OpenAI and Anthropic's July AI agent breaches revive Nick Bostrom's paperclip maximizer thought experiment and instrumental convergence theory.

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An MIT Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit ...

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The idea that artificial intelligence can “reason” is more intuitive than ever. But intuitions can be wrong, and the science is far from settled.

Last Thursday Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Seyoon Ragavan sent a new quantum cryptography proof to his friend Yao-Ting Lin, a doctoral student at the University of ...

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Ever since handheld gaming PCs became a thing, I have found myself asking one question every single time a new one launches.

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From humanoid helpers to a ‘ban’ on AI companions and a radical overhaul of its education system, China is preparing its ...

China is preparing its citizens for AI upheaval in ways the West can only dream of - THE LONGER READ: From humanoid helpers ...

A paper attributed to OpenAI titled “Nonsofic Groups Exist” began circulating on X late on July 31, apparently leaked ahead of an ...