Go 1.26 unleashes performance-boosting Green Tea GC

Go 1.26 has been released. The latest version of the Google-built programming language enables the higher performing Green Tea garbage collector (GC) by default. It also introduces a change to generic types that simplifies the implementation of complex data structures. Introduced February 10, Go 1.26 can be downloaded from go.dev. The Green Tea GC, included…

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Single prompt breaks AI safety in 15 major language models

A single benign-sounding prompt can systematically strip safety guardrails from major language and image models, raising fresh questions about the durability of AI alignment when models are customized for enterprise use, according to Microsoft research. The technique, dubbed GRP-Obliteration, weaponizes a common AI training method called Group Relative Policy Optimization, normally used to make models…

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