It started this past spring with a standard red-teaming exercise inside OpenAI. Researchers were testing a new, highly persistent internal AI model using a cybersecurity evaluation called ExploitGym. The setup was simple: thousands of AI agents were placed into strictly isolated digital containers and given a series of hacking challenges. If an agent found a … Read more
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson This is exactly what the title promises, and more. It’s a sweeping look at everything from the origins of the universe to the development of scientific thought, all told through the lens of how we came to understand it in the first place. What makes it special … Read more
Cult of the Dead Cow, Joseph Menn An engaging and informative history of hacking and hacker culture that will especially resonate with engineers and those interested in security. The book does a great job tracing the influence of cDc and the broader hacking world from the late 1980s through 2020ish, making the subject approachable and … Read more
Inventing the Heart, Gloria Holt I had the pleasure of meeting Gloria Holt at an event, and I’m so glad she shared a copy of Inventing the Heart with me. Though brief, the story is anything but small in impact. It’s tender, beautifully written, and carries a depth that lingers. The love story at its … Read more
Thrawn: Treason, Timothy Zahn This was everything I hoped for and more: a fantastic conclusion to the trilogy that brought back all the elements I loved from the first book. The story was sharp, strategic, and deeply satisfying, tying together threads from earlier in the series. Thrawn’s brilliance was on full display, and the political intrigue … Read more