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Security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to hack OpenAI's internal systems in under 72 hours

Anthropic's Claude models help researchers breach OpenAI's internal systems in under 72 hours. Three researchers leveraged Claude to expl…

The Decoder·Sep 18

OpenAI takes aim at the legal market with Astra for Law

OpenAI launches Astra for Law, a GPT‑6 variant tailored for legal tasks. The new model is pre‑trained on legal documents and fine‑tuned f…

The Decoder·Sep 18

PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI

PrismML introduces a tiny LLM aimed at redefining AI usage. The new model is compact, designed for efficient deployment, and promises to …

TechCrunch AI·Sep 17

GPT-6 Astra crushes Pokemon, Factorio, and Fallout 3 then spirals into Minecraft potato farming after one bad Creeper

GPT‑6 Astra is a new OpenAI model that excels at playing video games. It completes Pokemon FireRed in 18 hours instead of the usual 96, a…

The Decoder·Sep 17

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra decrypts a Nazi radio message in ten hours that went unsolved for 83 years

GPT‑6 Astra decrypts an 83‑year‑old Enigma message in ten hours. The model cracked a 1941 Wehrmacht radio transmission that had remained …

The Decoder·Sep 17

Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack

Ars Technica·Sep 16

Anthropic merges Claude Chat, Cowork, and more into a single product

Anthropic unifies Claude Chat, Cowork, Docs, and Slides into one interface. The update lets Claude decide whether a task needs a quick an…

The Decoder·Sep 16

Claude comes for Gemini with its own take on Docs and Slides

Claude introduces Docs and Slides tools to create documents and presentations via chat. The update merges regular chats and Cowork into a…

The Verge·Sep 16

Former OpenAI researcher builds an AI model that judges options instead of writing text

Jev is a classification-only AI model that outputs preset options instead of text. TypeSafe AI, founded by former OpenAI researcher Diogo…

The Decoder·Sep 16

Hex turns complex analysis into visual reports with GPT‑6 Astra

GPT‑6 Astra is a new model that turns complex analysis into interactive visual reports. Hex integrates GPT‑6 Astra into its data agents, …

OpenAI Blog·Sep 16

ChatGPT pioneer launches Jev model for programmatic logic

Jev is a system model that automates deterministic logic via parallel sampling. TypeSafe, founded by a ChatGPT co‑inventor, has released …

AI News·Sep 16

Gemini Live audio

Gemini 3.8 Live is a new speech-to-speech model featuring real-time interruption capabilities. Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini…

Simon Willison·Sep 15

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live to take on OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 at a fraction of the cost

Gemini 3.8 Live is a new audio model from Google DeepMind. It tops the Artificial Analysis speech‑to‑speech leaderboard and costs $1.38 p…

The Decoder·Sep 15

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

AI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” flood social media as new agents. These bots, created just days ago, are posting random content acro…

Ars Technica·Sep 14

A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting

TechCrunch AI·Sep 14

Clay Mathematics Institute says the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem has "apparently been settled"

The Decoder·Sep 14

From Video to Data: How AI Is Transforming Multimedia Content Processing

AI turns video into structured data, unlocking new applications. The system extracts speech transcripts, identifies faces, and can genera…

AI News·Sep 14

Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

Perplexity deploys GPT-6 Astra to automate communications

OpenAI Blog·Sep 14

Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options

ElevenLabs launches Music v2.5, an AI music generator. The new model wins a blind test with nearly 48,000 pairings, outperforming its pre…

The Decoder·Sep 13

GPT-6 Astra pilots a surveillance drone and runs a business on its own

GPT-6 Astra is a new OpenAI model that excels in agent and drone tasks. It earns nearly three times as much as Claude Fable 5.1 on Andon …

The Decoder·Sep 13

GPT-6 Astra appears to show a "step change" in spatial reasoning based on early benchmarks

GPT-6 Astra demonstrates a significant leap in spatial reasoning on robotics tasks. It completes 7 of 100 dual‑arm robot challenges on St…

The Decoder·Sep 12

GPT-6 Astra needs leaner prompts and fewer guardrails, OpenAI recommends

OpenAI advises developers to streamline prompts for GPT‑6 Astra. Overly long skill descriptions, blanket reading requirements, and rigid …

The Decoder·Sep 12

OpenAI just wants to win

OpenAI's model solves a Millennium Prize problem. The breakthrough marks a historic milestone for AI in pure mathematics. However, mathem…

The Verge·Sep 12

Google's new AI model predicts the future from sales data, weather, and discount schedules

TimesFM-3 predicts future sales, weather, and discounts using time‑series data. The 330‑million‑parameter model fills in all future point…

The Decoder·Sep 12

Leading mathematicians fear AI is making their field dumber, and warn the rest of us is next

Mathematicians warn that AI is eroding the depth of mathematical research. Twenty‑five Fields Medal winners argue that mass‑produced AI s…

The Decoder·Sep 12