most students have no idea they get claude opus 4.6 for free
github literally gives it away if you verify student status
steps to get free access:
1/ apply for github student developer pack
- go to: https://t.co/1U5p7qagN3
- sign in using your github account (or create one)
- click on get student benefits
- verify your student status using official university email or valid student id card
- submit application for review
2/ wait for verification
- github reviews your student status
- approval typically takes a few days
- you receive confirmation email once accepted
3/ activate github copilot
- log in to your github account
- navigate to copilot settings
- enable copilot under student benefits
- confirm access to all ai models
4/ install github copilot in vs code
- open visual studio code
- go to extensions marketplace
- search for github copilot
- click install
- sign in with your github account
5/ start using ai models
- go to copilot model settings in vs code
- choose from 15 available models or use auto mode
- select the model that fits your task
what you get for free as a student:
- access to multiple advanced ai models (worth hundreds of dollars per month)
- all completely legal and free for verified students
all available ai models for students:
- gpt 4.1, gpt 5, gpt 5 mini, gpt 5.2 codex, gpt 4o, o3, o4 mini, claude opus 4.6, claude sonnet 4.5, claude haiku 4.5, gemini 2.5 pro, gemini 3.1 pro, gemini 3 flash, gemini 2.0 flash, grok code fast 1
why this matters:
- claude opus 4.6 alone normally costs money
- gpt 5 and gemini 2.5 pro are premium models
- github gives students access to 15 different ai models for free
- this is worth hundreds of dollars per month
- most people do not know students get this
While everyone else showed love, @santisiri the guy who inserted himself as the crypto voice in Argentina’s media without any builder credentials is showing his true colors. Sad but not surprising
People (kids) are now creating malicious npm packages that target Roblox users and steal their account credentials.
I think the fact that 8 year olds are downloading npm packages is more impressive than the malware itself.
Stay safe young ones.
image from @TheHackersNews
MIFARE Classic (FM11RF08S) cards have been found to be backdoored by the manufacturer, allowing all user-defined keys to be dumped with physical access.
https://t.co/74EPJQiTYj
Introducing the Instruction Hierarchy, our latest safety research to advance robustness for prompt injections and other ways of tricking LLMs into executing unsafe actions. More details: https://t.co/cUZaaMRdEG
software engineers will notice half a second of latency in something that should be ~instant and will move heaven and earth to fix it, or at least to understand why; and this seems to have blown an operation that had started to install a backdoor on every Debian/Ubuntu SSH server
This is insane.
Looks like Facebook did a man-in-the-middle attack using their VPN service to steal data from other apps. This enabled them to see all SSL traffic, by creating a fake digital certificate to impersonate Snapchat, YouTube, Amazon etc.
Seriously?