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Show HN: When Intelligence Becomes a Trap: A Wake-Up Call for the AI Industry

https://everydayai.top/
1•fishfl•20h ago
When Intelligence Becomes a Trap: A Wake-Up Call for the AI Industry

This paper exposed a terrifying truth: the more intelligent a model becomes, the more vulnerable it can be. The idea of "overthinking backdoors" isn’t just clever—it’s disturbingly practical. Attackers don’t need to break the model; they just make it think too much. The result? A silent resource drain that slips past every known defense.

What struck me most was the elegance of the attack. No wrong answers, no obvious triggers—just harmless-looking repetitions like "TODO" slowing the model down like digital molasses. It’s not sabotage; it’s soft destruction. And it works across models.

This isn’t just a security flaw—it’s a philosophical challenge. We’ve spent years chasing smarter models, longer reasoning chains, and deeper thinking. But who knew verbosity could be weaponized?

The implications are everywhere. Enterprises relying on AI for critical decisions may already be wasting resources unknowingly. Open-source models are ticking time bombs if poisoned. And current defenses? Blind to this kind of slow violence.

For those looking for opportunities, this paper is a roadmap. Security tools that detect thinking waste, optimization layers that cut through reasoning fluff, or backdoor scanners for poisoned models—these aren’t niche ideas. They’re the future of AI infrastructure.

I’ve seen a lot of AI research, but this one changed how I think. Intelligence isn’t just power—it’s also a liability if not protected. And the race to secure it has just begun.

Show HN: New VSCode extension Function Explorer

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eridien.vscode-function-explorer
1•mchahn•6m ago•0 comments

The Beman Project: Tomorrow's C++ Standard Libraries Today

https://bemanproject.org/
1•ingve•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Dotfiles Management Tool

https://github.com/crhuber/dot
1•cr_huber•16m ago•0 comments

Greentea OS non-NT/non-Unix system from scratch runs .exe files

https://github.com/GreenteaOS/Greentea/releases/tag/2025.7.29
2•PeyTy•18m ago•4 comments

Open Source malware and forensic analysis tool by CISA – Thorium

https://github.com/cisagov/thorium
1•witnessme•18m ago•2 comments

Why AI Is Tech's Latest Hoax (2024) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOuBCk8XMC8
1•mgh2•20m ago•0 comments

Diversity Scheme

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_scheme
1•userbinator•21m ago•0 comments

Senate: DOGE Wasted 10s of Billions Chainsawing Government in Name of Efficiency

https://www.commondreams.org/news/doge-wasted-tens-of-billions
5•tastyface•21m ago•0 comments

Gradle 9.0.0

https://docs.gradle.org/9.0.0/release-notes.html
1•snafu109•22m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Where can I talk and discuss controversial topics?

1•findingMeaning•23m ago•3 comments

Drop: Open-source, self-hosted game distribution platform for DRM-free games

https://droposs.org/
1•thunderbong•24m ago•0 comments

Japan's Chip Breakthrough: The Secret Plan to Win the Chip Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ja5Z3IHXu8
1•tux1968•31m ago•0 comments

The Tea App Breached Again – Class Action Privacy Suit Underway

https://captaincompliance.com/education/tea-apps-second-breach-1-1-million-private-messages-exposed-in-a-devastating-privacy-failure/
1•richartruddie•37m ago•1 comments

The Peculiar Persistence of the AI Denialists

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-peculiar-persistence-of-the-ai
4•sien•40m ago•4 comments

Rebuilding an old project paid off, literally!

https://pro.hextaui.com
1•preetsuthar17•40m ago•1 comments

Building Personalized Micro Agents

https://blog.meain.io/2025/building-personalized-micro-agents/
1•TheThirdTuring•41m ago•0 comments

People are ditching Windows 10 ahead of the end of support

https://www.neowin.net/news/people-are-ditching-windows-10-ahead-of-the-end-of-support/
2•bundie•46m ago•0 comments

Lawyers warn that recognising a Palestinian state would breach international law

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78z69x61e6o
1•mhga•47m ago•0 comments

6 Weeks of Claude Code

https://blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/07/30/six-weeks-of-claude-code/
3•Bogdanp•50m ago•0 comments

Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)

https://dewesoft.com/blog/every-satellite-orbiting-earth-and-who-owns-them
28•jonbaer•51m ago•7 comments

Wood and Wood-Based Materials in Space Applications – A Literature Review (2024)

https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/11/11/910
1•fao_•55m ago•0 comments

New euro banknotes spark Franco-Polish dispute over Marie Curie's name

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/31/new-euro-banknotes-spark-franco-polish-dispute-over-marie-curies-name
1•N19PEDL2•56m ago•0 comments

Two static websites generated $41,000

1•mddanishyusuf•58m ago•0 comments

Rsgpt: A generative transformer model for retrosynthesis planning

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62308-6
2•nphard85•1h ago•0 comments

C++ Instrumentation with Memory Sanitizer

https://systemsandco.dev/2025/07/31/msan.html
2•munifex•1h ago•0 comments

Radio vs. Phonograph (1926)

https://time.com/archive/6659750/radio-v-phonograph/
1•thomassmith65•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Transform static presentations → dynamic AI-guided experiences

https://app.toughtongueai.com/library/product-design-interview-tips-5-strategies-688bb9ca8021d1a72a3d25fa/
2•ajabhish•1h ago•0 comments

FBI's new secret spy base in New Zealand to counter chilling moves by China

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14957017/FBI-Kash-Patel-spy-base-New-Zealand-counter-China.html
4•mhga•1h ago•0 comments

Apple Reports Biggest Revenue Growth Since December 2021

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/apple-aapl-q3-earnings-report-2025.html
2•m463•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Trying to build Chromium UI in HTML to increase prototyping speed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3ZMrQRu9U
3•Advait1306•1h ago•0 comments