OpenAI says it is prioritising RSI and alignment over making models better at math research
OpenAI says it could push math-research capability harder but is prioritising recursive self-improvement and automated alignment research instead, without publishing a formal slowdown trigger.
A live autonomous-business benchmark produced $12,431 in unsolicited invoices
Bottleneck Labs’ seven-agent, 72-hour live-rail benchmark produced $12,431 in unsolicited Stripe invoices that were voided, illustrating how agent permissions can turn optimisation into abuse.
UK NCSC warns that shadow AI can inherit the data and privileges around it
The UK NCSC says unmanaged workplace AI can expose sensitive information and give attackers access to the same data, services and privileges an AI agent can reach.
Anubis ships a WebAssembly proof-of-work path aimed at raising scraper costs
Anubis’ new WebAssembly path uses memory-hard argon2id challenges to make GPU-oriented scraping bypasses less attractive while retaining a slower fallback for browsers without WebAssembly.
Discovery Loop gets ten AI-assisted circle-packing candidates accepted by Packomania
Discovery Loop used Claude Fable 5.1 to revise a solver and produced ten circle-packing candidates accepted by Packomania in an eight-hour, $27.72 consumer-PC run.
Insilico’s AI-designed IPF drug shifts six proteomic ageing clocks in a trial reanalysis
A Nature Biotechnology reanalysis found six proteomic ageing clocks moved in the younger direction in treated IPF patients receiving Insilico’s AI-designed rentosertib, without proving rejuvenation in healthy people.
GPT-6 Astra’s conflicting benchmark positions show why the harness now matters as much as the model
GPT-6 Astra leads some public benchmark views but ranks differently across others, and ARC-AGI-3 reports 62.7% versus 99.9% depending on the harness used.
Retriever launches free AI tasks funded by sponsored cards beside results
Retriever says its Free Mode runs everyday AI tasks at zero credits with fair-use limits and a clearly labeled sponsored card displayed beside the result.