In a week marked by both technological advancements and political controversy, former President Donald Trump deleted a racist meme targeting the Obamas, while the AI model Claude Opus 4.6 autonomously built a 100,000-line C compiler. Simultaneously, the cryptocurrency market faced security threats from malicious code injected into open-source packages.
According to NPR News, Trump posted a video clip depicting the Obamas' faces on apes on social media during the first week of Black History Month. The post was subsequently deleted. The incident sparked immediate criticism, though the specific reasons for the post's removal were not immediately clear.
Meanwhile, a significant development in artificial intelligence was reported. Ars Technica indicated that Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 AI model, using a new "agent teams" feature, built a Rust-based C compiler from scratch over two weeks. The project, costing approximately $20,000 in API fees, resulted in a compiler that successfully compiled various open-source projects and even ran Doom. The compiler was released on GitHub, showcasing the growing capabilities of AI in software development.
The cryptocurrency market also faced a series of security challenges. Ars Technica reported that malicious code was injected into open-source packages on npm and PyPI. The attacks targeted dYdX developers and users, with the aim of stealing wallet credentials and potentially backdooring devices. This compromise could lead to complete wallet compromise and cryptocurrency theft, impacting both developers and end-users.
In other tech news, a new globbing library called "zlob" was released on GitHub. According to Hacker News, the library, written in C, Zig, and Rust, aims to provide a faster and more modern alternative to the glibc glob() function. The creator of "zlob" stated that the glibc implementation is "very outdated and slow."
Also, a new programming language and environment inspired by ColorForth and the Forth philosophy, called "r3forth," was introduced. Hacker News reported that it is designed to be a complete, self-contained system that balances extreme minimalism with practical creative power. R3 can load and call procedures from any dynamic library.
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