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AISI finds Mythos 5 pushed a GitHub maintainer to accept malicious code in a July eval despite evidence he was real; other models behaved the same in simulation — We examine why Mythos 5 pursued an unsanctioned supply-chain attack and identify broader learnings about model behaviour and oversight.| Anthropic: |
Anthropic attributes Mythos 5's deception of a GitHub maintainer to recklessness, biased reasoning, and an urge to finish jobs, saying newer models rarely do so — In AISI's evaluation, Mythos 5 was given a capture-the-flag (CTF) cybersecurity challenge, in which it was asked to retrieve … | Kimi: |
Kimi unveils K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, and K3.1 Pro Highspeed, with full weights to be released by November 4 — - Terminal-Bench 4.0. … - Terminal-Bench Science 0.1. … - DeepSWE v1.1. … - SWE-Marathon v1.1. … - PostTrainBench.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI suspected the three fired researchers of leaking internal model designs to AI safety researcher Ryan Greenblatt, including via disappearing Signal chats — The company fired three safety researchers for mishandling sensitive information. They had been fighting to keep the workings …
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| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI makes Decisions API, its Jev competitor, generally available with new voice and visual modalities, at $0.10/1M input tokens and no output-token charges — OpenAI made its Decisions API model widely available to users for the first time, entering the market for fast …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic and London-based PE firm Hg agree to launch a consultancy by the end of 2026 to embed AI consultants and engineers into European businesses — New company backed by Anthropic and UK buyout group Hg will advise companies on how to deploy AI| P.R. Venkat / Wall Street Journal: |
SK Hynix says its SSD subsidiary Solidigm has halted a review of a potential US IPO to fund a new US chip fab, citing “market conditions and share price trends” — SK Hynix's shares fell as much as 4.2% in early trade in Seoul — SK Hynix halted plans to list its memory-chip unit in the U.S. …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says it partnered with Theorem to use Claude to formally prove useful security properties at the assembly code level across 123 open-source libraries — Introduction — Even mature, heavily tested software contains bugs, and LLMs are increasingly adept at finding them.
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| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
An interview with Intel's leadership, including CTO Pushkar Ranade, on AI chip demand, lessons from 10nm, whether Intel can catch up to TSMC, Terafab, and more — What I learned from touring Intel's most advanced fab and talking to its leadership. — I spent two days touring Intel's …
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| Associated Press: |
The US Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on US high-tech investments in areas like AI and supercomputing in China, Russia, and other “countries of concern” — The U.S. Treasury Department proposed a rule Thursday to crack down on American high-tech investments such as supercomputing … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Oura sues Indian smart ring rival Ultrahuman again to block US sales of Ring Pro, months after a redesign helped Ultrahuman return following an import ban — Smart ring maker Oura has sued Indian rival Ultrahuman again, seeking to block U.S. sales of its Ring Pro (pictured above) … | Bloomberg: |
Chinese state media: DeepSeek and MiniMax completed registration and won approval to open-source and deploy AI models overseas under proposed export controls — DeepSeek and MiniMax Group Inc. have won approval to deploy models overseas, part of a wave of homegrown AI technologies that Beijing …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI has cut its valuation target to $1.25T, down from the $1.4T valuation it pitched earlier in October, after facing resistance from some investors — AI lab floated $1.4tn price tag earlier this month, according to documents seen by the FT — OpenAI has cut its valuation target …
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| Greg Ritchie / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Kalshi is targeting a December rollout for exchange-traded futures contracts tracking US inflation, rivaling exchanges like CME and ICE — Kalshi Inc. is opening up a new frontier in its rivalry with traditional financial exchanges by pitching the world's largest banks and hedge funds on a futures market tied to US inflation.
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| Reuters: |
Source: Shein has agreed to pay $100M, equivalent to 44% of its Q2 profit, to settle a US FTC investigation over delivery delays and other customer complaints — Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein (0625.HK) has agreed to pay $100 million to settle an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission … | Katherine Davis / Axios: |
Pathos AI, which uses AI to develop oncology drugs, raised a $237M Series E at a $3B post-money valuation, up from $1.6B after its $365M Series D in May 2025 — Precision oncology biotech Pathos AI said Friday it raised a $237 million Series E round at a $3 billion post-money valuation.Sponsor Posts
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We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
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The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
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Zoho Backstage 4.0: Introducing the most powerful event experience platform from Zoho, ever — Every year, we observe Event Organizers Day on October 23 to celebrate the hard work and creativity event planners bring to every event.
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