Archive for July, 2026
“We Searched for Missing General Neil McCasland in the Sandia Mountain Wilderness”
July 1st, 2026Via: Uncanny Expeditions:
Claude Code Is Steganographically Marking Requests
July 1st, 2026Via: thereallo.dev: I inspected Claude Code for privacy reasons and found hidden system prompt markers based on API base URL and timezone. … Anthropic probably wants to detect API resellers, unauthorized Claude Code gateways, and model “distillation attack” pipelines. A custom ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL pointing at a known reseller domain is a useful signal. A hostname containing […]
“Life, Or Something Close To It”: For The First Time, A Cell Built From Scratch Grows And Divides
July 1st, 2026Via: Quanta Magazine: Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the lab.
