Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Florida International University researchers have developed a technique called JaiLIP (Jailbreaking with Loss-guided Image Perturbation) that uses subtle image modifications to bypass AI safety guardrails. Unlike traditional jailbreaks that rely on carefully crafted prompts, the attack works through images that appear normal to human viewers. The researchers tested the technique against BLIP-2, a multimodal AI model, and found that manipulated images significantly increased the likelihood of harmful responses. According to the study, the approach outperformed previous image-based jailbreak methods and nearly doubled the number of unsafe outputs generated during testing. The findings highlight a potential security risk for businesses deploying AI systems that process both images and text. While most discussions about AI safety focus on prompts, the research suggests that seemingly harmless images may also serve as an attack vector.

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There's a deadly, record-breaking heat wave spreading east across Europe, reports the Washington Post — and it's even worse than a dire earlier forecast:

The forecast was recorded in 2014 as part of a campaign coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that invited about 60 presenters worldwide to imagine a weather report from the year 2050. In one clip, Ãvelyne Dhéliat from French television network TF1 presented a hypothetical scenario of high temperatures 36 years into the future — during a heat wave in a warmer climate in 2050... One of the maps that Dhéliat shared was lit up in shades of orange, filled with temperature predictions of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), reaching as high as 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
But it turns out, it didn't take 36 years for those imagined temperatures to be reached — and even exceeded. The heat on Wednesday alone, when the temperature soared as high as 112.3 degrees Fahrenheit (44.3 degrees Celsius), exceeded the 2050 projections in 19 out of 34 locations across mainland France — far sooner than some may have expected. Some places surpassed those hypothetical future temperatures by more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit. It's part of a dramatic shift in heat wave frequency across the country. Half of the heat waves observed since 1947 have occurred since 2010. "By 2100, heat waves could last up to two months continuously," the country's weather agency, Météo-France, said this week.

It was hotter in France on Wednesday than in Las Vegas and Phoenix and just two degrees Fahrenheit shy of what was observed in Death Valley, California. An estimated less than one percent of the planet was hotter than France's hottest place... [T]he heat dome, which will linger into early next week, is only part of the story. This type of extreme heat is becoming more common as the planet warms, especially in Europe.
Climate scientist Robert Rohde said in a post explaining the heat wave's causes that France and Western Europe should expect many more heat waves like this over the coming decades. "This isn't a fluke, but simply part of the new normal," he said.

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Max Planck won 1918's Nobel Prize for physics. Yet two of his papers were retracted — a move now being criticized by Yves Gingras, a historian of physics at the University of Quebec and Mahdi Khelfaoui, a fellow historian of science at UQ Trois-Rivières. Science reports:

The papers, both quietly retracted in 2011, originally appeared in the early 1940s in Naturwissenschaften, a German journal now owned by publishing giant Springer Nature. After some sleuthing, Khelfaoui determined one of the Planck pieces, a philosophical essay from 1942 titled "Sinn und Grenzen der exakten Wissenschaft" ("Meaning and Limits of Exact Science"), about how to achieve certainty in scientific knowledge, had also appeared in two other journals and been reprinted twice in books. Repackaging the same work multiple times is considered "self-plagiarism" and frowned upon today — the practice produces copyright conflicts and inflates scholars' publication records. The Naturwissenschaften site gives "copyright violation" as the reason for the retraction.

Yet publishing identical material in multiple journals was widespread before the internet. "Science was more fragmented" then, Khelfaoui says. "You wanted different audiences ... to have access to your work." The practice was especially common for luminaries like Planck. Albert Einstein did the same (but escaped retractions). Springer Nature's "anachronistic" application of modern standards to a 1942 paper "distort[s] the historical record," Gingras and Khelfaoui argue in a preprint posted last month on arXiv. Any concerns about copyright violations are largely moot anyway: Because Planck died in 1947, his works are in the public domain in most countries.

Gingras was especially incensed that Springer Nature deviated from the normal practice of merely slapping the word RETRACTED across the digital version of the paper while still allowing scholars to read the text. Instead, the publisher posted a blank white page with the cryptic phrase, "This article has been withdrawn due to article violation." Springer Nature is nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95. Suzanne Scarlata, a chemist and biochemist at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and editor-in-chief of The Science of Nature, as Naturwissenschaften is now known, had not heard about the retractions before being contacted for this story... Scarlata suspects Springer Nature's internal policing software removed the paper and posted the retraction notice unilaterally, without human supervision: "I think it just happened with their algorithm," she says. "It's a mistake they should probably rectify."

A second Planck paper was apparently removed because its response to a 1940 paper had used an identical title.

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Steve Clarke has resigned as Scotland’s head coach, with the decision announced within minutes of confirmation the country had been eliminated from the World Cup. Clarke, who had been in post since 2019, signed a four-year contract extension shortly before the tournament.

Ian Maxwell, the Scottish Football Association chief executive, said: “We thank Steve for his record-breaking contribution and know that when the disappointment of World Cup elimination subsides, the Scotland supporters will be thankful for the memories of marching with pride at major tournaments once again.”

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It had been another rainy day in Philadelphia but that didn’t spoil the party. Sixty-eight thousand people in ponchos were still able to enjoy an intriguing contest defined by cracking goals, and one where both teams left the field happy. For Croatia, there was second place in Group L and a reminder that they remain a serious team. For Ghana, there was progress to the knockout rounds for the first time since 2010 and even some full-throttle attacking, for a few minutes at least.

There were questions over what incentive either team would have to give their all. A goalless draw appeared to give each a good chance of progression through Fifa’s intricate qualification matrix. Croatia would have finished third, but with a potentially preferable route, Ghana would have finished in second place behind England. It would have been a nice and cosy settlement; but Croatia weren’t up for it.

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Speaking on Desert Island Discs, the Grammy-nominated musician referred to his alcoholism as a parasite

Fatboy Slim has said he felt paralysed and “rigid with fear” at the prospect of DJing sober after spending time in rehab to deal with his alcohol addiction.

The artist, whose real name is Norman Cook, referred to his alcoholism as a parasite and said getting sober was “probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done” during an appearance on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne.

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England are not going to win the World Cup playing like this. They will not get very far in the knockout rounds unless they can sharpen up. But at least they have made it into them, the dream still alive, after they secured top spot in Group L on a slow-burn occasion when the result meant everything.

Thomas Tuchel needed to restore momentum after the bore draw against Ghana in game two, to rekindle the excitement from the opening game against Croatia, which England won 4-2. The manager wanted to prove a point. It did not really happen and for the opening 45 minutes it was even possible to fear the worst. Were England going to fail to prise apart another obdurate opponent?

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Op verschillende plekken in Nederland is brand uitgebroken door blikseminslag. In het hele land geldt code oranje vanwege zware onweersbuien, die gepaard gaan met bliksem.

Bij een brand op een boerderij in het Groningse Toornwerd kwamen twee kalveren om. De brandweer kon wel voorkomen dat de vlammen oversloegen naar naastgelegen stallen, waardoor 150 koeien ongedeerd bleven. Eerder bracht de eigenaar van de boerderij aanwezige paarden zelf in veiligheid.

In het Utrechtse Snelrewaard sloeg de bliksem in de nok van een woning met rieten dak aan de Linschoterzandweg, waardoor een zeer grote brand ontstond. De brandweer meldde tijdens bluswerkzaamheden dat er geen mensen meer aanwezig waren in de woning.

In Boskoop in Zuid-Holland vatte een hooiberg vlam, vermoedelijk na een blikseminslag. Het dak stortte daarbij in, maar overslag naar een nabijgelegen schuur en woonhuis werd door de brandweer voorkomen. Er vielen geen gewonden bij de brand.

In Amsterdam rukte de brandweer uit na een blikseminslag in stadsdeel Zuid, waar een dak vlam vatte. De bliksem sloeg volgens lokale zender AT5 ook in in het bekende gebouw Pontsteiger, maar het lijkt erop dat de bliksemafleider ervoor heeft gezorgd dat er geen schade is ontstaan.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 28-06-2026 01:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 24.1°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 22.9°C / Max 33.1°C | Kans op neerslag 34%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 22.9°C, Max 33.1°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 34%, 🧭 1017.7 hPa ↗️ +3.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 25.9 km/u (7.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 2°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 24.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 22%, 🧭 1014.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ← 82°
• 03:00: 22.5°C (Zware regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 17.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 18%, 🧭 1014.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: ← 100°
• 04:00: 22.9°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1014.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 2.5 km/u (0.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 18°
• 05:00: 22.9°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 20%, 🧭 1014.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: → 251°
• 06:00: 22.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 14%, 🧭 1015.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 300°
• 07:00: 22.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1015.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: → 265°
• 08:00: 23.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1016.2 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 247°
• 09:00: 24.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1016.8 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°
• 10:00: 24.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1017.5 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 236°
• 11:00: 25.3°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1018.1 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 243°
• 12:00: 26.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: → 257°
• 13:00: 27.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1018.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 247°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• maandag 29 juni: Min 21.2°C, Max 27.5°C (Zware regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 19.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1023.4 hPa ↗️ +5.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: → 249°
• dinsdag 30 juni: Min 19.3°C, Max 24.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1023.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 320°
• woensdag 01 juli: Min 17.6°C, Max 24.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1021.5 hPa ↘️ -1.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.2 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 232°
• donderdag 02 juli: Min 15.1°C, Max 23.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 19%, 🧭 1023.7 hPa ↗️ +2.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.2 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: → 277°
• vrijdag 03 juli: Min 15.9°C, Max 22.3°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 15%, 🧭 1028.6 hPa ↗️ +4.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.8 km/u (5.5 m/s), richting: → 265°
• zaterdag 04 juli: Min 14.8°C, Max 21.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1027.5 hPa ↘️ -1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.2 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: → 282°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 24.1°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 26.7°C (+2.6°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 57°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 23.4 km/h (6.5 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 81%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1014.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:24 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 22:05

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 80 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 13.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 17.8 μg/m³

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I think, relief from the heat 8s on its way. Only lightning, no thunder yet.

While i was typing this, the wind hit. And hit it did. Electricity gone for minutes, twice. Unable to close the shutters at the front, so first close the back of the house, finally the front and then admire the chaose of branches inside, smashed plants and pots.