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The largest AI companies are hiring philosophers for senior AI ethics and safety positions, with base salaries reaching up to $400,000 per year. At Anthropic, this position is held by Amanda Askell, and at Google DeepMind, by Iason Gabriel. They help developers decide how AI should behave and what values it should reflect. According to Ravin […]
The developers of the VideoLAN project have published the first preliminary release of the dav2d library, which implements an alternative free decoder for the AV2 video encoding format. The project's code is written in C with assembly language inserts and is distributed under a BSD license. Support is provided for x86, x86_64, ARM64, Loongarch, PPC, and RISC-V architectures. Dav2d is optimized for maximum performance and is claimed to be the fastest existing […]
The search engine and question-and-answer service Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. IAC, the holding company that owned the service, has decided to shut down its search business. Ask Jeeves launched in 1996 and answered user questions posed in natural language—it can be considered a precursor to modern AI chatbots. For most of its history, the service remained in the shadows […]
Unexpected Keyboard 2.0.0, a lightweight virtual keyboard for Android, ensuring privacy. The keyboard's main feature is the ability to enter more characters by swiping, moving your finger across the keys toward their corners. The project's source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License 3.0. Complete builds are available on the repository page, F-Droid, and Google Play. Changes in this version: added […]
On May 1st, CodePointer (formerly qtedit4) released version 0.1.4. It's an IDE for C++, Go, Rust, and many other languages. The project is in early development, and its focus is on local rather than web development. Key features: UTF-8 only support. Ability to load/build projects from CMake, Meson, Go, and Cargo. XML, JSON, SVG, and Markdown previews. Binary/hex editor […]
Brython 3.14.1 (Browser Python) is now available. It implements the Python 3 programming language for web browsers, allowing the use of Python instead of JavaScript for web development. The project's code is written in Python and distributed under the BSD license. By incorporating the brython.js and brython_stdlib.js libraries, a web developer can use Python to define client-side website logic using […]
NetHack 5.0.0, a turn-based single-player strategy console game, is now available. It's a roguelike game where players navigate dynamically generated dungeon labyrinths, battling monsters, finding artifacts, and upgrading their abilities. Studying the game's source code and discussing strategies with other players helps players successfully complete levels. The game has been in development since 1987. The last major release, NetHack 3.6.0, was […]
Distribution developers Linux Mint has started publishing updated ISO images that ship with newer kernel versions. LinuxFor the version released in January Linux Mint 22.3, which originally shipped with kernel 6.14, has been updated to HWE (Hardware Enablement) with kernel version 6.17 ported from Ubuntu April 24, 4 LTS. It is expected that the publication of such interim ISO image updates will resolve user support issues […]
The day before, Google published COSMO in the Play Store - “an experimental assistant application with artificial intelligence for Android-devices." The app was subsequently removed from public access, as reported by 9to5Google. Judging by the app's name (com.google.research.air.cosmo), it was developed by Google Research. The project's main goal is to deploy AI functions locally on mobile devices. The app's size is 1,13 GB, which […]
The UK's National Health Service is preparing to shut down access to nearly all of its open source repositories in response to emerging security risks. These risks stem from significant advances in vulnerability detection using large language models such as Claude Mythos. Terence Eden, who has been involved in promoting open standards and open source software in […]
The first public release of the LDL (Little DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library has taken place, allowing the creation of graphical applications that can run on both modern and legacy systems (Windows 95+, distributions with kernel Linux 2.0+, FreeBSD 3.0+). A simple cross-platform API is provided for window management and input device event handling. OpenGL 1.0-4.6 can be used for rendering. The code is shipped under […]
The first public release of the LDL (Little DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library has taken place, allowing the creation of graphical applications that can run on both modern and legacy systems (Windows 95+, distributions with kernel Linux 2.0+, FreeBSD 3.0+). A simple cross-platform API is provided for window management and input device event handling. OpenGL 1.0-4.6 can be used for rendering. The code is shipped under […]