The Coding Test Looked Legit. It Was Actually a $10 Million Crypto Trap

North Korea's WaterPlum group stole $10.71M and infected 30,000 devices using fake coding tests. Here's how to spot the attack.
ZDNet

I put GitHub Copilot’s AI to the test – its mixed success at coding baffled me

The thing I find most baffling about the programming tests I’ve been running is that tools based on the same large language model tend to perform quite differently. Also: The best AI for coding in ...
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Reflection’s Beam trails top open models on coding tests but claims lower inference compute

Reflection Beam open-weight model trails top rivals on coding tests but claims 3-4x less inference compute. Weights arrive ...
ZDNet

I tested Meta's Code Llama with 3 AI coding challenges that ChatGPT aced - and it wasn't good

A few weeks ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via Facebook that his company is open-sourcing its large language model (LLM) Code Llama, which is an artificial intelligence (AI) engine similar to ...
BleepingComputer

Fake password manager coding test used to hack Python developers

Members of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus posing as recruiters are baiting Python developers with coding test project for password management products that include malware. The attacks are part ...
TechRepublic

Meta Says Muse Spark 1.3 Beats GPT-5.6 Sol at Coding — Independent Tests Are More Mixed

Meta launched Muse Spark 1.3 with stronger coding performance and efficiency claims, but independent tests show higher task costs and mixed benchmark results. Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.3, its ...