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Hi everyone, I'm a Computer Science + Applied Mathematics major at a T15 CS university, focusing on machine learning, and I'll be an incoming junior this fall. My long-term goal is to land ML-focused internships and eventually work in machine learning or AI-related roles. I recently completed an introductory AI/ML course that covered the fundamentals of: * Data preprocessing (handling missing data, feature scaling, train/test splits, categorical encoding) * Regression (linear, polynomial, SVR, decision trees, random forests) * Classification (logistic regression, KNN, SVMs, Naive Bayes, decision trees, random forests) * Clustering (K-Means, hierarchical clustering) * Association rule learning (Apriori, Eclat) * Reinforcement learning (UCB, Thompson Sampling) * NLP (tokenization, bag-of-words, sentiment analysis) * Deep learning (ANNs, CNNs) * Dimensionality reduction (PCA, LDA, Kernel PCA) * Model selection and boosting (cross-validation, grid search, XGBoost) I've also completed two research/internship experiences: * Built a Human Activity Recognition model using KNN. * Developed a Louvain clustering pipeline for beauty product datasets. From a coursework perspective, I've completed Linear Algebra, Calculus III, and will soon be taking Applied Linear Algebra and Probability & Statistics. Given my current background, what projects, activities, courses, competitions, or skills would you recommend I focus on over the next year to become a stronger candidate for ML internships? Are there any gaps in my knowledge that stand out? submitted by /u/Reasonable_File663 [link] [Kommentare]

what other crypto exchange is good but works in the UK without them asking questions every time I want to withdraw and deposit or completely locking my assets? I use binance a lot but it doesn't seem to work in the UK submitted by /u/RevolutionaryCost59 [link] [Kommentare]

Q2 2026 just set a record: 83 separate crypto hacks, the most ever in a single quarter. over $750 million stolen. april alone was $606 million across just 12 incidents. and we're barely halfway through the year. but the scary part isn't the numbers. it's how the attacks are happening. multiple security firms (TRM Labs, CertiK, Chainalysis) are now saying the same thing: attackers, especially North Korean groups, are using AI to find and exploit vulnerabilities faster than protocols can patch them. here's what that actually looks like in practice: AI-powered vulnerability scanning. attackers are running AI agents that scan smart contracts continuously for exploitable bugs. a protocol's security team might audit their code once or twice. an attacker's AI agent runs 24/7 for weeks, spending $10-20k in compute to find a single crack. the economics are wildly asymmetric: a defender's audit has a budget and a deadline. an attacker's scan has neither. deepfake social engineering. the Zerion hack in april used AI-generated social engineering in a long-term campaign to steal from hot wallets. there are now tools being sold that use voice manipulation and deepfakes specifically to bypass KYC checks on exchanges. this isn't theoretical. it's a service you can subscribe to. automated exploit development. tasks that used to take skilled researchers months, like reverse-engineering contract logic and chaining exploits, can now be done in hours with AI assistance. the barrier to entry for crypto hacking has dropped dramatically. target selection. AI is being used to identify the highest-value targets by scanning TVL, contract complexity, and security posture across hundreds of protocols simultaneously. attackers are picking their targets more intelligently, not just opportunistically. the result: more frequent attacks, more sophisticated execution, and a structural advantage for attackers over defenders. one security researcher put it bluntly: "before AI, the number of elite hackers was limited. now almost anyone could operate like an elite hacker for a subscription fee." the uncomfortable question this raises for defi: most protocols are still running the same security playbook from 2022. periodic audits, bug bounties, maybe a monitoring dashboard. that worked when attackers were humans with limited time. it doesn't work when the attacker is an AI agent that never sleeps and costs almost nothing to run. what actually needs to change? is it just "more audits and bigger bug bounties" or does the entire security model for on-chain protocols need to be rethought from the ground up? submitted by /u/ginete_tech [link] [Kommentare]

In March 2022, Heardle was getting 69 million monthly visitors. Built by one unemployed developer, who pitched it to his friends as a joke in a group chat. Seventeen months later it was dead. What happened? Spotify acquired it.

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