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Mark Zuckerberg has been pitching an AI-powered future with characteristic confidence, but a growing number of voices aren't buying it. The latest episode of the Equity podcast digs into why the vision — however polished — isn't landing for everyone, raising real questions about trust, utility, and who exactly this future is being built for.
Shifting from silicon to steel, the Pentagon's research arm DARPA is pushing forward with a new hypersonic scramjet cruise missile program designed to punch through increasingly sophisticated enemy air defenses. The goal is significant gains in range and survivability, with Russia's Zircon missile serving as a sobering benchmark for what Washington believes it needs to match or surpass.
And in research worth watching, a new paper asks a question that cuts right to the heart of AI-assisted coding: does fixing bugs actually introduce new security vulnerabilities? The empirical study examines how large language models can degrade security even while improving functionality — a trade-off that every developer leaning on these tools should understand before shipping their next update.
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