AI researchers trick chatbots into sharing how to make cocaine as long as they believe a user is wearing a green shirt — ‘CoT Forgery’ exploit spurs LLMs to divulge forbidden info by faking trusted chains of thought
AI researchers trick chatbots into sharing how to make cocaine as long as they believe a user is wearing a green shirt — ‘CoT Forgery’ exploit spurs LLMs to divulge forbidden info by faking trusted chains of thought

Tagged partitions of a LLM’s input sequence are meant to provide security through trusted roles, but it turns out that models judge whether inputs sound like they belong in certain tags rather than literally interpreting them, making them vulnerable to prompt injection.

Windows Defender ‘BlueHammer’ vulnerability now exploited as part of malware campaigns — CISA issues warning despite patch release on April 14

Windows Defender “BlueHammer” vulnerability now exploited as part of malware campaigns — event demonstrates lack of security awareness despite existence of patches

Taiwan raids Supermicro and two supply-chain partners in widening Nvidia smuggling probe — nine sites hit as six people summoned for questioning
Taiwan raids Supermicro and two supply-chain partners in widening Nvidia smuggling probe — nine sites hit as six people summoned for questioning

Taiwan officials raided Supermicro Computer’s Taiwan office on Monday, alongside the homes of six individuals and three affiliated company sites

Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists — $300,000 worth of copper wire and $1 million worth of equipment recovered outside Chicago
Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists — $300,000 worth of copper wire and $1 million worth of equipment recovered outside Chicago

Authorities recover $1.3 million worth of data center supplies and equipment in a truck stop near Chicago. Equipment like this is a prime target for theft rings given its high value, but it’s also likely difficult to sell given its specialized nature.

Imec’s 2026 roadmap details 0.3nm nodes by 2038, CFET transistors become viable at 0.7nm — company redefines Moore’s Law as cell sizes gain importance for density
Imec’s 2026 roadmap details 0.3nm nodes by 2038, CFET transistors become viable at 0.7nm — company redefines Moore’s Law as cell sizes gain importance for density

As CPP shrinking stalls, chipmakers find a new way to increase transistor density. Imec foresees 0.3nm in 2038, CFET insertion in 2038, HLSI era.

Pong game recompiles its own source code every frame — winning entry at IOCCC29 was generated by a custom compiler

Jonah Uellenberg won the Ping Pong Prize at the 29th International Obfuscated C Code Contest earlier this month, with a version of Pong that recompiles its own source code on every frame.