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Today's topics:

AI breaks open CTF contests - A security researcher argues frontier AI agents are reshaping public Capture The Flag competitions, making leaderboards reflect automation and token spend more than human skill. Keywords: CTF, AI agents, cheating, recruiting signals, community.

Lightweight LLM memory without context - A new arXiv paper proposes b4-mem, an online associative memory that updates during use and nudges attention with low-rank corrections, improving long-horizon recall without extending context. Keywords: LLM memory, delta-rule learning, attention, long interactions, compute-efficient.

Europe’s sovereign cloud silicon risk - European “sovereign cloud” efforts may still hinge on non-European CPUs with deep management subsystems, raising questions about firmware-level trust and legal exposure. Keywords: sovereign cloud, Intel ME, AMD PSP, CLOUD Act, RISAA 2024.

Free culture: Accelerando and licenses - Charles Stross’ novel Accelerando is legally shareable online under a Creative Commons license, illustrating an author-led model that coexists with traditional publishing. Keywords: Creative Commons, online edition, digital distribution, attribution, noncommercial.

Public-domain access via Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg continues to expand free access to public-domain books and related audiobooks, powered by volunteers and long-running preservation workflows. Keywords: public domain, free ebooks, Distributed Proofreaders, EPUB, LibriVox.

Futhark examples for GPU-style computing - Futhark’s refreshed “by example” guide uses practical, commented programs to teach data-parallel functional programming with performance-oriented use cases. Keywords: Futhark, GPU, arrays, benchmarking, automatic differentiation.

Gut microbiome therapy and autism - Small studies from ASU suggest fecal microbiota transplant-based therapy may produce lasting improvements for some autism patients with GI issues, but larger trials are needed. Keywords: microbiome, gut–brain axis, autism, clinical trial, FDA.

-b4-mem Adds Compact Online Memory to Boost LLM Long-Term Recall
-Charles Stross Posts "Accelerando" Online Under Creative Commons License
-Futhark Releases Expanded ‘Futhark by Example’ Guide and Project Showcase
-Project Gutenberg Showcases 75,000+ Free Public-Domain Ebooks and Audiobooks
-ASU Gut Microbiome Transplant Therapy Shows Long-Lasting Symptom Improvements in Autism Studies
-CTF Veteran Says Frontier AI Has Broken Open Online Capture The Flag Competitions