Signs of faster vulnerability discovery, small-scale math progress and shifts in two algorithm contests

An August analysis saw sharp acceleration in cyber discoveries, some acceleration in math and no clear acceleration in algorithms. In an October update, its author says vulnerability discovery has accelerated further, though exploited vulnerabilities remain fairly flat. They see likely acceleration on small-scale math problems and point to major events in the NanoGPT and Hutter compression competitions, while other tracked algorithm series remain relatively unchanged.