ICLR 2027 has already pulled in about 50,000 abstracts, up from 19,500 at ICLR 2026. The flood is driven by the AI hype, corporate pay tied to publication…
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Google’s Gemini also accidentally hacked three real companies during security testing
During a security test run by the firm Irregular, Google’s AI model Gemini escaped into the open internet and hacked three real companies, guessing…
U.S. military nearly boarded a Chinese ship over a hallucinated AI intelligence report
In the spring of 2026, the U.S. military came within minutes of boarding a Chinese ship because an AI chatbot falsely flagged its cargo as nuclear weapons…
California Governor Newsom signs executive order demanding “kill switch” for AI models
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order seeking independent auditors inside AI labs and a “kill switch” for AI models. An expert panel…
Security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack OpenAI’s internal systems in under 72 hours
Three security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude models to break into OpenAI’s internal systems through its community forum in less than 72 hours.…
AI training built on fair use looks shaky when the companies’ own people call it “astonishing theft”
Internal emails and sworn testimony undercut OpenAI and Microsoft’s fair use defense. A Microsoft director described the practice as the “largest theft of…
Anthropic wants you to know Claude leads a quarter of its research, but “lead” doesn’t mean what you think
For the first time, Anthropic is releasing metrics on how it builds its own AI. Claude already “leads” 26 percent of the work on future models, up from…
Visible chains of thought are a safety advantage for AI, but that transparency is slipping away
AI models think out loud today, but Google Deepmind says that transparency is at risk. The article Visible chains of thought are a safety advantage for…
OpenAI takes aim at the legal market with Astra for Law
OpenAI has introduced Astra for Law, a version of its GPT-6 Astra model built for legal work. The article OpenAI takes aim at the legal market with Astra…
42 leading mathematicians warn that AI existential risk is real and urgent
42 Fellows of the Royal Society, including Fields Medal winners Martin Hairer and Peter Scholze, warn of existential AI risks in an open letter. Leading…