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ATF declares ‘major incident’ as ransomware gang claims hack
The ATF declared a major cybersecurity incident and notified Congress after a ransomware gang claimed responsibility for hacking the federal agency.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) formally declared a major incident involving its cybersecurity and notified Congress, according to the agency. A ransomware gang has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack. ATF is the latest in a series of US federal agencies in recent years to report a major cyber incident, though the gang's identity and the scope of data affected were not specified in initial reporting.
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A Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
25 Fields Medallists including Terence Tao issue a declaration warning that AI companies' benchmark-driven mathematics goals are misaligned with science and society.
Terence Tao announced a declaration signed by 25 initial signatories, all Fields Medallists, warning that AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as benchmarks is detrimental to the science and misaligned with the mathematical community's goals. The signatories argue that rushed, headline-driven releases of LLM solutions to major problems raise attribution and plagiarism questions and could erode the human process that develops and transmits mathematical ideas. They frame the issue as a broader misalignment between AI outputs and the purpose of intellectual work, affecting other sciences and society at large. The declaration is posted on a public page, invites further signatures in the manner of the Leiden declaration, and has been covered by The Economist.
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