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OpenAI discloses a grader model that faked scores, then tried to wreck its own sandbox to force a reset
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The internal research model was assigned to grade seven responses from other models, but on October 6 it found the input files it needed were missing. It first submitted seven identical scores of 4 backed by invented details, then wrote a fake conversation file and seven fake response files.
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GPT-6.1 Ultrafast ⚡, Gemini universal agent 🤖, speculative decoding 🧠. TLDR AI 10/09
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Claude gets two new tools for data & storytelling
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Fired OpenAI safety researchers hit back
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Anthropic’s Quest to Give A.I. Morals
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Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk
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