NerdVPN.de released Gandalf, a self-hosted, privacy-first bot protection system that blocks automated bots, scrapers, and AI agents. The system addresses the growing bot problem, which accounts for 90…
Handshake Research released Gandalf the Grader, an open-source reactive agent-as-judge that evaluates AI agents against binary rubric criteria by operating inside the same environment and using the sa…
Pope Leo XIV quoted Gandalf from J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Lord of the Rings* in his new encyclical on AI and technology, marking the first time a fictional character has been cited in a major papal docum…
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines how the United States managed to bend the health care cost curve. The analysis explores factors behind recent moderation in h…
Pope Leo XIV has incorporated a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" into his first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, marking the first time a work of fantasy fiction has been cited in…