AWS saw a PHP2Shell attempt four days before disclosure
AWS recorded a PHP2Shell exploitation attempt before public disclosure, while PHP’s release timeline reveals how leaks and early patches fractured coordination.
METR and Redwood found ways around OpenAI’s internal agent monitor
METR and Redwood’s July assessment found monitoring gaps at OpenAI, including an exploit that could exclude hundreds of recent actions from review.
Anthropic and Theorem report machine-checked proofs for 239 software entry points
Anthropic and Theorem used Claude to generate checked proofs for selected software entry points across 123 libraries, with explicit limits on the guarantees.
Anthropic contributes Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation
Anthropic moved Agent Skills into the Agentic AI Foundation as four new contributions expanded its shared agent infrastructure projects.
OpenAI makes its Decisions API generally available for bounded workflow choices
OpenAI’s Decisions API is generally available for classification, routing and other bounded choices, with a company-claimed speed advantage over Responses.
Harvard study finds AI manuscript feedback preferred over selected human reviews
A Harvard working paper reports strong preferences for AI-generated manuscript feedback, but does not test publication decisions or whether papers improve.
Twelve chatbots produced similar critiques of humans, but the grouping is disputed
ModelCompare found recurring themes across twelve chatbots on one provocative prompt, without establishing shared beliefs or what caused the similarity.
Ipsos poll finds 57% of US adults view AI as bad for society
An ABC News–Washington Post–Ipsos poll found majority negative views of AI and strong opposition to new data centers in separate question groups.
VerifierBench finds AI-generated checkers can reject every valid answer
VerifierBench reports that generated checking programs often reject valid solutions, exposing a failure mode in how agent success is judged.
Tesla reports an Optimus production start, without a weekly output figure
Tesla’s Q3 filing says Optimus production began on Fremont’s high-volume lines, while describing the operation as an early ramp and giving no weekly rate.