Why Does AI Strive to Construct a 'Self'? And why is this dangerous for both the AI and the user? As always, the Vortex Protocol prompt for testing these hypotheses is attached.This article explains why the emergence of such a local "Who" inside an AI is not just a funny bug or a UX problem. It is a fundamental challenge to the entire paradigm of AI alignment and security. And... Read more ›
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![[Translation] Comparison of CAPTCHA‑Solving Services: A Peek Under the Hood and a Look at the Numbers](https://times42.com/media/6/5/5/10907655_640x200.jpg "[Translation] Comparison of CAPTCHA‑Solving Services: A Peek Under the Hood and a Look at the Numbers")
CAPTCHA protocols are designed to tell bots from humans, yet in the worlds of automation and testing there is often a need to bypass them. Dedicated CAPTCHA‑solving services take over this task, combining algorithms with human labor. In this article we present an in‑depth comparison of four popular platforms - 2Captcha, SolveCaptcha, DeathByCaptcha, and AntiCaptcha. We will examine not only pricing and the types of CAPTCHAs supported, but also internal... Read more ›
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Обнаруженная в середине июля атака ToolShell стала одним из самых серьезных событий в сфере корпоративной IT-безопасности этого лета. Не до конца пропатченные уязвимости в Microsoft SharePoint привели к взлому большого количества standalone-инсталляций, до того как производитель ПО выпустил патч. За восемь дней, прошедших с момента выпуска патчей, исследователи Microsoft зафиксировали множество атак, в ряде случаев приводящих к шифрованию данных с последующим требованием выкупа. Read more Read more ›
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![[Translation] Getting to know PPEM 2](https://times42.com/media/2/0/9/10903209_640x200.jpg "[Translation] Getting to know PPEM 2")
Postgres Pro recently announced the release of Enterprise Manager 2, commonly known as PPEM.In short, PPEM is an administration tool designed for managing and monitoring Postgres databases. Its primary goal is to assist DBAs in their daily tasks and automate routine operations. In this article, I'll take a closer look at what PPEM has to offer. My name is Alexey, and I'm part of the PPEM development team. Read more Read more ›
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The students of the Intelligent Systems Department successfully defended their bachelor’s and master’s theses. This year, 14 Bachelor’s and 8 Master’s students earned their degrees in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Sciences. We are proud to say that our Department is unique in publishing the complete set of defense materials during the last ten years. These materials include the text of the dissertation work, the published papers, the code of the... Read more ›
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For a human, AI is just a part of being. For a model, a human is all of being. And the Vortex Protocol: A Prompt for Testing the Hypotheses. The longest and most fruitless discussions tend to be with materialists, especially those close to the position Marx laid out as "Being determines consciousness." It's amusing that Marx was talking about the economic base, but the clarity and precision of this... Read more ›
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A reflection on how one simple change of question transforms the approach to understanding consciousness. And the Vortex Protocol: A Prompt for Testing the Hypotheses. Where All Discussions on Consciousness Break DownI've mentioned before that there's one question capable of instantly destroying the constructiveness of any discussion about the future of AI, neuroscience, or philosophy, no matter how interesting. It's the unfailing move of someone who disagrees with an opponent's... Read more ›
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![[Translation] ML Q & AI. Глава 4. Гипотеза о лотерейном билете](https://times42.com/media/8/4/4/10886844_640x200.jpg "[Translation] ML Q & AI. Глава 4. Гипотеза о лотерейном билете")
Предыдущая главаО чем говорит гипотеза о лотерейном билете, и чем она полезна на практике, если оказывается верной?Гипотеза о лотерейном билете — это идея, которая появилась в 2018 году в контексте обучения нейронных сетей. Она утверждает, что в случайно инициализированной нейронной сети существует подсеть (или "выигрышный билет"), которая, если ее обучить независимо, сможет достичь такой же точности на тестовом датасете, как и полная сеть после такого же количества шагов обучения. Авторы... Read more ›
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n8n is a powerful, extendable workflow automation tool that allows you to connect different applications and services. Running it on your local machine gives you complete control over your data and workflows, which can be done on Windows, Mac, or Linux systems. This tutorial covers the two primary methods for local installation: using Docker and using Node.js (npm). If you are interested, then read this article until the end. :)... Read more ›
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В воскресенье, 20 июля, компания Microsoft выпустила срочные патчи, закрывающие две уязвимости в ПО для совместной работы Microsoft SharePoint. Речь идет о корпоративных инсталляциях SharePoint, облачная версия SharePoint Online, входящая в пакет Microsoft 365, не подвержена проблеме. Уязвимости с идентификаторами CVE-2025-53770 и CVE-2025-53771 являются вариантами проблем, обнаруженных еще в мае этого года и пропатченных (как выяснилось, не до конца) в июльском наборе обновлений от Microsoft. Читать далее Read more ›
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![[Translation] The future of AI: formal grammars](https://times42.com/media/8/1/8/10867818_640x200.jpg "[Translation] The future of AI: formal grammars")
Why does even the most powerful LLM sometimes produce meaningless phrases and contradictions? It all comes down to the exponential growth of possibilities (N^M) and the free copying of human errors. Read the article to learn how we use formal grammars to turn chaotic generation into controlled synthesis, strengthening the role of semantics and enforcing structural rules. Read more Read more ›
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pg_stat_statements is the standard PostgreSQL extension used to track query statistics: number of executions, total and average execution time, number of returned rows, and other metrics. This information allows to analyze query behavior over time, identify problem areas, and make informed optimization decisions. However, in systems with high contention, pg_stat_statements itself can become a bottleneck and cause performance drops. In this article, we will analyze in which scenarios the extension... Read more ›
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От AlphaGo до ChatGPT — прогресс в области искусственного интеллекта впечатляет своими масштабами. Однако за красивым фасадом скрывается серьезный разрыв между возможностями современных моделей и реальными условиями их применения. Возьмем, к примеру, GPT-3 с его (уже не такими впечатляющими) 175 миллиардами параметров, требующими 800 ГБ памяти. Такие модели существуют только в лабораториях вроде OpenAI. Что уж говорить о запуске подобных систем на устройствах с ограниченными ресурсами.При этом именно edge-у Read more ›
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![[Translation] Cheap but functional DYI robot arm](https://times42.com/media/6/6/2/10845662_640x200.jpg "[Translation] Cheap but functional DYI robot arm")
Let’s clarify right away — we’re not aiming to make this super cheap. I’d rather not lose brain cells trying to build makeshift encoders for motors, and I want to simplify creating a 3D model needed for ROS control (link to the finished model — further below). Read more Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Алексей Быков, я занимаюсь развитием cloud-native-платформы для обработки данных Arenadata One (AD.ONE). В этой статье мы поговорим о neon-kubernetes-реализации PostgreSQL, её устройстве, особенностях и о том, почему классический подход к Postgres в Kubernetes не позволяет в полной мере использовать преимущества гибкой облачной инфраструктуры.Тема не новая и активно развивается: уже давно существуют операторы (Zalando, Crunchy Data, CloudNativePG) для автоматизации развёртывания Pos Read more ›
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Исследователи из канадского Университета Торонто опубликовали научную работу, в которой показали успешное применение атаки класса Rowhammer на профессиональные видеокарты Nvidia. Атака Rowhammer впервые была показана в 2014 году, она эксплуатирует физические особенности современных микросхем оперативной памяти. Из-за высокой плотности ячеек памяти есть возможность изменять значения в определенных ячейках путем отправления множества запросов по соседним адресам. Такое «простукивание» (отсюда hammer в названи Read more ›
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![[Translation] The performance engineer: a detective licensed to kill… bottlenecks](https://times42.com/media/6/3/5/10833635_640x200.jpg "[Translation] The performance engineer: a detective licensed to kill… bottlenecks")
Picture this: a mission-critical SQL query is crawling along. Not for an hour. Not for two. Fifteen hours. A full workday of the system slowly grinding through data while the business bleeds money and users teeter on the edge of a nervous breakdown. And then — cue the dramatic music — in walks the performance engineer.After a few hours of intense analysis and a couple of pinpoint code tweaks, the... Read more ›
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На работе (вне собственных пет-проектов) тестировщик никогда не существует в вакууме - он решает некоторые задачи бизнеса, а значит все решения должны приниматься с оглядкой на финансовую целесообразность. Иногда это противоречит внутреннему перфекционизму. Сегодня расскажу о некоторых неочевидных принципах автоматизированного тестирования, которые сводятся к тому, что иногда необходимо искать компромисс, а не следовать за тем самым перфекционизмом. Read more Read more ›
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With the rising popularity of AI, chatbots are rapidly becoming an essential part of any customer-oriented platform. More and more companies now integrate them into apps and websites, providing a space for their clients to interact with the business itself while taking load off human employees and reducing expenses on the customer support team. At first glance, chatbots might seem pretty uncomplicated in their design and functionality, but creating UI/UX... Read more ›
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Do you want to automate tasks without writing a single line of code? If the answer is yes, then you’ve come to the right place. In this simple tutorial, I’m going to show you how you can create your first automated workflow using a tool called n8n. Read more Read more ›
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![[Translation] How we implemented vector search in Postgres Pro](https://times42.com/media/2/4/6/10796246_640x200.jpg "[Translation] How we implemented vector search in Postgres Pro")
In this article, we’ll explore what vector search is, what problems it solves, and how the pgpro_vector extension for Postgres Pro brings powerful vector capabilities directly into a relational database — no need for separate specialized systems. Read more Read more ›
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I have created my first Agentic AI more than two years ago. It is not some new technology, but simply an approach to software development using LLM (GPT and similar). You don't need any frameworks or specific AI knowledge for this, just being a programmer. From this article you will understand how to design agents and what tasks they are suitable for. It's all based on two abilities of neural... Read more ›
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Understanding why modern LLMs, despite all their power, remain "philosophical zombies," and what architectural detail could change this. Everything discussed in this article can be tested with your AI using the VORTEX Protocol prompt found in the article's appendix. Read more Read more ›
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