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Last week's Ludwig ended with David Mitchell, as the cross- word-setting sleuth, declaring, 'This is absolutely ridiculous!'

Wired reports that OpenAI is testing a new "Persistent mode" for Codex that would let the agent keep working until explicitly "put to sleep," proactively creating follow-up tasks for itself across sessions and using prior interactions and knowledge of the user to decide what to do next. Code alluding to the feature was spotted in the product's code base, though it has not been rolled out or officially announced yet. From the report: Persistent mode appears in Codex's "reasoning effort" menu, in which users can select the level of computing power, tokens, and time they want to allow for an AI model to "think" before answering a prompt. It seems to be one of OpenAI's most computationally intensive settings. When users have selected Persistent mode, OpenAI's code base reads that Codex will "continue working until put to sleep." That's a stark contrast to currently available modes, which will stop working on a task after a few minutes or hours, even if it's not complete. In another file in the code base, OpenAI describes a feature within Persistent mode called "proactivity." This appears to be a type of system prompt for agents in Persistent mode, which are told that their work is not done when they finish answering a user's request. Instead, the agent is instructed to proactively create follow-up tasks for itself. The agent is capable of working on those tasks across sessions and using past user interactions and "knowledge of the user" to decide what to work on. It also has a tool to message the user without being asked but is told to send these sparingly. The instructions also set limits for the agent, according to the file. The agent is told that Persistent mode does not expand what it is allowed to do and that altering anything outside the user's own system requires the user's approval first -- seemingly intended to limit how dangerous a persistent AI agent could be. The file sits in the shared core of Codex rather than in the code specific to the terminal, seeming to suggest the proactivity feature is intended for more than the command line tool.

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The 59-year-old actress shared a clip which showed her getting glammed up ahead of the star-studded event which took place at the Leicester Square Odeon in London on Thursday night.

It's 'built to be operated by a human with no technical background'

Jaime Thomas Stephen Lomas was killed at an address in Kent, Washington, on August 22 and a murder investigation has been launched

Ring is rolling out a new default encryption system called TAKE, or "Throw Away the Key Encryption," that rotates video keys every five minutes and permanently deletes Ring's copy after 24 hours. The system is designed to preserve cloud features such as smart alerts and AI video search while limiting what Ring can provide under legal process to non-video account information and encrypted footage. The Verge reports: Ring says TAKE uses unique, rotating encryption keys for your footage, stored in a secure enclave and accessible only under strict conditions -- based on the features you enable on your account. Currently, footage captured by Ring cameras is encrypted in transit to the cloud and at rest, and then decrypted for Ring to process for those smart features. With TAKE, the encryption keys change for every five minutes of footage. Ring stores copies of those keys to decrypt the footage, but throws away each copy within 24 hours, "leaving you with the keys and full control of your videos," according to Ring. TAKE was developed using Messaging Layer Security, an open standard from the Internet Engineering Task Force, according to Ring. The company says it is "inspired by the privacy principles of E2EE (end-to-end encryption)," which Ring offers on some of its cameras. However, the two systems work differently. With E2EE, Ring never has the keys and can't process your video for cloud-based features. Both options are available on newer cameras that encrypt on-device, and you can switch between the two. Older cameras encrypt at cloud ingress and only support TAKE. According to a white paper the company published today, Ring's copy of those keys is managed inside an AWS Nitro Enclave, to which Ring's access is restricted by "access controls, cryptography, and hardware isolation." The company claims there is no persistent storage and no way for a Ring employee to access it. The stored keys can only be unlocked by the enclave through cryptographic attestation that proves it's running the exact software image Ring approved. The enclave releases a temporary key when an enabled service requests it. When asked about what happens if Ring is subpoenaed by law enforcement, a spokesperson for the company said: "Where TAKE is enabled, Ring will only be able to provide non-video information (such as basic subscriber information) and encrypted video files in response to the valid legal process. We have updated our Law Enforcement Guidelines to reflect this change."

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Just what you want crawling through the rubble to rescue you: A swarm of remote-controlled cockroaches with syringe-shooting guns strapped to their backs

A former Navy admiral has made a shocking claim that he and a team of experts have likely uncovered the site where the ancient city of Atlantis once thrived.

And now, director-general Matt Brittin has admitted that he had been unaware of the 'severity' of the cuts that the corporation had to make to meet its savings target.

The March 22 collision between an Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew and a fire truck on killed two pilots and seriously injured six others.

The regional internet registry is also trying to make it easier to terminate members

Cullen played the alien robot on the classic 1980s animated series as well as the string of hit live-action movies directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled with their children on a Bombardier Global Express XRS luxury long-range business jet from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles yesterday.

In a leaked memo to CBC News staff, top executive Basem Boshra, told reporters and editors: 'Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks.'

Emergency services launched an urgent search after the incident at a farm in Aston by Budworth, near Northwich in Cheshire yesterday lunchtime.

An Essex nurse said his relatives were “swept away” by the devastating flash floods in Nepal, as he launched a fundraiser.

An Essex nurse said his relatives were “swept away” by the devastating flash floods in Nepal, as he launched a fundraiser.

Gang-related violence, believed to be linked to five youths who were killed in a wrong-way crash on the A66 on Saturday, has spiralled across Teesside.

The actress, 40, has been showing off photos and videos from her travels on the water over the past couple of weeks and on Thursday she gave fans a further glimpse into her exotic vacation.

As Lindsay Clancy's trial nears its end in Massachusetts, her ex-husband is hundreds of miles away.