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Single binary op eml(x,y)=exp(x)−ln(y) + constant 1 can express all elementary functions; authors recover sin, cos, sqrt, log from data with shallow EML trees.

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• v2 with figures + completeness sketch on arXiv linked in thread
• Not regression‑competitive; expression blow‑up, but DAG sharing helps

30+ popular WordPress plugins were quietly bought, backdoored, then monetized via SEO spam, backlinks, and affiliate links; C2 hid behind an Ethereum smart contract.

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• Supply‑chain risk spans WordPress, npm, PyPI; “trusted maintainer sold project” is a key failure mode.
• Mitigations: enterprise mirrors (e.g., JFrog), fewer deps, permissioned packages; LLM code‑scans don’t fix ownership risk.

Apple bets on-device AI + custom chips as a privacy moat while rivals chase cloud LLMs; skips risky generative features after hallucination delays.

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• Apple Intelligence seen as rebrand of years-old features like Live Text/OCR vs Android 2018 smart text
• Links: Gemma-4 tool-calling issues/fix and HuggingFace updates show local models still immature

Most teams don’t know per-dev cost, required ROI, or if projects clear that bar; LLM agents add opaque maintenance, ownership, and quality risks despite lower build cost.

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• Agent-only builds often fail; one dev deleted 43k AI-generated LOC as unmaintainable.
• Claimed savings ignore long-term maintenance, legal liability, and token-churn incentives.