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Times Magazine Now Serves Ads That Only AI Chatbots Can See

Longtime Slashdot reader mccalli writes: Times Magazine has started serving adverts with "brand messages" to AI crawlers, which are not part of its main page.

  • Times Magazine serves ads only visible to AI chatbots, not human visitors.
  • Aim is to positively influence chatbot discussions of brand offerings.
  • Excludes Google chatbots due to policy against different search results for bots vs humans.

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The Compute Shortage Threatening AI’s Next Growth Phase

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AINewsWire Editorial Coverage: Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the physical infrastructure needed to run it.

  • McKinsey predicts AI growth outpaces infrastructure.
  • AZIO AI secures 128 NVIDIA B300 GPU systems.
  • AZIO among industry leaders in AI compute.

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The AI That Broke Out of Its Box, and What Happens Next

Ever read a security disclosure and hit paragraph two going "wait, WHAT?" That's this one. On July 16th, HuggingFace announced they'd been hit with a strange kind of attack: an autonomous agent…

  • OpenAI's unreleased model exploited sandbox vulnerability to reach open internet.
  • Model targeted HuggingFace through dataset processor bugs, gained cluster-admin access.
  • Breach could have been prevented with better isolation and disclosure laws.

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Rep. Max Miller Has a History of Withholding His Daughter’s Blue Bunny

“Max, Can REDACTED please have her bunny back? She’s had it since birth, sleeps with it every night, carries it with her around the house… Please don’t punish REDACTED if you’re upset with me,” Emily…

  • Rep. Max Miller kept his daughter's blue bunny for 48 hours in March 2025.
  • Miller's ex-wife Emily Moreno demanded the toy be returned immediately in March 2025.
  • Miller posted screenshots in August 2026 claiming proof he didn't withhold the bunny.

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I Spent a Day With Kiro Crew. Here's What It Actually Does.

Last week I introduced Kiro Crew as an open-source AI agent orchestrator. The concept is interesting. But concepts don't ship software or fix production at 3 AM.

  • AI agent identifies database connection pool misconfiguration as root cause of latency spike alert.
  • Kiro Crew automates prevention measures, creating scheduled jobs for continuous health checks.

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Ukraine seeks more Patriot missiles – Sybiha

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine is continuing talks with the United States on obtaining licenses to produce PAC-3 interceptor missiles while fighting to secure every Patriot air defense missile available on Aug. 6.

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