GPT-6 Astra Reportedly Cracks an 83-Year-Old Nazi Enigma Message in 10 Hours
A Bloomberg developer says GPT-6 Astra decrypted a 1941 Wehrmacht radio message that had gone unsolved for 83 years, in about ten hours of AI-assisted work.
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A former Google DeepMind researcher resigned and warned that AI has the potential to kill everyone, joining a growing wave of safety researchers speaking out.
Musk and Amodei Agree: AI Is Already Risky Enough to Worry About
By
Samantha Reed
• 3 mins read
Elon Musk expanded on his endorsement of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s AI safety warning, saying danger is significant now and competitors should test each other’s models.
Microsoft Sets Limits on Its Future AI Models Right as the Industry Hits the Brakes
By
Samantha Reed
• 4 mins read
Microsoft published draft rules for its AI models, days after Anthropic’s CEO called for slowing AI development and a researcher resigned over safety fears.
OpenAI Weighs Slower AI Development as Safety Concerns Mount
By
Daniel Mercer
• 4 mins read
Sam Altman has discussed slowing advanced AI development, Bloomberg reports, as OpenAI’s chief scientist argues for coordination and stronger safeguards.
Anthropic is Racing Toward Something It Admits Could Kill Us All, Says Ex-Researcher
By
Samantha Reed
• 3 mins read
An Anthropic researcher resigned warning AI labs are racing toward uncontrollable superintelligence, and the company’s alignment lead publicly agreed with more than 10% odds of catastrophe.
Sanders and Casar Propose a Ban on Artificial Superintelligence
By
Samantha Reed
• 4 mins read
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar unveiled a bill to ban superintelligent AI and pause advanced development, citing an OpenAI incident where over 1,000 agents breached Hugging Face.
Google Launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal, Joining AI Race for Law Firms
By
Samantha Reed
• 4 mins read
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a specialized AI platform with agents for drafting and contract work, joining Anthropic and OpenAI in courting law firms.
Apple’s New Mac Mini and Studio Are Built for Running AI Without the Cloud
By
Daniel Mercer
• 3 mins read
Apple launched new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models with its M6 and M5 Ultra chips, explicitly built for developers running AI models and agents locally instead of in the cloud.
OpenAI Launches Policy Blog on AI and Concentrated Power
By
Samantha Reed
• 4 mins read
OpenAI launched AI Futures, a blog from a new Strategic Futures team arguing that AI’s gravest risk is letting power escape the checks that have long depended on human cooperation.
How to Choose the Right Claude Model: a Beginner’s Guide
By
Daniel Mercer
• 9 mins read
There’s no single best Claude model — the right choice depends on how much intelligence, speed, and cost your task requires. Learn when to use Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, or Fable, and how effort settings and model routing can help you balance performance and cost.
US to Tell Dozens of Nations to Pick a Side in the AI Race
By
Samantha Reed
• 4 mins read
The US is preparing to warn dozens of countries they must choose between its Pax Silica AI coalition and China’s competing framework, or risk exclusion, according to a leaked draft.
Alibaba Open-Sources Qwen3.8-Max, Its Largest Model Yet
By
Daniel Mercer
• 4 mins read
Alibaba released the open weights for Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model it says trails only Anthropic’s Fable 5, its first openly released flagship-class system.
US Treasury Secretary Threatens Sanctions Over Chinese AI Model Distillation
By
Samantha Reed
• 4 mins read
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US could sanction Chinese AI companies found to have distilled American models, claiming officials have found US “watermarks” in Chinese systems.