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The presumption of AI - Mitchell Bryson

VS Code stamps Copilot as co-author on commits even with AI disabled. OpenAI turns on ad tracking for free users by default. The Academy now demands proof that a performance is 'demonstrably human.' The industry crossed a line this week: AI involvement is...

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A quote from Anthropic

We used an automatic classifier which judged sycophancy by looking at whether Claude showed a willingness to push back, maintain positions when challenged, give praise proportional to the merit of …

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The one-model bet just died - Mitchell Bryson

In one week, Microsoft shipped its most important AI product using competitors' models side by side, the Pentagon signed deals with seven AI providers instead of picking a winner, and xAI slashed prices by 40% to stay in the game. The lock-in playbook that...

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Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities

The UK's AI Security Institute previously evaluated Claude Mythos: now they've evaluated GPT-5.5 for finding security vulnerability and found it to be comparable to Mythos, but unlike Mythos it's generally …

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