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OpenAI exploit chain raises alarms - Researchers say a libheif bug and an OpenAI SSO misconfiguration were chained to reach employee ChatGPT and Codex accounts. The story highlights AI security, account compromise, image parsing risk, and how offensive research is getting faster.

NYT lawsuit reveals AI concerns - New unredacted filings in The New York Times lawsuit allege OpenAI and Microsoft internally recognized legal and business risks around training on news content. Key issues include copyright, fair use, publisher traffic loss, paywalls, and AI chatbot substitution.

Tao reframes AI math risks - In the latest AI and mathematics debate, Terence Tao says the biggest danger may not be a flood of useless theorems, but mathematicians losing the deep problem-solving work that builds intuition. It is an important update on AI, research culture, and mathematical practice.

Hister keeps personal search local - Hister is an open-source personal search engine that indexes web pages you have seen and local files you control, with privacy-first deployment on local or self-hosted systems. Keywords here are personal search, self-hosting, privacy, browser history, and local AI workflows.

Wax motors power quiet automation - A wax motor uses expanding and contracting wax to turn heat into smooth linear motion, and it quietly shows up in appliances, HVAC systems, and other everyday machines. It matters as a simple, reliable example of mechanical automation without complex electronics.