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To defend your software, first teach AI to break it
At the heart of their work is a problem most people never see but that affects everyone: software vulnerabilities. Every time a person uses an app, buys something online or interacts with a digital service, their data travels through invisible connectors called application programming interfaces (APIs). “You can view an API as a communication channel between two pieces of software,” said computer science professor Ying Zhang. “If the API accepts malicious or unexpected inputs without performing proper validation and security checks, attackers can exploit those weaknesses to trigger vulnerabilities, compromise systems or carry out successful cyberattacks.”
July 9, 2026
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Prediction market users have traded nearly $200 million on midterm elections so far
As prediction markets have boomed on topics from war to sports, trading volume on midterm election results has surpassed $197 million, according to an NBC News analysis of 1,408 open markets on Kalshi and Polymarket. Not everyone who comes to these platforms trades, though. Researchers say many users treat prediction markets as information tools. “I can see what well-incentivized, very smart traders think about different topics, and I use these markets to guide my news diet for the day,” said Koleman Strumpf, a Wake Forest University economics professor who researches prediction markets.
July 10, 2026
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