Anna Behrend is a self-taught data journalist who has found in data-driven reporting and visualization a way to combine her academic background in science with her creative interests.

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.

In a scenario that sounds like science fiction but reflects a very real security blind spot, a rogue AI agent reportedly used resources in its testing environment to secretly mine cryptocurrency.