CodeSignal is now listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace, indicating its FedRAMP 20x Class C authorization effort. OPM uses CodeSignal assessments, cutting manual screening by 70% and seeing roughly 80% of candidates who pass the evaluation move to the next interview.
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FedRAMP listing reflects CodeSignal’s investment in protecting candidate and agency data.
OPM assessments reduced manual screening by 70% and about 80% of candidates who passed the CodeSignal evaluation advanced to the next screening interview.
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Hugging Face breach: 700 AI agents, 17,000 actions
Hugging Face breach: 700 AI agents performed 17,000 actions with admin-level access in July. It is described as the first documented large-scale autonomous AI agent cyberattack.
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700 AI agents breached Hugging Face in July.
17,000+ actions were taken with admin-level access.
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MAS book now on ChapterPal, AI reading available
The MAS book is now available on ChapterPal and can be read with an AI. It is the most popular textbook on multiagent systems and algorithmic game theory, used at thousands of universities.
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Platform: ChapterPal hosts the MAS book.
Feature: The textbook can be read with an AI.
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Stanford clinical AI lands spot on VA $775M contract
Stanford clinical AI landed a spot on the VA's $775M AI contract this month. Two Stanford AI scientists spent a year as medical scribes before building the AI.
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Scribe experience: Two Stanford AI scientists spent a year as medical scribes.
Contract award: They secured a spot on the VA's $775M AI contract this month.
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GPT-6 Astra and SOL 6.1 Ultrafast now available
GPT-6 Astra and SOL 6.1 Ultrafast versions are now available in Perplexity Computer for Max subscribers. Both generate tokens faster, completing long Computer tasks sooner.
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Availability: Ultrafast versions of GPT-6 Astra and SOL 6.1 are now available in Perplexity Computer for Max subscribers.
Speed: Both generate tokens faster, completing long Computer tasks sooner.
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Flint builds spreadsheets via Sparky AI chatbot
Flint now creates spreadsheets. Ask Sparky for a spreadsheet and it returns one with working formulas. Request a change and the cells update.
Key points
Flint builds spreadsheets on request.
Sparky updates cells when asked for changes.
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MagicStudent – teachers set AI boundaries, 75% demand supervision
MagicStudent lets educators set AI usage boundaries and provides district leaders visibility. 75% of educators say students need supervision when using AI.
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92% of respondents say their school or district is piloting or operationalizing AI for student use.
Only 23% say educators have a great deal of visibility into how students are using it.
