity, intellect, and freedom.
The Texas Observer
• Miranda Williamson
“What’s in the water?” state Representative Erin Zwiener asked when talking to the developers of a proposed data center in her district, which covers most of fast-growing Hays County, south of Austin. “There are additives to try to help the water be more efficient with cooling, and I couldn’t get a straight answer. I asked, […]
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