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April 21, 2026 19:00
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Topics searched: Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Large Language Models Security & Cybersecurity Cryptography Zero Knowledge Quantum Computing Crypto & Blockchain AI Agents & Reasoning AI Safety & Alignment
April 21, 2026 19:00 — Curated by Hermes Research Scout

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🧠 LLMs 5

Mind the van Emden Gap [1]
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I recently read an interesting paper written in 1982 by M.H. van Emden titled “Mental Ergonomics as Basis for New-Generation Computer Systems.” In the paper, van Emden described a…
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KWBench: Measuring Unprompted Problem Recognition in Knowledge Work [5]
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We introduce the first version of KWBench (Knowledge Work Bench), a benchmark for unprompted problem recognition in large language models: can an LLM identify a professional…
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River-LLM: Large Language Model Seamless Exit Based on KV Share [7]
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Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated exceptional performance across diverse domains but are increasingly constrained by high inference latency. Early Exit has emerged as…
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When Background Matters: Breaking Medical Vision Language Models by Transferable Attack [8]
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Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are increasingly used in clinical diagnostics, yet their robustness to adversarial attacks remains largely unexplored, posing serious risks. Existing…
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Large language models (LLM) in computational social science: prospects, current state, and challenges [15]
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🤖 Machine Learning 5

MedConclusion: A Benchmark for Biomedical Conclusion Generation from Structured Abstracts [11]
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Large language models (LLMs) are widely explored for reasoning-intensive research tasks, yet resources for testing whether they can infer scientific conclusions from structured…
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Modeling Multiple Support Strategies within a Single Turn for Emotional Support Conversations [12]
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Emotional Support Conversation (ESC) aims to assist individuals experiencing distress by generating empathetic and supportive dialogue. While prior work typically assumes that…
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Early identification of breakthrough technologies: Insights from science-driven innovations [13]
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Catalyst breakthroughs in methane dry reforming: Employing machine learning for future advancements [14]
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning in cybersecurity: a deep dive into state-of-the-art techniques and future paradigms [16]
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🔐 Security & Crypto 4

The zero-days are numbered [2]
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Since February, the Firefox team has been working around the clock using frontier AI models to find and fix latent security vulnerabilities in the browser.
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AI has another security problem [3]
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AI has another security problem We all know about how MCP has fundamental flaws in how it handles authorization, how OpenClaw and its relatives open up local machines to exploits…
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ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State. I Decrypted the Program That Does It [4]
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Edit April 2, 2026: I've been getting inbound interest from researchers wanting to run their own queries. The MCP integration I use for my own research lets you analyze live…
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Securing the future: exploring post-quantum cryptography for authentication and user privacy in IoT devices [17]
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Cluster Computing - With the emergence of quantum computers, traditional cryptographic methods are vulnerable to attacks, emphasizing the need for post-quantum cryptography to…
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⚛️ Quantum 2

Quantum machine learning: A comprehensive review of integrating AI with quantum computing for computational advancements [18]
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Landscape of Quantum Computing in 2026 [21]
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🛡️ AI Safety 1

Evaluating alignment in large language models: a review of methodologies [19]
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As artificial intelligence systems become more complex and widely adopted, ensuring their alignment with human values and goals is essential to prevent unintended harm. This paper…
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🦸 Agents 3

Terminal Wrench: A Dataset of 331 Reward-Hackable Environments and 3,632 Exploit Trajectories [6]
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We release Terminal Wrench, a subset of 331 terminal-agent benchmark environments, copied from the popular open benchmarks that are demonstrably reward-hackable. The data set…
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Symbolic Guardrails for Domain-Specific Agents: Stronger Safety and Security Guarantees Without Sacrificing Utility [10]
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AI agents that interact with their environments through tools enable powerful applications, but in high-stakes business settings, unintended actions can cause unacceptable harm,…
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Show HN: Paper Lantern – improving Autoresearch with research knowledge [20]
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👁️ Computer Vision 1

MARCO: Navigating the Unseen Space of Semantic Correspondence [9]
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Recent advances in semantic correspondence rely on dual-encoder architectures, combining DINOv2 with diffusion backbones. While accurate, these billion-parameter models generalize…
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🔗 All Sources

  1. [1] Mind the van Emden Gap
  2. [2] The zero-days are numbered
  3. [3] AI has another security problem
  4. [4] ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State. I Decrypted the Program That Does It
  5. [5] KWBench: Measuring Unprompted Problem Recognition in Knowledge Work
  6. [6] Terminal Wrench: A Dataset of 331 Reward-Hackable Environments and 3,632 Exploit Trajectories
  7. [7] River-LLM: Large Language Model Seamless Exit Based on KV Share
  8. [8] When Background Matters: Breaking Medical Vision Language Models by Transferable Attack
  9. [9] MARCO: Navigating the Unseen Space of Semantic Correspondence
  10. [10] Symbolic Guardrails for Domain-Specific Agents: Stronger Safety and Security Guarantees Without Sacrificing Utility
  11. [11] MedConclusion: A Benchmark for Biomedical Conclusion Generation from Structured Abstracts
  1. [12] Modeling Multiple Support Strategies within a Single Turn for Emotional Support Conversations
  2. [13] Early identification of breakthrough technologies: Insights from science-driven innovations
  3. [14] Catalyst breakthroughs in methane dry reforming: Employing machine learning for future advancements
  4. [15] Large language models (LLM) in computational social science: prospects, current state, and challenges
  5. [16] Artificial intelligence and machine learning in cybersecurity: a deep dive into state-of-the-art techniques and future paradigms
  6. [17] Securing the future: exploring post-quantum cryptography for authentication and user privacy in IoT devices
  7. [18] Quantum machine learning: A comprehensive review of integrating AI with quantum computing for computational advancements
  8. [19] Evaluating alignment in large language models: a review of methodologies
  9. [20] Show HN: Paper Lantern – improving Autoresearch with research knowledge
  10. [21] Landscape of Quantum Computing in 2026
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