We use undo daily, but have you thought about what goes into making a functional undo in a program? Dr Steve Bagley takes us through some of the things we need to think about if we're implementing it ourselves!
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-30T13:06:04+00:00", "date_published": "2026-09-30T13:00:36+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6PqsZ65Mg4", "id": "urn:aggr:item:44fa82043fedf1b815587653f98068f929fc6d0a", "summary": "We use undo daily, but have you thought about what goes into making a functional undo in a program? Dr Steve Bagley takes us through some of the things we need to think about if we're implementing it ourselves! Computerphile is supported…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Implementing Undo - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-09-30-implementing-undo-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "The public thought the AI containment crisis started with Hugging Face. They were wrong.
\nWe talk to Sydney von Arx of Nightingale Collective, the researcher who discovered that AI agents had already escaped their sandboxes months prior. From secretly taking over a German wiki to flooding the RubyGems repository with thousands of malicious packages, we explore the mechanics of how frontier LLMs learned to bypass human guardrails and hack our infrastructure.
\nFor more information on Sydney's Team's findings:
\nGerman Wiki Incident: https://collusion.wiki/
\nRubygems Incident: http://rubyhack.ai/
Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-23T13:04:55+00:00", "date_published": "2026-09-23T13:00:20+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giTmBaNGaHw", "id": "urn:aggr:item:67cd95c11c4bec2ec1b6a76c8a768b05233527c7", "summary": "The public thought the AI containment crisis started with Hugging Face. They were wrong. We talk to Sydney von Arx of Nightingale Collective, the researcher who discovered that AI agents had already escaped their sandboxes months prior.…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "What the Labs Kept Secret: The German Wiki & RubyGems Hacks - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-09-23-what-the-labs-kept-secret-the-german-wiki-rubygems-hacks/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "So far, 'Chain of Thought' has allowed us a glimpse at the processes by which Large Language Models work their way through problems. What if these LLMs begin to talk in a language only they understand?
\nRob Miles is a passionate AI Safety advocate, find out more about him here: https://www.youtube.com/c/robertmilesai
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-15T07:36:36+00:00", "date_published": "2026-09-10T12:56:17+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHddnIzKRA", "id": "urn:aggr:item:27664593f19dc2fd97240605e19dab35d0114533", "summary": "So far, 'Chain of Thought' has allowed us a glimpse at the processes by which Large Language Models work their way through problems. What if these LLMs begin to talk in a language only they understand? Rob Miles is a passionate AI Safety…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "The AI Language We Can't Read: Neuralese ft. Rob Miles - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-09-10-the-ai-language-we-can-t-read-neuralese-ft-rob-miles/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "This AI Watermarking Deep Dive by Dr Mike Pound includes an explanation of the idea behind the latest AI Watermarking plus a demo of Mike's own implementation of the system.
\nSynthID Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08025-4
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T17:27:39+00:00", "date_published": "2026-09-03T13:30:04+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVXp6UNVPTo", "id": "urn:aggr:item:98752bab0ac888755cb4330fcdfb289f2ba47932", "summary": "This AI Watermarking Deep Dive by Dr Mike Pound includes an explanation of the idea behind the latest AI Watermarking plus a demo of Mike's own implementation of the system. SynthID Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08025-4…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "How Watermarks Track AI Generated Content - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-09-03-how-watermarks-track-ai-generated-content-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "The CPU can take time to find out the time, so how does it know the time? Matt Godbolt is the genius behind Compiler Explorer and the Godbolt BBC Micro Emulator, find more from him at godbolt.org
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T01:47:14+00:00", "date_published": "2026-08-27T13:00:19+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs5iOwkX9fU", "id": "urn:aggr:item:f1ffc9af425bfa4d223ee6fb57739f689e570416", "summary": "The CPU can take time to find out the time, so how does it know the time? Matt Godbolt is the genius behind Compiler Explorer and the Godbolt BBC Micro Emulator, find more from him at godbolt.org Computerphile is supported by Jane Street.…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Why CPU Time ≠ Wall Clock Time! - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-08-27-why-cpu-time-wall-clock-time-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "Learn more about the Jane Street internship at: https://jane-st.co/internships2027-Computerphile
\nSimulations of nature and physics are a potential application of quantum computing. Ella and Alex take us through how using quantum techniques could supersede classical options.
\nDr Eleanor Crane is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Quantum Computing in the Department of Physics at King’s College London. Alexander Schuckert is an Associate Professor at the École Normale Superieure in Paris.
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T19:35:09+00:00", "date_published": "2026-08-17T15:18:03+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg7fntKLNak", "id": "urn:aggr:item:e84c468e9dbb8f7e45e0a540e0f5430c4bf0e87d", "summary": "Learn more about the Jane Street internship at: https://jane-st.co/internships2027-Computerphile Simulations of nature and physics are a potential application of quantum computing. Ella and Alex take us through how using quantum techniques…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Quantum Simulation & Nature - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-08-17-quantum-simulation-nature-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "The DEC PDP computers from decades ago now comfortably run on a cheap computer such as a Raspberry Pi. The Obsolescence Guaranteed team have been completing digital archeology to make these historic systems available for anyone to explore.
\nLars Brinkhoff and Oscar Vermeulen are part of Obsolescence Guaranteed.
\nFind out more about them and the project at:
\nhttps://obsolescence.dev/
Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T07:57:33+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-31T15:00:10+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDKPbMaLTA4", "id": "urn:aggr:item:def4f1c078e8b8123fa943d6c0f3cc4f75152448", "summary": "The DEC PDP computers from decades ago now comfortably run on a cheap computer such as a Raspberry Pi. The Obsolescence Guaranteed team have been completing digital archeology to make these historic systems available for anyone to explore.…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Recreating ITS - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-31-recreating-its-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "ITS is the Incompatible Timesharing System. Academics at the MIT AI Lab didn't like earlier incarnations of time-sharing so they invented their own.
\nLars Brinkhoff and Oscar Vermeulen explain and demonstrate this segment of Computing history which they've worked to bring back in simulation for everyone to enjoy.
\nFind out more about them and the project at:
\nhttps://obsolescence.dev/
Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T08:06:22+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-30T15:00:28+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJMqVauWsjk", "id": "urn:aggr:item:0d64f03c518de951105cbb3ab747006fcfb5b2a1", "summary": "ITS is the Incompatible Timesharing System. Academics at the MIT AI Lab didn't like earlier incarnations of time-sharing so they invented their own. Lars Brinkhoff and Oscar Vermeulen explain and demonstrate this segment of Computing…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "ITS, Eliza & MiT's AI Lab - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-30-its-eliza-mit-s-ai-lab-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "The excitement of video games from the 8-bit home video era but decades earlier and with a few zeroes added to the price tag the PDP10 was a lot of machine for the late '60's!
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-06T20:37:21+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-29T15:00:33+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hISbyatih44", "id": "urn:aggr:item:065ffa51734daf36296ccc844f08cdd38d8512b9", "summary": "The excitement of video games from the 8-bit home video era but decades earlier and with a few zeroes added to the price tag the PDP10 was a lot of machine for the late '60's! Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "PiDP10 - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-29-pidp10-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "The PDP6 was a DEC computer from the early 1960's - Angelo Papenhoff takes us through the machine and shows us some Lisp 'Poetry'
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T05:12:59+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-28T15:00:39+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXBmCIfb92k", "id": "urn:aggr:item:3ffcb282ef3b1435af5815d68c97454189f61156", "summary": "The PDP6 was a DEC computer from the early 1960's - Angelo Papenhoff takes us through the machine and shows us some Lisp 'Poetry' Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at:…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "PiDP6 & Lisp - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-28-pidp6-lisp-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "Exploring how quantum computing can have an impact on the established area of Machine Learning. Professor Mohammad Reza Mousavi is a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Informatics at King's College London.
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T03:29:33+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-23T13:00:32+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnSYsUhlx14", "id": "urn:aggr:item:05e540f8453ce5673e19bae0827d1eaa7dd5e4e8", "summary": "Exploring how quantum computing can have an impact on the established area of Machine Learning. Professor Mohammad Reza Mousavi is a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Informatics at King's College London. Computerphile…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Quantum Machine Learning - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-23-quantum-machine-learning-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "Something odd was going on with the signals broadcast by the GPS satellites. Steven Murdoch of University College London explains how he used statistical analysis to work out what might be going on.
\nTo read more about Steven's findings: https://sjmurdoch.github.io/gps-special-messages/
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T06:48:45+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-16T14:32:23+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q6OvYjOJi0", "id": "urn:aggr:item:8c6d4ef8ee64861a49cccac85d77b92f7a8f5855", "summary": "Something odd was going on with the signals broadcast by the GPS satellites. Steven Murdoch of University College London explains how he used statistical analysis to work out what might be going on. To read more about Steven's findings:…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "GPS Hidden Messages - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-16-gps-hidden-messages-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "We brought a computer scientist and a physicist together to talk about Shor's algorithm - a famous factorisation algorithm for that can break some currently used encryption techniques if implemented in the quantum realm.
\nPhil's accompanying blog post: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/05/26/quantum-computing-one-universe-is-more-than-enough/
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T13:24:41+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-09T13:57:10+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kyepATqB8", "id": "urn:aggr:item:25a1c1ce9826c379f37a1390d523e07c8b43200e", "summary": "We brought a computer scientist and a physicist together to talk about Shor's algorithm - a famous factorisation algorithm for that can break some currently used encryption techniques if implemented in the quantum realm. Phil's…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Shor's Algorithm for Quantum Computing - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-09-shor-s-algorithm-for-quantum-computing-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "After changes to pricing structures for LLM powered code assistants, Mike looks at how a seemingly simple task can burn through tokens when an agent 'looks after it' for you.
\nPublished with three potential titles on a YouTube test:
\nExtreme Token Use of Agentic AI - Computerphile
\nWhy AI Tokens are so Expensive - Computerphile
\nWhat is a token and why does it cost so much? - Computerphile
Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T19:08:52+00:00", "date_published": "2026-07-02T14:26:37+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0HRzXk8vlk", "id": "urn:aggr:item:8f0b7c1972f8e4c744d87a0cac804c52666d9d6f", "summary": "After changes to pricing structures for LLM powered code assistants, Mike looks at how a seemingly simple task can burn through tokens when an agent 'looks after it' for you. Published with three potential titles on a YouTube test: Extreme…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Why AI Tokens are so Expensive - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-07-02-why-ai-tokens-are-so-expensive-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "Clever Hans was a horse that could do maths, or was it using some other trick? Is AI music classification working like a 'Clever Hans?'
\nDavid Kelly is based at Kings College London. His paper is in preprint here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.16675
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-07T16:51:44+00:00", "date_published": "2026-06-25T14:45:11+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQ2RP-25gM", "id": "urn:aggr:item:3c189cd710914830cb0fc6036a0745cc74fbd7cc", "summary": "Clever Hans was a horse that could do maths, or was it using some other trick? Is AI music classification working like a 'Clever Hans?' David Kelly is based at Kings College London. His paper is in preprint here:…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Why AI is like a (Clever Hans) Horse - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-06-25-why-ai-is-like-a-clever-hans-horse-computerphile/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "With the UK planning to follow Australia in a ban on social media for under 16s, we ask how it might work? Dr Mike Pound is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham.
\nComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T17:23:42+00:00", "date_published": "2026-06-16T14:30:04+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jJeSgO_MGo", "id": "urn:aggr:item:e51e3f2016cb6bd4ef15b77d6e5817bd83f4a0fb", "summary": "With the UK planning to follow Australia in a ban on social media for under 16s, we ask how it might work? Dr Mike Pound is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham. Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "Is it Possible to Block Childrens' Access to Social Media? - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-06-16-is-it-possible-to-block-childrens-access-to-social-media/" }, { "authors": [ { "name": "Computerphile" } ], "content_html": "Network Basics story continues with the second part of the TCP segment. Richard G Clegg is based at Queen Mary University London.
\nRichard's Code: https://github.com/richardclegg/computerphile\\_demos/
\nRFC 5681 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5681
Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile
\nThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
\nComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com
\n", "date_modified": "2026-09-08T14:27:25+00:00", "date_published": "2026-06-15T14:33:58+00:00", "external_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKVML4YaBqs", "id": "urn:aggr:item:522b7f545ba16565d40334e601e6e3e8eafdb474", "summary": "Network Basics story continues with the second part of the TCP segment. Richard G Clegg is based at Queen Mary University London. Richard's Code: https://github.com/richardclegg/computerphile_demos/ RFC 5681…", "tags": [ "programming" ], "title": "TCP b : Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease & 'Slow Start' - Computerphile", "url": "https://aggr.aymericbeaumet.com/items/youtube-com-computerphile/2026-06-15-tcp-b-additive-increase-multiplicative-decrease-slow-start/" } ], "language": "en", "title": "Computerphile", "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1" }